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| TRH2031 | Roman History | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of HISTORY | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. İlhami Tekin CİNEMRE | | Co-Lecturer | Dr. Osman EMİR | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To teach the historical foundations of Roman civilisation; to understand the political, military, social and cultural processes from the Roman Kingdom to the Republic and the rise of the Empire. Students will be able to evaluate Roman history not only as a sequence of events, but also in the contexts of institutional development, ideology and identity. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Defines the main events and institutions of the Roman Kingdom and Republic periods. | 1 - 3 - 5 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | Explains the evolution of the political structure of Rome. | 1 - 3 - 5 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | Analyses domestic and foreign political developments during the Republican period in a cause-and-effect relationship. | 1 - 3 - 4 | 1, | | LO - 4 : | Evaluates the social and economic consequences of the Roman expansion. | 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 | 1, | | LO - 5 : | Interpret the process of Rome's transition from kingdom to empire in historical context. | 2 - 3 - 5 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| The origins of Rome and the prehistory of the Italian peninsula; the period of the Roman Kingdom and the socio-political structure of the kingdom; the foundation of the Republic, constitutional institutions and class struggles; Roman expansion in Italy and the Italian allied system; the Carthaginian Wars and Mediterranean domination; the crises, civil wars and reform movements of the late Republican period (Gracchus, Marius, Sulla, Pompey, Caesar); the dissolution of Republican institutions; the rise of Augustus and the birth of the Principatus regime. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction: Sources and Methodological Problems of Roman History | | | Week 2 | Myths of the Founding of Rome and the First Kings | | | Week 3 | Society and Institutions in the Kingdom Period | | | Week 4 | Early Republic and Patrician-Plebeian Struggles | | | Week 5 | Roman expansion in Italy | | | Week 6 | Rivalry with Carthage: Punic Wars | | | Week 7 | Opening to the Hellenistic World | | | Week 8 | Roman Society and Culture (3rd-2nd century BC) | | | Week 9 | Midterm Exam | | | Week 10 | Crisis of the Republic Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus | | | Week 11 | Pompey, Crassus and Caesar | | | Week 12 | From Caesar to Augustus: The Fall of the Republic | | | Week 13 | Principatus of Augustus | | | Week 14 | The Arrival of Rome in Anatolia and the Situation in Anatolia | | | Week 15 | Change in Roman Society and Cultural Innovation in the Augustan Period | | | Week 16 | Final Examination | | | |
| 1 | Daniel J. Gargola, Mary T. Boatwright, Richard J. A. Talbert, Romalıların Kısa Tarihi, 2022. | | | |
| 1 | Charles Freeman, Mısır, Yunan ve Roma Antik Akdeniz Uygarlıkları, 2021. | | | 2 | Thomas R. Martin, Antik Roma Romulus?tan Justinianus?a, 2022. | | | 3 | Oğuz Tekin, Eski Yunan ve Roma Tarihine Giriş, 2021. | | | 4 | Umberto Eco, Antik Roma, 2021. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | Dokuz | 25 Kasım 2025 | 50 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | On Altı | 15 Ocak 2026 | 50 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 5 | 14 | 70 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 4 | 3 | 12 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Total work load | | | 120 |
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