ROMAN INSTITUTIONS

Course objectives

In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of ANCIENT ROMAN INSTITUTIONS, with the help of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies. Knowledge of some essential aspects of private life and public institutions in Roman times.

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GIAN LUCA GREGORI Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Introduction to festivals, shows and places of entertainment in Imperial Rome. Actors, charioteers, gladiators. Theaters, circuses and amphitheatres in the inscriptions from Rome. To attend and use the materials prepared by the teacher, you must register on classroom with the code iuw2awao
Prerequisites
Basic knowledges of Roman history
Books
1. A. Giardina, Roma antica, Edizioni Laterza. 2. P. Arena, Gladiatori, carri e navi. Gli spettacoli nell'antica Roma, Roma 2020. 3. G.L. Gregori, I protagonisti della scena teatrale nella documentazione epigrafica di Roma, in Scienze dell'Antichità, 12, 2004-2005, pp. 575-590.
Frequency
Attendance not compulsory; students unable to attend 80% of the lessons will be able to take the exam as non-attending students
Exam mode
Oral exam on the books adopted and on the topics covered in the lessons; verification of the acquisition of the training objectives. To pass the exam students must get a grade of not below than 18/30; students must demonstrate to have acquired a sufficient command of course topic. In order to achieve a score of 30/30 cum laude, students must demonstrate excellent knowledge of all course topics, and to be able to connect them in a logical and consistent way.
Bibliography
P. Sabbatini Tumolesi, Epigrafia anfiteatrale dell'Occidente Romano, I. Roma, Roma 1988
Lesson mode
Lectures with reading and commentary on literary and epigraphic sources, presented in the PowerPoint uploaded to classroom
GIAN LUCA GREGORI Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Introduction to festivals, shows and places of entertainment in Imperial Rome. Actors, charioteers, gladiators. Theaters, circuses and amphitheatres in the inscriptions from Rome. To attend and use the materials prepared by the teacher, you must register on classroom with the code iuw2awao
Prerequisites
Basic knowledges of Roman history
Books
1. A. Giardina, Roma antica, Edizioni Laterza. 2. P. Arena, Gladiatori, carri e navi. Gli spettacoli nell'antica Roma, Roma 2020. 3. G.L. Gregori, I protagonisti della scena teatrale nella documentazione epigrafica di Roma, in Scienze dell'Antichità, 12, 2004-2005, pp. 575-590.
Frequency
Attendance not compulsory; students unable to attend 80% of the lessons will be able to take the exam as non-attending students
Exam mode
Oral exam on the books adopted and on the topics covered in the lessons; verification of the acquisition of the training objectives. To pass the exam students must get a grade of not below than 18/30; students must demonstrate to have acquired a sufficient command of course topic. In order to achieve a score of 30/30 cum laude, students must demonstrate excellent knowledge of all course topics, and to be able to connect them in a logical and consistent way.
Bibliography
P. Sabbatini Tumolesi, Epigrafia anfiteatrale dell'Occidente Romano, I. Roma, Roma 1988
Lesson mode
Lectures with reading and commentary on literary and epigraphic sources, presented in the PowerPoint uploaded to classroom
  • Lesson code1044234
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseArchaeological Sciences
  • CurriculumArcheologia orientale
  • Year3rd year
  • Duration12 months
  • SSDL-ANT/03
  • CFU6