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TRH2007 | Roman and Byzantine History | 4+0+0 | ECTS:5 | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | Level of Course | First Cycle | Status | Compulsory | Department | DEPARTMENT of HISTORY | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 4 hours of lectures per week | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi İlhami Tekin CİNEMRE | Co-Lecturer | Dr. Osman Emir | Language of instruction | Turkish | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | The aim of the course: | The aim of this course is to give the theoretical knowledge of important events, people and states about Roman history, to gain the ability to analytically evaluate the social, cultural, military and political events in Anatolia under Roman rule. |
Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | LO - 1 : | To understand how Roman civilization emerged and the value and importance of Roman civilization; | 1,2,3,5,8,12,14 | 1 | LO - 2 : | To evaluate the influence of Romans in the history of "Anatolia"; | 1,2,3,5,8,9,12,14 | 1 | LO - 3 : | To learn how to use the main sources about Roman history; | 1,2,3,4,7,8,11,12 | 1 | LO - 4 : | To comprehend the spread of Christianity in the Roman Empire and its stages; | 1,2,3,4,8,9,10 | 1 | LO - 5 : | To analyze the tax system, military structure and state system of Romans
| 1,2,3,4,5,8,11,12 | 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 Establishment and Rise of Rome, The Beginning of the Roman Sovereignty of Anatolia, Transition from Republic to Empire, Roman Empire between Paganism and Christianity, The Division of Rome (395), Migration of Tribes and Germanic Invasions, Roman-Sassanid Wars, Roman Empire Religious, Political, Military, Social and Economic Changes and Transformations, The Collapse of Rome. |
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | Course Description and Sources of Roman History | | Week 2 | Ancient Roman and Mediterranean Geography, Origin of Rome | | Week 3 | Roman Republic and its social structure | | Week 4 | Rise of the Republic: Conquest and Enlargement | | Week 5 | The End of the Republic and the Establishment of the Empire | | Week 6 | Rome in the First Century: Roman-Persian Wars | | Week 7 | Rome in the second and third centuries: The Rise of the Sassanids | | Week 8 | The End of Principatus: Constantinus I | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | Week 10 | Transformation of Rome: IV. Century Rome | | Week 11 | The Division of Rome; The Fall of the Barbarian World and the West | | Week 12 | Rome in the 5th Century: Justinian Period | | Week 13 | Remains of Roman Civilization: Buildings | | Week 14 | Roman Civilization: Nutrition and Everyday Life
| | Week 15 | What is the Value and Importance of Rome? End-of-term evaluation | | Week 16 | Final exam | | |
1 | Strabo, (1917-1932), Geography, (Trans. Horace L. Jones), Vols. I-VII, Cambridge; MA: Harvard University Press-Loeb. | | 2 | Appian, (1912-1913), Roman History, (Trans. Horace White), Vols. I-IV, Cambridge; MA: Harvard University Press-Loeb. | | 3 | Dio Cassius, (1914-1927), Roman History, (Trans. Earnest Cary and Herbert B. Foster), Vols. I-IX, Cambridge; MA: Harvard University Press-Loeb. | | 4 | Eusebius, (2001), The Ecclesiastical History, (Trans. Kirsopp Lake), Vols. I-II, London: Harvard University Press-Loeb. | | 5 | Ammianus Marcellinus, (2000), (Trans. John C. Rolfe), Vols. I-III, London; Cambridge; MA: Harvard University Press-Loeb. | | 6 | Procopius, (1914-1928), History of the Wars, (Trans. Henry B. Dewing), Vols. I-V, Cambridge; MA: Harvard University Press-Loeb. | | |
1 | Jones, H. M. Arnold, (1986), The Later Roman Empire, 284-602: A Social, Economic and Administrative Survey, Vols. I-II, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. | | 2 | Beard, Mary, (2018), SPQR - Antik Roma Tarihi, Pegasus Yayınları. İstanbul. | | 3 | Tekin, Oğuz, (2008), Eski Yunan ve Roma Tarihine Giriş, İletişim Yayıncılık, İstanbul. | | 4 | Norwich, J. Julius, (2013), Bizans, C. I-III, Kabalcı Yayınları. İstanbul. | | |
Method of Assessment | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 60 | 50 | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 60 | 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 | 4 | 14 | 56 | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 4 | 14 | 56 | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | Arasınav için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ödev | 0 | 0 | 0 | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 8 | 1 | 8 | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | Diğer 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | Diğer 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | Total work load | | | 150 |
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