Roman Institutions and Epigraphy

The course aims at providing both an in-depth preparation with regard to Roman institutions (powers and competencies of magistrates, popular assemblies and the senate; powers and role of the emperor) and an overview of some of the most significant moments in the history of Rome in the Republican and Imperial periods through the reading and the analysis of epigraphic documents, with particular attention to those of a juridical nature.

Students will acquire in-depth knowledge of Rome's institutional and administrative bodies and their reflections on political, economic and social dynamics in the Roman world. They will also develop skills useful in using epigraphic documentation to reconstruct aspects of the political, institutional, administrative and social history of Rome, the cities of Roman Italy and of the Roman Empire.