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for academic year 2024/2025
Palacký University Olomouc

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Course: Ancient History

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Course title	Ancient History
Course code	KHI/XDSP
Organizational form of instruction	Lecture
Level of course	Bachelor
Year of study	not specified
Semester	Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits	4
Language of instruction	Czech
Status of course	Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction	Face-to-face
Work placements	This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components	None

Lecturer(s)
Paštrnák Patrik, Mgr. M.A., D.Phil. Pokorná Barbara, PhDr. Ph.D. Peřinová Markéta
Course content
Lecture series I (Paštrnák, Monday) focuses on main issues of cultural, economic, social, and political history of ancient Greece and Rome. 1. Antiquity within us? (terminology, chronology, relevance, approaches) 2. Geographic and climatic conditions 3. Agriculture, what a dirty job? Economics (agriculture, crafts, trade) 4. Who was a Greek and Roman? Citizens and the others (women, foreigners, barbarians) 5. Slavery: practice, philosophy and its (ab)uses 6. What's the best form of government? Political systems and ideology 7. War and peace, international relations 8. By Hercules! Gods, religions, and cults 7. "That woman has something terribly manly in herself." Sexualities a gender 8. Urbanisation, globalisation, and their problems 9. Crisis. Fall or continuity? Lecture series II (Pokorná, Thursday) 1. Classical tradition 2. Source of Greek art and culture in the Aegean world 3. Etrusco-Roman continuity in architecture and painting 4. Greek sense of order and symmetry 5. Art as a tool of propaganda 6. Thematic repertory of Greek art 7. Thematic repertory of Roman art 8. Development of classical sculpture and the issue of originals, replicas, and copies 9. Nudity in classical art 10. Polychromy in Greek sculpture 11. Origins of Greek urbanism, development of Hellenistic cities 12. Roman provincial art 13. Antiquity and Czech culture Further information will be disclosed during the introductory session and accessible via a Moodle e-learning course.
Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with selected themes from cultural, economic and social history of the antiquity. Students will receive an overview of the cultural, political, economic and social history of the antiquity. PZ
Prerequisites
To complete the course, a student must first successfully complete History of Antiquity Workshop 1 (Greece) or History of Antiquity Workshop 2 (Rome).
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam Exam requirements: discussion about reading list and about a question related to the history of the antiquity. PZ
Recommended literature
Beard, M. (2016). SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome. New York 2016. Bleicken, J.:. (2002). Athénská demokracie.. Praha. Boatwright Mary T., Gargola Daniel J., Talbert Richard J. A. (2012). Dějiny římské říše od nejranějších časů po Konstantina Velikého. Přeložili L. Stančo a J. Kysela.. Grada Publishing. Burian, J. - Lisový, I. - Psík, R. (2007). Úvod do dějepisectví antického starověku. Ostrava. Burian, J.:. Římské impérium.. Burian, J.-Oliva, P.: . Civilizace starověkého Středomoří.. J. Boardman. Řecké umění, Odeon 1975. J. Boardman. The Oxford History of Classical Art, Oxford 1986. Lisový, I. (2015). Přehled dějin antického starověku. Ostrava. Oliva, P.:. Kolébka demokracie.. Oliva, P.:. Svět helénismu.. Oliva, P.:. Zrození evropské civilizace..

Study plans that include the course

Faculty	Study plan (Version)	Category of Branch/Specialization	Recommended year of study	Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Latin Philology (2019)	Category: Philological sciences	1	Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education	Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB19)	Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care	1	Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education	Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB21)	Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care	1	Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education	Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB22)	Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care	1	Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Latin Philology (2019)	Category: Philological sciences	1	Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): History (2015)	Category: History courses	1	Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education	Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB23)	Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care	1	Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education	Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB20)	Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care	1	Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education	Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB19)	Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care	1	Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): History (2019)	Category: History courses	1	Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education	Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB22)	Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care	1	Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education	Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB24)	Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care	1	Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education	Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB24)	Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care	1	Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Archeology (2019)	Category: History courses	2	Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education	Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB20)	Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care	1	Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education	Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB23)	Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care	1	Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education	Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB21)	Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care	1	Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): History (2019)	Category: History courses	1	Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): History (2015)	Category: History courses	1	Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Histrory (2019)	Category: History courses	1	Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter

Palacký University Olomouc, date of update: 30.04.2025 23:58. Data created for academic year 2024/2025