SCHEDULE
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Session Focus
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Reading Assignment
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Other Assignment
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Meeting Place/Exam Dates
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This is a
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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
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subject to change regarding the access to museums and monumental areas following up the Italian regulations with respect to the pandemic crisis
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MANDATORY FIELDTRIPS to Pompeii & Ostia, Friday & Saturday, Oct 30 & 31
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See CHANGES below as fieldtrips not possible for the moment !!
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The two fieldtrips have the value of three regular classes (See details lower down in the schedule to know which three Mondays are used!)
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SEE UPDATES below !!
Valid from
OCT 16
(from class 5 on)
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class 1) Sep 21
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INTRODUCTION 1) course requirements & logistics; Rome's chronology, topography and mythological background.
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go to Moodle, folder of first week's class: Stambaugh 1-4 (introduction); Claridge 32-36 (documentary sources); Coarelli 1-9 (introduction).
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Meeting place: JCU, Tiber campus T.2.2 (check announcements, though)
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class 2) Sep 28
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INTRODUCTION 2) presentation of paper topic; urban planning, theory and practice.
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Stambaugh, ch.15; Claridge 53-59 (building-types)
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MP: on campus, T.2.2
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Fri Oct 2
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(Cancelled) RESCHEDULED for Friday Oct 30 – see there!!
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USED for fieldtrips (and therefore class DOES NOT MEET today)
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class 3) Oct 5
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ROME'S FOUNDATION AND RISE TO LEADING CITY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN: Tiber & Island, Velabrum, Palatine & Capitoline Hill; triumphal road with victory temples and theatres.
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Stambaugh ch. 1, 2, 3 & 13; Claridge 226 (Tiber Island), 250-258 (Archaic temples, Portunus-t., Round t, Ara Maxima, 125 (Palatine, hut of Romulus),229-232, 238-241 (Capitoline, T. of Jupiter), 242-247, 222 (T. Apollo Med., Theatre of Marcellus, Porticus of Octavia). 214-219 (Theatre of Pompey, victory Temples of Largo Argentina).
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MP: on Tiber Island (near monument in front of church)
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class 4) Oct 12
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Augustus and the DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIELD OF MARS: Mausoleum of Augustus, Ara Pacis Augustae, Horologium, Pantheon (Agrippa), Baths and Stagnum of Agrippa.
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Stambaugh ch. 4; Claridge 176-192 (Campus Martius, Mausoleum of Augustus, Ara Pacis, Sundial), 201-208 (Pantheon, Baths of Agrippa, Basilica of Neptune).
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VISUAL ANALYSIS 1 (done during class, bring white paper and pencils)
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MP: Piazza del Popolo, near obelisk
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class 5) Oct 19
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THE ROMAN FORUM: from marshy valley to the political, religious and commercial centre of the Republican city and of early Imperial politics
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Stambaugh ch. 2, 3 (review), 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)
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MP: on campus, T.2.2 at 8:30
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Class 6) Oct 26
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The TRANFORMATION OF THE CITY under the Julio-Claudian and Flavian emperors: Imperial residences, Arch of Titus, Colosseum.
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Stambaugh ch. 5 (67-78) & 14; Claridge 11-17, 116-118 (Arch of Titus), 119-145 (Palatine Hill), 271, 276-284 (Colosseum), 290 (Nero's Golden House)
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VISUAL ANALYSIS 2
(done during class through Moodle)
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MP: CLASSROOM CHANGE: from today in T.1.2 at 8:30
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class 7) Friday Oct 30 !!
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REVIEW and MAKE-UP sessions
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Tentative schedule:
Session 1) 9-9:30: intro class 1 & 2
Session 2) 9:30-10:15: class 3
Session 3) 10:30-11:15: class 4
Session 4) 11:15-open end: discussion of midterm study guide questions
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Participation at your discretion
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MP: remote from home (class link)
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class 8) Nov 2
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MIDTERM EXAM &
paper discussion
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The exam will be taken in class through Moodle
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DUE: first ideas for paper topic
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MP: on campus, T.1.2 at 8:30
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class 9) Nov 9
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THE Imperial Fora and Trajan's markets: drastic CHANGES IN THE URBAN DESIGN reflect Imperial qualities.
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Stambaugh ch.5 (67-77), ch.9; Claridge 147ff (Imperial Fora and Trajan's Column and Markets).
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DUE:
paper TOPIC!!
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MP: on campus, T.1.2 at 8:30
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class 10) Nov 16
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The Reshaping of the Campus Martius by DOMITIAN and the GOOD EMPERORS: Imperial cult and entertainment.
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Stambaugh ch. 5 (72-81) & 14; Claridge 193-214 (Column of Antoninus Pius and of Marcus Aurelius, Hadrianeum, Pantheon, Stadium of Domitian), 369ff. (Mausoleum of Hadrian).
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VISUAL ANALYSIS 3 (done during class through Moodle)
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MP: on campus, T.1.2 at 8:30
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class 11) Nov 23
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POMPEII: a flourishing city in the province. History, design, function etc. of the city from the early days to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
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Stambaugh ch. 11, 12 & 17; Cantarella & Jacobelli 7-86 (A Day in Pompeii)
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DUE:
written paper OUTLINE submitted through Moodle & brief presentation in class orally.
Zanker (Pompeii) 1-25 (Townscape and Domestic Taste), 27-77 (Urban Space), 135-156 (The Domestic Arts in Pompeii), 192-203 (Domestic Taste and Cultural Identity
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MP: tba
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Class12) Nov 30
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OSTIA, THE SEAPORT OF ROME: Ostia Antica and its topography, history, economy and infrastructures, its house architecture and religious buildings.
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Stambaugh ch. 8, 9, 10, 13 & 18 (Ostia) and go to www.ostia-antica.org; Coarelli 450-476 (Ostia)
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DUE (Fri, Dec 4 ): PAPER's final draft, submitted through Moodle
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MP: tba
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class 13) Dec 7
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The CITY IN TRANSITION from Pagan to Christian. Conclusion of course.
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Stambaugh ch.5 (The Later Empire), ch. 12 & 15; 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).
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Discussion of final exam study guide!!
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MP: tba
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tba
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FINAL EXAM
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MP: on campus tba
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RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
Abbondanza, L. (1997), The Valley of the Colosseum (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. and 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;
Giustozzi, N. (ed.) (2006), The Capitoline Museums (Electa Guide);
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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