Weapons and Societies: Classic World

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

The teaching of this course is based on theoretical and theoretical-practical classes, supported by iconographic materials, analysis of contemporary texts, group work, readings and individual work, with the presentation and discussion of issues arising from those works.

Learning Outcomes

IThe student is expected to understand a diverse set of issues that arise in the study of the military history of Greece and Rome; recognize its complexity and diversity; develop critical awareness and produce an original reflection on the subject, avoiding simplistic approaches to the reality of the modern world.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Ancient Greece - a world fragmented and diverse. Army, weapons and evolving strategies:

1.1. The Greek Bronze Age: The Trojan War;

1.2. Archaic and Classical Greece: Persian Wars, The Peloponnesian War;

1.3. Hellenistic Greece: The campaigns of Alexander.

2. Ancient Rome - the army, instrument of construction and defense of an empire:

2.1. The army: soldiers and citizens; legionnaires and auxiliary, hierarchy and command;

2.2. Armament: steps of a long journey;

2.3. Strategies: some paradigmatic examples;

2.4. The army in the construction of history

Assessment Methods

Assessement
Research work: 100.0%

Bibliography

1. The Cambridge history of Greek and roman warfare, ed. Sabin, Ph.; van Wees, H.; Whitby, M., 2 vol. Cambridge, 2007.

2. CONNOLLY, P., Greece and Rome at War, Englewood Cliffs, 2.ª ed. 1998.

3. DUCREY, P., Warfare in Ancient Greece. Translated by Janet Lloyd, New York, 1986.

4. HANSON, V. D., ed., Hoplites: the Classical Greek Battle Experience, London, 1991.

5. Bishop, M. C. & Coulston, J. C. N., Roman military equipment: from the Punic wars to the fall of Rome, Oxford, 2.ª ed. 2006.

6. LE BOHEC, Yann, The imperial roman army, Tít. orig.: L'armée romaine sous le haut-empire, London, 2001.