COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ROMAN HISTORY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 2036 ROMAN HISTORY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR MURAT KILIÇ

Offered to

History
History

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to enable the students to understand the steps taken on the way to be Roman Empire by examining the political and social events occurring in the period between the foundation of Rome and the fall of Western Roman Empire, and to perform comparisons by establishing links with the other areas of history.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Have the scientific literature related to the content of the course.
2   Define the main concepts and facts related to the subject.
3   Explain the origins of Roman society and its relationships with Anatolia.
4   Explain the effect of Roman state tradition on the different political formations in terms of the administrative organization to the present day.
5   Analyze the management and organization constituted in the states of the Roman Empire and the position of Anatolia in this structure.
6   State the policies pursued by the Roman Dynasties.
7   Evaluate the reasons leading to the decline of the Roman Empire stepwise by making comparisons with similar historical events.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The bibliographic info and the scope of the history of Rome Lecture
2 The Early Roman Kingdom: the social order and the state administration Lecture
3 The Roman Republican Period: The formation of the republic Lecture
4 The social order and the state administration in the Republican Period Lecture and Discussion
5 The struggle for dominance in the Mediterranean: The First Punic War (264-241 BC) Lecture (Mapping and Slide presentation)
6 The Second Punic War (218-201 BC) Lecture and Documentary Screening
7 Midterm Exam Assessment and Evaluation
8 The Roman hegemony over the Hellenistic world and the innovations brought by the battles Lecture
9 The last years of the Roman Republic and struggles for the power Lecture
10 The decline of the Roman Republic and the first period of the Empire Lecture
11 The changes in the 2nd century AD Lecture
12 The last period of the Empire: Severan Dynasty (193-235 AD) The military anarchy and the period of dissolution Lecture
13 The period of recovery and the reorganization of the Empire Lecture
14 The fall of the Western Roman Empire Lecture

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Akşit O. (1976). Roma Imparatorluk Tarihi. Istanbul: I.Ü. Edebiyat Fak. Yay.
2. Barrow, R. H. (1965). Romalılar. (çev. E. Gürol), Istanbul: Varlık Yayınları.
3. Demircioğlu, H. (1987). Roma Tarihi, Cumhuriyet: Menşe'lerden Akdeniz Havzasında Hâkimiyet Kurulmasına Kadar. Ankara: TTK.
4. Diakov, V. ve S. Kovalev (2008). Ilkçağ Tarihi 2: Roma. (çev. Ö. Ince), Istanbul: Yordam Kitap.
5. Eutropius. Roma Tarihinin Özeti. (çev. Ç. Menzilcioğlu), Istanbul: Kabalcı Yayınevi.
6. Grant, M. (2000). Roma'dan Bizans'a. (çev: Zühre Ilkgelen), Istanbul: Homer Kitabevi.
7. Iplikçioğlu, B. (2008). Hellen ve Roma Tarihinin Anahtarları. Istanbul: Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları.
8. Le Roux, P. (2006). Roma Imparatorluğu. (çev. I. Yerguz). Ankara: Dost Kitabevi.
9. Livius, T. Roma Tarihi. (çev. S. Şenbark), Istanbul: Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları.
10. Magie, D. (2003-2007). Anadolu'da Romalılar 1-4. (çev. N. Başgelen ve Ö. Çapar) Cilt, Istanbul: Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Discussion
3. Mapping
4. Slide Presentation and Documentary Screening

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-3: This will be evaluated through the performance in the midterm exam.
2. LO 1-7: This will be evaluated through the performance in the final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. % 70 attendance is obligatory.
2. Participation to the midterm and final examinations will be considered in the evaluation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

murat.kilic@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Midterm 1 1,5 2
Final 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 101

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.155
LO.255
LO.353
LO.44
LO.54
LO.653
LO.74

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