ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 51 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 9 Interactive Classroom: 12 Total: 75
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: History
Areas: Ancient History
Center Faculty of Geography and History
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
The goal of the course is the knowledge of the main transformations of diverse nature (territorial, legal, cultural, etc.) that indigenous peoples undergo after their inclusion in the Roman Empire. The spatial limit that is established is that of the Western Empire, the closest, but also the one that has specific characteristics different from the eastern part. It will not study a specific province, but will try to expose the changes that the Roman State considers fundamental to carry out for the integration of indigenous communities. As for the temporal limits, the transformations that take place from the integration of these peoples within the Roman State will be discussed, when the structural changes are more relevant, that is, from the late republican period to the high imperial stage.
It is intended that the student be able to analyze the different types of sources used in ancient history (literary, epigraphic and archaeological) and establish, where appropriate, an interrelation. The development of its critical capacity before the information obtained by the sources, as well as the current interpretations of the transformations that will be seen here.
1. The concept of romanization.
2. Legal changes: The administrative transformation of the territory. Loss of sovereignty and regulatory capacity. The new legal regime of land: changes in property and taxation
3. The creation of new collective identities and elements of social cohesion.
4. The agents of romanization. The assimilation of the elites and their new functions. The reorganization and control of the territory: the civitates system and its application in the various western regions. -
5. Changes in agriculture: The influence of agronomic literature and the expansion of Italian models of agricultural exploitation in the provinces.
6. The currents of exchange and the role of the State in the economy: La Annona and the expansion of crops such as vines and olive trees.
7. The romanization of the countryside through the transformation of the landscape. Habitat modifications: transformation of indigenous settlements (oppida and celtic farms) and the emergence of new settlements: cities, vici and villae. : The Roman cadastres.
Socioeconomic and cultural romanization seen through the archaeological record and the transformation of material culture.
Actas de los coloquios sobre lenguas y culturas prehispánicas (Paleohispánicas) de la Península Ibérica
AA.VV., Opposition et résistences a l’Empire, Entretiens de la Fondation Hardt XXXIII 1987.
ALARCAO, J. de, Portugal Romano, Lisboa 1973.
BLÁZQUEZ, J. M.: Economía de la Hispania Romana. Bilbao, 1978.
BLÁZQUEZ, J.Mª, ALVAR, J., (edd.), La romanización en Occidente, Madrid 1996.
BRAUND, : The friendly king. Londres 1985.
DERKS, T., Gods, temples and ritual practices: the transformation of religious ideas and values in Roma Gaul, Amsterdam 1998.
DRINKWATER, J.F. Roman Gaul. Londres 1983.
FINLEY, M. I. : La economía antigua. Méjico.
FISHWICK, D., The Imperial cult in the latin West, Leiden 1987.
GARNSEY, P.; SALLER, R.: El imperio romano. Sociedad. Economía. Cultura. Barcelona, 1987
HASEBROEK, J.: Il pensiero imperialistico nell'Antichità. Milan, 1984: II: Stato e commerzio nella Grecia Antica.
JONGMAN, W.: Economy and society of Pompei. Amsterdam, 1991
KEHOE, D. P.: The Economy of agriculture on roman imperial estates in North Africa. Göttingen, 1993
KOLENDO, J.: L'agricoltura dell'Italia romana. Tecniche agrarie e progreso economico della tarda Repubblica al principato. Roma, 1980.
MARTINO DE, F.: Historia económica de la Roma Antigua, I y II. Madrid, 1985.
MILLET, M., The romanization of Britain, Cambridge 1990.
REMESAL, J.: La annona militaris y la exportación de aceite bético a Germania. Madrid, 1986.
RIVET, A.L.F. Town and country in Roman Britain. Londres 1978.
ROLDÁN, J.M., Hispania y el ejército romano. Contribución a la Historia social de la España Antigua, Salamanca 1974.
ROSTOVTZEFF, M.. I., Historia social y económica del Imperio Romano
Madrid 1981
SALWAY: Roman Britain, Londres 1993.
THOMPSON, E.A.: The Early Germans. Oxford 1965
TOZZI, G.: Economistas griegos y romanos. Méjico.
WACHER, J. The towns of Roman Britain. Londres 2000.
WILKES, D., Roman Dalmatia
WOOLF, G., Becoming Roman: The origin of provincial civilization in Gaul, Cambridge 1998.
It is intended that the student acquire basic knowledge about romanization and its manifestations. You must acquire specific vocabulary and concepts, as well as adequately handle the different types of sources used in ancient history (literary, epigraphic and archaeological). Lastly, you must be able to complete this information with current research, so that you can analyze, synthesize and criticize the data obtained and contrast them with current studies to obtain the appropriate conclusions.
Orientation schedule (according to the school calendar):
September 7 Presentation of the subject.
September 14 Legal changes: The administrative transformations of the territory. Loss of sovereignty and regulatory capacity
September 21 The new legal regime of land: changes in property and taxation.
September 28 Discuss specialized articles dossier.
October 5 Agents of Romanization. The assimilation of elites and their new functions. A creation of new collective identities and elements of social cohesion
October 19 Document dossier comment
October 26 Exhibition scripts of the works
November 2 Presentation and introduction to the analysis problems of the old economy
November 9 Exhibition gives evolution das controversies on the Greek and Roman economy
November 16 O role of agriculture in the Greco-Roman economy
November 23 The authors of the post august period:, Columella, Elder Pliny, Younger Pliny
November 30 A perspective of two agronomists: the republican and august Latin authors: Cato, Varro, Vergil
December 7 The problems of organization of the territory: the cadastres
December 14 and 21 Expositions
In addition to the active participation in the analysis of the sources that will be done in the classes, it will be essential to carry out a work on a topic related to the course but of free choice by the student.
Continuous evaluation through:
• monitoring of student work in the classroom, laboratory, field trips, seminars and tutorials.
• delivery and / or exhibition of works, results, reports, etc.
Evaluation of the learning process by:
• The evaluation process will be of continuous evaluation, through the evaluation of the work in the classroom, the seminars and the works entrusted throughout the teaching of the contents of the seminar. Either through exposures in the classroom, or in the case of non-attendance, the evaluation of the written activities that are made explicit through the virtual classroom
• Written or oral exams are foreseen as a last resort so that through the resolution of activities or practical cases the student shows understanding of the contents, especially if they are students who do not attend or cannot continue through the media. telematics in case of no attendance the development of the course
• The second opportunity will be evaluated following the same criteria
• In the case of students with attendance exemption, an activity program will be drawn up that allows progress to be made in the contents of the subject and works or comments that allow the degree of assimilation of the subject to be expressed by the student. This will allow a continuous evaluation.
Qualification system: expressed by means of a final numerical qualification from 0 to 10 according to current legislation (Royal Decree 1125/2003 of September 5; BOE September 18).
Preparation of practical classes: 20 hours
Elaboration of works: 30 hours
Readings: 10 hours
Other activities: 10
As soon as possible initiating the work, so that it can be elaborated with the necessary depth, taking the volume of old sources and current bibliography that will be handled into account, is recommended.Total of hours of non eyewitness activity: 50
It is recommended to start the work as soon as possible, so that it can be elaborated with the necessary depth, taking into account the volume of old sources and current bibliography that will be handled.
Classes will be taught in Galician (Prof. M. Villanueva Acuña) and in Spanish (Mª Dolores Dopico Caínzos).
In the case of academic fraud, as defined in Article 42 of the Regulations establishing the rules of coexistence of the University of Santiago de Compostela, and in accordance with the provisions of Article 11. g) of the University Coexistence Law, the sanctions provided by the regulations will be applied. Among the premeditated behaviors aimed at falsifying the results of an exam or assignment are plagiarism and the unauthorized use of Artificial Intelligence tools.
Manuel Villanueva Acuña
Coordinador/a- Department
- History
- Area
- Ancient History
- Phone
- 881812563
- manuel.villanueva [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Maria Dolores Dopico Cainzos
- Department
- History
- Area
- Ancient History
- Phone
- 881824730
- mdolores.dopico [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
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