Classics

The course aims to present, through a critical analysis of the historical and archaeological sources, the organization of pre-Roman Italy and its development in the first millennium BC, between the Iron Age and the so-called Romanization. In the 2024-2025 academic year, the course will consist in a synthesis of the diverse cultural areas of the Italian peninsula and their reciprocal and multifaceted relationships with “foreign” cultures. The lectures will be integrated with visits to museums and archaeological sites. It is highly recommended that students attend the lectures. The course will be assessed through an oral exam. A wide range of Altre Attività Formative (AAF) are connected to the course and are useful in obtaining the Crediti Formativi (CFU) (study of the archaeological materials from Falerii and Veii, analysis of archival documents connected to the Faliscan area, study fo the preRoman small votive bronzes, etc.). Detailed programme: Lecture 1: An introduction to the course: the course and the Discipline Lecture 2: The different sets of data (archaeological, epigraphic and historical) and their relations. Lecture 3: Where and when: notes on the chronology of preRoman Italy. Lecture 4: A two-speed Italy: a useful theoretical model for preRoman Italy? Lecture 5: The impact of Greek colonization on preRoman Italy (1): Sicily and Calabria. A brief overview. Lecture 6: The impact of Greek colonization on preRoman Italy (1): Campania Lecture 7: The south Adriatic area (Daunians, Peucetians e Messapians) Lecture 8: Ancient Latium (1): an introduction Lecture 9: A “liquid people”: the issue of the Volscians Lecture 10: The Etruscans: a very short introduction Lecture 11: The “buffer cultures” between the Etruscan and the Italic worlds: the Ager Faliscus and Capena Lecture 12: The “buffer cultures” between the Etruscan and the Italic worlds: a study case Lecture 13: The “buffer cultures” between the Etruscan and the Italic worlds: Capena Lecture 14: The Sabines of the Tiber Valley and the Sabines of the inner regions of the Italian peninsula Lecture 15: The Umbrians of the Tiber Valley Lecture 16: The preRoman “mosaic” of ancient Abruzzo Lecture 17: The Samnites Lecture 18: The Picenes Lecture 19: The Picenes: a study case Lecture 20: The Veneti Lecture 21: The Po Valley: Etruscans, Greeks and Celts

No particular prerequisites required.

1. M. Pallottino, Storia della prima Italia, Milano 1984. M. Torelli, Le popolazioni dell’Italia antica: società e forme del potere, in Storia di Roma, 1, Torino 1988: 53-76. 2. D. Briquel, Falisques et Capénates: les témoignages littéraires et leur limites, in M. Aberson, M.C. Biella, M. Di Fazio, M. Wullschleger (eds.), Entre Archéologie et Histoire : Dialogues sur divers peuples de l'Italie préromaine, EPU 1, Bern 2014: 51-64. M.C. Biella, I Falisci e i Capenati: una prospettiva archeologica, in M. Aberson, M.C. Biella, M. Di Fazio, M. Wullschleger (eds.), Entre Archéologie et Histoire : Dialogues sur divers peuples de l'Italie préromaine, EPU 1, Bern 2014: 65-78. 3. Lectures and visits to the Museums (.ppt files and notes). The students who do not attend the lectures must add: F. Pesando, L’Italia antica, Culture e forme del popolamento nel I millennio a.C., Roma 2005 (in particolare pp. 9-201; 267-274). A.M. Bietti Sestieri, L’Italia nell’età del bronzo e del ferro, Dalle palafitte a Romolo (2200 – 700 a.C.), Roma 2010: 243-358.

In presence.

Assessment will be through an oral exam. Minimum mark: 18/30. The student must demonstrate an adequate knowledge of the topics of the course. Max. mark 30/30 cum laude. The student must demonstrate an outstanding knowledge of the topics of the course and a clear attitude towards critical thinking.

The course aims to present, through a critical analysis of the historical and archaeological sources, the organization of pre-Roman Italy and its development in the first millennium BC, between the Iron Age and the so-called Romanization. In the 2024-2025 academic year, the course will consist in a synthesis of the diverse cultural areas of the Italian peninsula and their reciprocal and multifaceted relationships with “foreign” cultures. The lectures will be integrated with visits to museums and archaeological sites. It is highly recommended that students attend the lectures. The course will be assessed through an oral exam. A wide range of Altre Attività Formative (AAF) are connected to the course and are useful in obtaining the Crediti Formativi (CFU) (study of the archaeological materials from Falerii and Veii, analysis of archival documents connected to the Faliscan area, study fo the preRoman small votive bronzes, etc.). Detailed programme: Lecture 1: An introduction to the course: the course and the Discipline Lecture 2: The different sets of data (archaeological, epigraphic and historical) and their relations. Lecture 3: Where and when: notes on the chronology of preRoman Italy. Lecture 4: A two-speed Italy: a useful theoretical model for preRoman Italy? Lecture 5: The impact of Greek colonization on preRoman Italy (1): Sicily and Calabria. A brief overview. Lecture 6: The impact of Greek colonization on preRoman Italy (1): Campania Lecture 7: The south Adriatic area (Daunians, Peucetians e Messapians) Lecture 8: Ancient Latium (1): an introduction Lecture 9: A “liquid people”: the issue of the Volscians Lecture 10: The Etruscans: a very short introduction Lecture 11: The “buffer cultures” between the Etruscan and the Italic worlds: the Ager Faliscus and Capena Lecture 12: The “buffer cultures” between the Etruscan and the Italic worlds: a study case Lecture 13: The “buffer cultures” between the Etruscan and the Italic worlds: Capena Lecture 14: The Sabines of the Tiber Valley and the Sabines of the inner regions of the Italian peninsula Lecture 15: The Umbrians of the Tiber Valley Lecture 16: The preRoman “mosaic” of ancient Abruzzo Lecture 17: The Samnites Lecture 18: The Picenes Lecture 19: The Picenes: a study case Lecture 20: The Veneti Lecture 21: The Po Valley: Etruscans, Greeks and Celts

No particular prerequisites required.

1. M. Pallottino, Storia della prima Italia, Milano 1984. M. Torelli, Le popolazioni dell’Italia antica: società e forme del potere, in Storia di Roma, 1, Torino 1988: 53-76. 2. D. Briquel, Falisques et Capénates: les témoignages littéraires et leur limites, in M. Aberson, M.C. Biella, M. Di Fazio, M. Wullschleger (eds.), Entre Archéologie et Histoire : Dialogues sur divers peuples de l'Italie préromaine, EPU 1, Bern 2014: 51-64. M.C. Biella, I Falisci e i Capenati: una prospettiva archeologica, in M. Aberson, M.C. Biella, M. Di Fazio, M. Wullschleger (eds.), Entre Archéologie et Histoire : Dialogues sur divers peuples de l'Italie préromaine, EPU 1, Bern 2014: 65-78. 3. Lectures and visits to the Museums (.ppt files and notes). The students who do not attend the lectures must add: F. Pesando, L’Italia antica, Culture e forme del popolamento nel I millennio a.C., Roma 2005 (in particolare pp. 9-201; 267-274). A.M. Bietti Sestieri, L’Italia nell’età del bronzo e del ferro, Dalle palafitte a Romolo (2200 – 700 a.C.), Roma 2010: 243-358.

In presence.

Assessment will be through an oral exam. Minimum mark: 18/30. The student must demonstrate an adequate knowledge of the topics of the course. Max. mark 30/30 cum laude. The student must demonstrate an outstanding knowledge of the topics of the course and a clear attitude towards critical thinking.