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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
history
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof. Alexander Yakobson
Coordinator Office Hours:
Teaching Staff:
Prof Alexander Yakobson
Course/Module description:
Roman Emperors Tiberius, the second Emperor, to Claudius. From Emperor to Emperor; the attitude of Roman Emperors to their predecessors.
Course/Module aims:
The course will examine the handing down of imperial power under the early
principate, starting from Tiberius who succeeded Augustus,and till the Claudius. We will study the main characteristics of each reign, with an emphasis on the attitude of Roman Emperors in this period to their
predecessors, the different factors that had shaped this attitude, and ask why some
of the Roman Emperors were unusually eager to distance themselves from their
predecessors, What does this tell us about the principate as a political system and a
political culture?
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
To describe and analyze the circumstances under which each of the Roman
Emperors in question rose to power.
To point out the main features of each reign.
To present the attitude of each Emperor to his immediate predecessor and to the
previous rulers.
To analyze the different factors that shaped each Emperors policy on this matter.
To present the limits of distancing oneself from ones predecessor(S) in the case of
those rulers that adopted this policy, and to account for those limits in terms of the
logic systems proper functioning.
To explain the phenomenon of distancing oneself from ones predecessor(s) in terms
and the connection between this phenomenon and the character of the Roman
principate as a system of government and as a political culture.
Attendance requirements(%):
85%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Reading the sources, discussions
in class, a short written assignment
Course/Module Content:
Tiberius; Gaius Caligula; Claudius.
Required Reading:
Sources and papers in the ''Moodle"
Additional Reading Material:
A. Yakobson, Maiestas, the imperial ideology and the imperial family: the
evidence of the senatus consultum de Cn. Pisone patre, in Eutopia (Nuova Serie III,
1 -2, Roma), 2003, 75 108.
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 65 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 20 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 15 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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