Information Package / Course Catalogue
Military and Society in the Ancient Western Civilizations
Course Code: TAR364
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

Introducing the military structures, armies and naval powers of the Ancient Western (Ancient Greek and Roman) Civilizations. Emphasizing the mutual relationship between the mentioned civilizations and the military culture they created.

Course Content

In this course, military developments, wars, manpower sources of the armies and economical and social reasons and results of these mentioned topics will be treated within the histories of the Minoan and Mycenean Civilizations, Archaic and Classical Greece, Hellenistic Period and Roman History in general.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Res. Assist. Ömer GÜNGÖRMÜŞ
Learning Outcomes
1.Being able to grasp the distinction and relation between military superiority and technical-economical superiority.
2.Being able to understand the mutual relation between the social structures and military structures of the Greek city-states.
3.Being able to define the effects of the economical and manpower sources of the Greek city-states to their military capabilities.
4.Being able to explain the military changes that were created by the peculiar conditions of the Hellenistic Period.
5.Being able to grasp the effect of military power of Rome to its political superiority.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Geoffrey Parker "Cambridge Savaş Tarihi" Çev: Füsun Tayanç-Tunç Tayanç, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, 2014.
2.Philip Sabin et alii. "The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare Vol: I-II" Cambridge University Press, 2007.
3.Stefan G. Chrissanthos "Warfare in the Ancient World: From the Bronze Age to the Fall of Rome" Greenwood, 2008.
4.Paul Erdkamp "A Companion to the Roman Army" Blackwell Publishing, 2007.
5.Lawrence Keppie "The Making of the Roman Army: From Republic to Rome" Routledge, 1984.
6. John Keegan "A History of Warfare" 1993.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction
Week 2 - Theoretical
Military Structures of the Minoan and Mycenean Civilizations
Week 3 - Theoretical
Aegean Migrations and the Military Superiority of the Invaders
Week 4 - Theoretical
Military Structures of the Greek City-States during the Archaic and Classical Period
Week 5 - Theoretical
Military Developments of the Late Classical Period
Week 6 - Theoretical
Military Developments of the Hellenistic Period
Week 7 - Theoretical
Military Structure of the Etruscan and Early Roman Period
Week 8 - Theoretical
Republican Period Roman Army
Week 9 - Theoretical
Wars of the Republican Period
Week 10 - Theoretical
Marian Reforms
Week 11 - Theoretical
Roman Army during the Civil War and Last Years of the Republic
Week 12 - Theoretical
Augustus and Roman Imperial Army During the Period of Principate
Week 13 - Theoretical
Roman Imperial Army During the Period of Dominate
Week 14 - Theoretical
Roman Imperial Army and the Germans
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Assignment1088
Reading140228
Individual Work3039
Midterm Examination1011
Final Examination1011
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)75
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
OÇ-1
1
1
3
3
4
3
1
4
3
3
1
1
OÇ-2
1
1
3
3
3
3
1
4
3
3
1
1
OÇ-3
1
1
3
3
4
3
1
5
3
3
1
1
OÇ-4
1
1
3
3
4
3
1
4
3
3
1
1
OÇ-5
1
1
3
3
4
3
1
4
3
3
1
1
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026