Antiquity and Greek Studies

The aim of the course is to provide students with an introduction to the institutional aspects of the Greek cities, both in the public and the private sphere, and their development over the centuries to the Hellenistic and Roman periods, also through a selection of epigraphic documents and other relevant sources.

Knowledge: detailed knowledge of the fundamental themes and questions concerning the development of Greek institutions, both in the public and the private domain, from the origins to the Hellenistic age, with reference to their historical context and to other disciplines related to classical antiquity; basic knowledge of the events and development of Greek history, with reference to the topics dealt with in the documentary and literary sources examined and in the recommended texts and handbooks.

Skills: ability to interpret the literary and epigraphic texts in regard to their characters and nature, and to place them within their institutional and chronological context; awareness of the methodological questions posed by a critical approach to the sources (literary, epigraphic, numismatic, papyrological and arcaheological); ability to present topics with precision and to appropriately use the language specific to the discipline; ability to use the most appropriate bibliography.