This class aims to supply students with the basics and method necessary for acquisition of the skills of analysis and reflection on the tradition concerning the Roman imperial government facing the so called "barbarian" peoples of central Europe. The fundamental aim is to focus on dynamics, contradictions and reference contexts, and to possess adequate communicative resources on historical dynamics analogous to those in question.

This class contributes to the achievement of the learning objectives of the Master Degree Course, aiming to consolidate and broaden the knowledge and philological / technical methodologies acquired over the three years, with view to either proceeding towards a research Doctorate or finding work with public/private research and cultural institutes or cultural and academic foundations.