Session | Session Focus | Reading Assignment | Other Assignment | Meeting Place/Exam Dates |
MANDATORY FIELDTRIPS to Pompeii & Ostia: Friday & Saturday March 22 & 23 | Each fieldtrip has the value of two regular classes!!
See details lower down in the schedule!! | | REGARDING ALL SESSIONS: recommended reading to single areas and monuments: Claridge, A., Oxford Archaeological guide to Rome (1998); Coarelli, F., Rome and Environs. An archaeological Guide (2007); | |
week 1) Jan 22 | INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE. TIBER and TIBER ISLAND: Introduction to the course (requirements, logistics, chronological/ conceptual overview, etc.); on-site: Rome’s topography and mythological background; Tiber, Tiber Island. | Stambaugh introduction | Coarelli introduction | Meeting place: GK13 at 9:15 for intro and then we go on-site |
week 2) Jan 29 | ROME'S FOUNDATION: Kings to early Republic: Capitoline Hill and Temple of Jupiter, Capitoline Museum | Stambaugh ch. 1 & 13 | Coarelli 29-34 (Capitoline, Temple of Jupiter); | MP: Capitoline Hill (Campidoglio) on top of large staircase |
week 3) Feb 5 | THE ROMAN FORUM: from marshy valley to the political, religious and commercial centre of the Republican city and of early Imperial politics | Stambaugh ch. 2, 3, 6 & 7 | Claridge 60-74 (Roman Forum, Curia, Comitium, Basilica Aemilia), 80-82 (Temple of Saturn, Rostra), 85-91 (pavement, Basilica Iulia, Temple of Castor), 97-106 (Temple of Divus Iulius, Arch of Augustus, Temple of Vesta, Atrium Vestae, Regia) | MP: entrance to Roman Forum, Via dei Fori Imperiali (half way between Pizza Venezia and Colosseum) |
week 4) Feb 12 | FROM ROMAN REPUBLIC TO EMPIRE: Campus Martius from Republic to Augustus: Area Sacra of Largo Argentina, Theatres of Pompey, Balbus and Marcellus, Porticus of Octavia, Temple of Apollo, F. Holitorium and F. Boarium temples | Stambaugh ch. 3, 11 & 13 | Claridge 176-80 (Campus Martius), 214-226, 241-255 (Theatre of Pompey to Round Temple) | MP: Largo Argentina in front of Feltrinelli bookstore |
week 5) Feb 19 | AUGUSTUS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIELD OF MARS: Mausoleum of Augustus, Ara Pacis Augustae, Horologium, Pantheon (Agrippa), Baths and Stagnum of Agrippa. | Stambaugh ch. 4 | VISUAL ANALYSIS 1 (done during class, bring white paper and pencils) Claridge 176-192, 201-208 (Pantheon, Baths of Agrippa, Basilica of Neptune) | MP: Piazza del Popolo, near obelisk |
week 6) Feb 26 at 8:30 !! | MIDTERM EXAM | | | MP: GK13 at 8:30 !! |
week 7) March 5 | The Transformation of the city between Palatine Hill and Colosseum valley: the JULIO-CLAUDIAN and FLAVIAN EMPERORS: Imperial residences, Arch of Titus, Colosseum. | Stambaugh ch. 7 & 14 | DUE: paper TOPIC!! Claridge 16-17, 116-118 (Arch of Titus), 119-145 (Palatine Hill), 271, 276-284 (Colosseum), 290 (Ner's Golden House) | MP: at Arch of Constantine (near Colosseum) |
week 8) March 12 | SPRING BREAK | | | |
week 9) March 19 | THE IMPERIAL FORA and TRAJAN's MARKETS: drastic changes in the urban design reflect Imperial power. | Stambaugh ch.5 (67-77), ch.9. | Claridge 147ff (Imperial Fora and Trajan's Column and Markets) | MP: at Column of Trajan, near Piazza Venezia |
week 9) MANDATORY fieldtrip to Pompeii: Friday March 22 | POMPEII: a flourishing city in the province. History, design, function etc. of the city from the early days to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. | Stambaugh ch. 11, 12 & 17 | Zanker, P.,Pompeii. Public and Private Life (1998) | MP: Piazza Trilussa, 6.50 (departure bus: 7.00)!! (has the value of two morning classes) |
week 9) MANDATORY fieltrip to Ostia: Saturday March 23 | OSTIA, THE SEAPORT OF ROME: Ostia Antica and its topography, history, economy and infrastructures, its house architecture and religious buildings. | Stambaugh ch. 8, 9, 10, 13 & 18 (Ostia) and go to www.ostia-antica.org;
Coarelli 450-476 (Ostia) | VISUAL ANALYSIS 2 (done during class, bring white paper and pencils) | MP: We will meet at 9 am in front of Metro B stop Piramide at Piazzale Ostiense and take together the Ostia Lido train !! (has the value of two morning classes) |
week 10) March 26 | NO CLASS | used for field trip | | |
week 11) April 2 | The Reshaping of the Campus Martius by DOMITIAN and the GOOD EMPERORS: Imperial cult and entertainment. | Stambaugh ch. 5 (72-81) & 14 | DUE: written paper OUTLINE (& brief oral presentation in class) !! Claridge 193-214 (Column of Antoninus Pius and of Marcus Aurelius, Hadrianeum, Pantheon, Stadium of Domitian), 369ff. Mausoleum of Hadrian | MP: in front of Pantheon |
week 12) April 6 | NO CLASS | used for Ostia trip | | |
week 13) April 16 | The city in transition from PAGAN to CHRISTIAN. The multiple layers of San Clemente. | Stambaugh ch.5 (The Later Empire), ch. 12 & 15 | DUE: hard copy of PAPER's final draft !! Claridge 70-76 (Curia, Arch of Septimius Severus), 83 -84 (Decennalia Base, Column of Phocas), 107-115 (Temples of Faustina, Romulus, Venus and Roma, Basilica Nova), 272 (Arch of Constantine), 284 (San Clemente) | MP: entrance to Roman Forum, Via dei Fori Imperiali (half way between Pizza Venezia and Colosseum) |
week 14) April 23 | NO CLASS | used for field trip | | |
week 15) April 30 | The BATHS OF CARACALLA and the Importance of Social Bathing. REVIEW of our semester! | Claridge 319ff (Via Appia and Baths of Caracalla). Prepare the course material according to study guide for discussion !! | | MP: Circus Maximus, at curve (east side), near Metro B stop Circo Massimo |
week 16) TBA | FINAL EXAM | | | MP: on campus TBA |
| RECOMMENDED BOOKS: | Abbondanza, L. (1997), The Valley of the Colosseum (Electa Guide);
Giustozzi, N. (ed.) (2006), The Capitoline Museums (Electa Guide);
Aldrete, G. (2004) Daily Life in the Roman City; Rome, Ostia and Pompeii;
Boardman, J. (ed.) (2001), The Oxford Illustrated History of the Roman World;
Cantarella, E. (2003) A Day in Pompeii: daily life, culture and society;
Clarke, J.R. (1991) The Houses of Roman Italy;
Connoly, P. nad Dodge, H. (1998) The Ancient City. Life in Classical Athens and Rome;
Coulston, J and Dodge, H. (eds.) (2000) Ancient Rome: The Archaeology ot the Eternal City;
Favro, D. (1996) The Urban Image of Augustan Rome;
Gallina Zevi, A. and Claridge, A. (eds.) (1996) 'Roman Ostia' revisited;
Grant, M. (1974) Cities of Vesuvius: Pompeii and Herculaneum;
Guidobaldi, P. (1998) The Roman Forum (Electa guide);
Hermansen, G. (1982) Ostia: Aspects of Roman City Life;
Koehne, E. and Ewigleben C. (eds.) (2000) Gladiators and Caesars;
La Regina, A. (2004) Archaeologocial Guide to Rome (Electa Guide);
Piranomonte, M. (1998) The Baths of Caracalla (Electa Guide);
Richardson, L.Jr. (1992) A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome;
Shelton, J.-A- (1997) As the Romans Did: A Sourcebook in the Roman Social History;
Tomei, E. (1998) The Palatine (Electa Guide);
Wallace-Hadrill, A. (1994) Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum;
Zanker, P. (1995) Pompeii: Public and Private Life;
Zanker, P. (1988) The Power of Images in the Age of Augustus.
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