2023
Societies and Cultures Classic
Name: Societies and Cultures Classic
Code: HIS12022L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
History
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English, Spanish
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
. To learn and to evaluate the historical process occurred within the studied geographical frame;
. To integrate the contribution of Greco-Roman civilization on European culture and identity;
. To learn the diachronic evolution of Greek and Roman cultural structure.
. To integrate the contribution of Greco-Roman civilization on European culture and identity;
. To learn the diachronic evolution of Greek and Roman cultural structure.
Contents
Key concepts: Classicism, Myth, Identity
The available sources and geographical framework
I - Greece
- Minoan Greece
- The Mycenaean Greece
- The Dark Ages: The world of Homer and the founding myths
- The Archaic Period
- The Classical Age: from the oikos to the polis
The emergence of city-states and the renewal of identities
The formation of political programs
The Hellenic Wars and the crisis of the polis
The end of classicism. The Hellenism
II. Rome
Italy before Rome
The city of Rome: from the villages to the Urbs
The Roman Republic
The patrician and plebeian Res Publica: origins of a new political system
Political institutions: the evolution of the written law
The Roman Republic until the Punic Wars
The foreign policy during the Punic Wars: Carthage and Iberia
The conquest of the East
The Imperium
The splendor of the Empire: between Augustus and the Severi
The crisis of the third century and the military anarchy
Causes of decay of Rome
The available sources and geographical framework
I - Greece
- Minoan Greece
- The Mycenaean Greece
- The Dark Ages: The world of Homer and the founding myths
- The Archaic Period
- The Classical Age: from the oikos to the polis
The emergence of city-states and the renewal of identities
The formation of political programs
The Hellenic Wars and the crisis of the polis
The end of classicism. The Hellenism
II. Rome
Italy before Rome
The city of Rome: from the villages to the Urbs
The Roman Republic
The patrician and plebeian Res Publica: origins of a new political system
Political institutions: the evolution of the written law
The Roman Republic until the Punic Wars
The foreign policy during the Punic Wars: Carthage and Iberia
The conquest of the East
The Imperium
The splendor of the Empire: between Augustus and the Severi
The crisis of the third century and the military anarchy
Causes of decay of Rome
Teaching Methods
Theoretical exposition. Reading, analysis, discussion and synthesis.
A final written frequency (50%) and a written work with presentation in (40% ), as well as attendance and class
participation (10%)
A final written frequency (50%) and a written work with presentation in (40% ), as well as attendance and class
participation (10%)
Teaching Staff
- André Miguel Serra Pedreira Carneiro [responsible]
