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69148-01 - Seminar: The Severans: Devolution from the Roman Empire's Golden Age to an Imperial Crisis (3 KP)
| Semester | Herbstsemester 2023 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende | Brandon McDonald (brandon.mcdonald@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | The goal of this course is to evaluate the Roman Empire's transition from the heights of economic dynamism to a period of Imperial turmoil through the lens of the Severan Dynasty (193-235 CE). Good attention will also be given to the periods before and after the Severans for a proper longue durée approach to our analyses. The evidentiary bases we will draw on include literary and documentary evidence, archaeological evidence, numismatic and epigraphic evidence, and paleoscientific data. Using these tools we will assess what role(s) the Severans played in destabilising Imperial securities, and whether or not we have assigned them appropriate blame for the Empire's third-century phase of degeneration. |
| Lernziele | In class and in readings we will review all of the evidence at our disposal, including written evidence (from ancient authors and documenters), archaeological evidence (architectural, ceramic, etc.), numismatic and epigraphic evidence, skeletal and zooarchaeological evidence, palaeoscientific evidence (palaeoclimatological and palaeoenvironmental data and research in ancient DNA analysis/archaeogenetics), and the secondary literature. With the knowledge we gain from the primary source evidence, we will engage with scholarly discussion, and determine who, if anyone, is on the right track, but we will evaluate this period of history largely on our own terms. |
| Literatur | The following is a selection secondary literature we will read in this course: Abdy, Richard. (2012). The Severans, in William E. Metcalf (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Coinage, Oxford Handbooks. Ando, C. (2016). Cassius Dio on imperial legitimacy, from the Antonines to the Severans. Cassius Dion: Nouvelles Lectures 2, pp. 567-577. Benario, H. W. (1961). Severan Rome and the Historia Augusta. Latomus, 20(Fasc. 2), 281-290. Bertrand, E. (2020). Cassius Dio and the Roman Empire: The Impact of the Severan Wars on Dio’s Narrative. In C. H. Lange and A. G. Scott (eds.), Cassius Dio: The Impact of Violence, War, and Civil War, Brill, pp. 120-137. Brennan, T. Corey and De Sena, Eric C. (2013). The Roman Empire during the Severan Dynasty: Case Studies in History, Art, Architecture, Economy and Literature, Piscataway, NJ, USA: Gorgias Press. Crawford, M. (2016). Finance, coinage and money from the Severans to Constantine. In Band 2 Politische Geschichte (Kaisergeschichte), De Gruyter, pp. 560-593. Grant, M. (1996). The Severans: The Changed Roman Empire. Psychology Press. Lamare, N. (2022). Memory and the urban environment: experiencing the streets of Severan Timgad. Libyan Studies, 53, 129-141. Madsen, J. M. (2016). Criticizing the benefactors: the Severans and the return of dynastic rule. In C. H. Lange, & J. M. Madsen (Eds.), Cassius Dio: greek intellectual and roman politician (pp. 136-158). Historiography of Rome and Its Empire Vol. 1. Brill. Marsden, A. B. (1997). Between Principate and Dominate: Imperial Styles Under the Severan Dynasty and the Divine Iconography of the Imperial House on Coins, Medallions, and Engraved Gemstones AD 193–235 The Reginald Taylor and Lord Fletcher Prize Essay, 1996. Journal of the British Archaeological Association, 150(1), 1-16. Rowan, C. (2011). The public image of the Severan women. Papers of the British School at Rome, 79, 241-273. Rowan, C. (2012). Under Divine Auspices: Divine Ideology and the Visualisation of Imperial Power in the Severan Period. Cambridge University Press. Ward-Perkins, J. B. (1948). Severan Art and Architecture at Lepcis Magna. The Journal of Roman Studies, 38, 59-80. Wypustek, A. (1997). Magic, Montanism, Perpetua, and the Severan Persecution. Vigiliae Christianae, 51(3), 276-297. |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Dienstag | 16.15-17.45 | Rosshofgasse (Schnitz), Sitzungsraum S 181 |
Einzeltermine
| Module |
Modul: Aufbau Alte Geschichte (Bachelor Studienfach: Geschichte) Modul: Epochen der europäischen Geschichte: Alte Geschichte (Master Studiengang: Europäische Geschichte in globaler Perspektive ) Modul: Kulturtechnische Dimensionen (Master Studiengang: Kulturtechniken) Modul: Römische Geschichte BA (Bachelor Studienfach: Altertumswissenschaften) Modul: Römische Geschichte BA (Bachelor Studiengang: Altertumswissenschaften) Modul: Römische Geschichte MA (Master Studienfach: Alte Geschichte) Modul: Theorie und Methoden der Alten Geschichte (Bachelor Studienfach: Altertumswissenschaften) Modul: Theorie und Methoden der Alten Geschichte (Bachelor Studiengang: Altertumswissenschaften) Modul: Vertiefung in Alter Geschichte (Master Studienfach: Alte Geschichte) Modul: Vertiefung in Geschichte und Altertumswissenschaften BA (Bachelor Studienfach: Altertumswissenschaften) Modul: Vertiefung in Geschichte und Altertumswissenschaften BA (Bachelor Studiengang: Altertumswissenschaften) Modul: Vertiefung in Geschichte und Altertumswissenschaften MA (Master Studienfach: Alte Geschichte) Wahlbereich Master Geschichte: Empfehlungen (Master Studienfach: Geschichte) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Prüfung | Attendance Class participation 30-minute presentation |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Belegen bei Nichtbestehen | nicht wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Fachbereich Alte Geschichte |