Week 1 September 2
Course introduction; topography-geography, geology, and geomorphology of Rome; origins and development through the Republic
Meeting point: classroom; on-site
Readings: Rome. An Urban History Chs. 1-3
G. Heiken, R. Funiciello, and D. De Rita, The Seven Hills of Rome. A Geological Tour of the Eternal City. Princeton: Princeton University Press 2007.
Ch. 1, “A Tourist’s Introduction to the Geology of Rome”
Week 2 September 9
Late Republic and Augustus
Meeting point: Largo Argentina (next to the tower)
Readings: Rome. An Urban History Chs. 4-5
K. Galinsky, ed., The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2005.
Ch. 10 D. Favro, “Making Rome a World City”
P. Erdkamp (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Rome. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2013.
Ch. 11 R. Don Miller, “Monumental Rome”
Week 3 September 16
Caput mundi
Meeting point: Column of Trajan
Readings: Rome. An Urban History Chs. 8-9
A. Claridge, Rome. An Oxford Archaeological Guide. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.
pp. 37-58, 134-142, 147-173
Week 4 September 23
The Roman Forum
Meeting point: Largo Romolo e Remo
Readings: Rome. An Urban History Chs. 6-7
P. Aicher, Rome Alive. A Source-Guide to the Ancient City. Wauconda: Bolchazy-Carducci 2004.
Sections 21-57 (overview of the Roman Forum to Arch of Titus), concentrating on the introductory commentaries
Week 5 September 30
Entertainment and leisure
Meeting point: Colosseo metro stop (in front of ground level, near news kiosk)
Readings: Rome. An Urban History Chs. 10-11
J. Coulston and H. Dodge, eds., Ancient Rome: The Archaeology of the Eternal City. Oxford: Oxford University School of Archaeology, 2000.
Ch. 9 K. Coleman, “Entertaining Rome”
Week 6 October 7
Infrastructure
Meeting point: Piazza Belli (across Viale Trastevere from Critelli building)
Readings: Rome. An Urban History Chs. 12-13
A. Claridge, Rome. An Oxford Archaeological Guide. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.
pp. 58-59
F. Coarelli, Rome and Environs. An Archaeological Guide. Berkeley: University of California
Press 2007.
11-27
C. Williamson, The Laws of the Roman People: Public Law in the Expansion and Decline of the Roman Republic. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2005.
Ch. 6 “Convergence: The City of Rome”
Week 7 October 14
Late Antiquity
Meeting point: Basilica of S. Maria Maggiore (next to honorary column in front)
Readings: Rome. An Urban History Chs. 14-18
J. Coulston and H. Dodge, eds., Ancient Rome: The Archaeology of the Eternal City. Oxford: Oxford University School of Archaeology, 2000.
Ch. 12 N. Christie, “Lost Glories? Rome at the End of Empire”
Week 8 October 21
Mid-term
Meeting point: classroom
Middle Ages: Tiber Island towers, Theater of Marcellus & house, Pierleoni house, Laurentius house, Aracoeli, Forum Transitorium
Readings: Rome. An Urban History Chs. 19-25
Week 9 October 28
Renaissance
Meeting point: terminus of #8 tram (Piazza Venezia)
Readings: Rome. An Urban History Chs. 26-27
L. W Partridge, The Renaissance in Rome (Frohring Library reserve shelf)
Chs. 2-3
Week 10 November 4
Counter-reformation
Meeting point: Column of Trajan
Readings: Rome. An Urban History Chs. 28-29
L. W Partridge, The Renaissance in Rome (Frohring Library reserve shelf)
Ch. 1
Week 11 November 11
Baroque
Meeting point: Piazza Navona (near Four Rivers Fountain at center)
Readings: Rome. An Urban History Chs. 30-31
K. James-Chakraborty, Architecture Since 1400. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press 2014.
Ch. 9 “Baroque Rome”
Week 12 November 18
Napoleonic period & Risorgimento
Meeting point: terminus of #8 tram (Piazza Venezia)
Readings: Rome. An Urban History Ch. 32-33
R. J. B. Bosworth, Whispering City: Rome and Its Histories. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011.
Ch. 2, “Rome, Revolution and History”
J. Coulston and H. Dodge, eds., Ancient Rome: The Archaeology of the Eternal City. Oxford: Oxford University School of Archaeology, 2000.
Ch. 13 H. Petter, “Back to the Future: Archaeology and Innovation in the Building of Roma Capitale”
Week 13 November 25
Fascism
Meeting point: Ara Pacis Augustae (near main entrance)
Readings: Rome. An Urban History Ch. 34
B. W. Painter, Mussolini’s Rome: Rebuilding the Eternal City (Frohring Library reserve shelf)
pp. 1-19, 39-49, 59-63, 68-75, 125-131
Week 14 December 2
Rome in summation; review for final exam
Meeting point: Piazza della Repubblica (in front of Officine Italiane)
Readings: A. Claridge, Rome. An Oxford Archaeological Guide. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.
pp. 391-395
F. Coarelli, Rome and Environs. An Archaeological Guide. Berkeley: University of California
Press 2007.
pp. 15-16
Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri official website
Sections on the basilica and the meridian line
B. W. Painter, Mussolini’s Rome: Rebuilding the Eternal City (Frohring Library reserve shelf)
pp. 119-125