Details of further reading suggestions as well as a relevant bibliography for the course will be provided at the start of the course.
Essential bibliography includes:
Bell, S. and Hansen, I.L. (eds) (2008) Role Models in the Roman World. UMP
Borg, B. (ed.) (2015) A Companion to Roman Art. Wiley-Blackwell.
Favro, D. (1996) The Urban Image of Augustan Rome. CUP
Fejfer, J. (2008) Roman Portraits in Context. De Gruyter
Flower, H.I. (ed.) (2004) The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic. CUP
Galinsky, K. (1996) Augustan Culture, an Interpretative Introduction. PUP
Galinsky, K. (ed.) (2005) The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus. CUP
Haselberger, L. [and Thein, A.] (2007) Urbem adornare. Rome’s Urban Metamorphosis under Augustus. JRA
James, S.L. and Dillon, S. (eds) (2012) A Companion to Woman in the Ancient World. Wiley-Blackwell
Kleiner, D.E.E. (1992) Roman Sculpture. YUP
Koortbojian, M. (2013) The Divinization of Caesar and Augustus. CUP
Wallace-Hadril, A. (1993) Augustan Rome. Bristol University Press
Zanker, P (1988) The Power of Images in the Age of Augustus. UMP
Please note the scheduled make-up days on Friday Oct. 9, Oct. 16 and Nov. 13
Introduction
1. Introduction to the course
Course requirements, logistics, etc.
Assigned reading: None
2. Between Republic and Principate: public portraiture
Veristic Republican portraiture; portraiture of Augustus
Assigned reading: Familiarity with the syllabus. Zanker 1988: 8-11, 98-100 (Republican and Augustan portrait); Schneider 2008: 279-84 (Augustan image)
Late Republican Rome (2nd-mid 1st cent. BC)
3. Civic space and individual visibility: generals
Elite competition in Rome and strategies of public visibility; impact of art/war spoil; triumphal route; Temple of Hercules of the Muses, Portico of Metellus, Temple of ‘Hercules Victor'
Assigned reading: Zanker 1988: 11-18 (Republican works)
4. Civic space and individual visibility: censors
Elite competition in Rome and strategies of public visibility; elite funeral; Forum Romanum; basilicas; building works of Sulla; concrete technology
Assigned reading: Zanker 1988: 18-25 (city and state)
5. Singular individual: Pompey
Theatre of Pompey; triumph and culture; building popular support
Assigned reading: Zanker 1988: 5-11 (portrait depictions)
6. The perception of Rome and the space of the city
Assigned reading: Zanker 1988: 18-25, 25-31 (public and private space)
7. Singular individual: Caesar
Forum of Caesar; mythological ancestry; king/not-king status; building popular support
Assigned reading: Stamper 2005: 90-102 (Forum of Caesar)
Second Triumvirate (44-30 BC) / Creation of Principate (30-25 BC)
8. Death of Caesar: Political and popular alliances
The second Triumvirate, honors for Caesar, political and family links; divine associations
Assigned reading: Zanker 1988: 33-37, 57-65 (triumvirate and rivalries)
9. Marriage alliances: Marriage and family alliances
Octavia, Cleopatra and Livia; honors to Octavia and Livia 35 BC; public portrait depictions of women
Assigned reading: Hemelrijk 2005: 309-10, 315-16 (honors of 35 BC); Kleiner 1992a: 75-78 (female portraiture)
10. Actium victory and settlement of 27 BC
The Actium Battle, triumphal celebrations, settlement of 27 BC; Temple of Divus Julius; depicting Caesar; awards for Augustus; Forum Romanum as an ‘Augustan space'
Assigned reading: Zanker 1988: 79-98 (Forum Romanum, 27 BC settlement); Wallace-Hadrill 1993: 1-9 (Actium as turning-point)
11. Octavian/Augustus: The Palatine
House of Augustus, Temple of Apollo Palatine; public and private space of residence
Assigned reading: Zanker 1988: 44-53, 85-89 (triumviral rivalries, house of Augustus; Apollo)
12. Octavian/Augustus: Campus Martius
Mausoleum of Augustus; Pantheon; Saepta Julia; private honor and public space
Assigned reading: Zanker 1988: 72-77 (Mausoleum of Augustus)
Early Principate (c. 30-20 BC)
13. Codeswitching and portrait depictions
Portraiture of Augustus, Agrippa and Livia; statue formats: toga and stola, Fundilia-Eumachia type, Ceres type
Assigned reading: Zanker 1988: 98-100, 128-9, 162-66 (portrait, toga, stola)
14. Mid-term exam
Details of exam format can be found on Moodle
15. Private in public / for the public: villa and hortus
Villa of Livia at Prima Porta; Villa of the Farnesina; Agrippan building-works on Campus Martius
Assigned reading: Zanker 1988: 25-31, 279-91 (domus and villa)
16. Augustus and elite benefaction in Rome
Circus Flaminius area: Temple of Apollo Sosianus, Portico of Octavius, Portico of Philippus; Portico of Octavia; Theatre of Marcellus; city and urban space
Assigned reading: Zanker 1988: 65-71, 143-46 (competitive benefaction)
17. 23-20 BC: A new settlement and a Parthian victory
A new settlement with the Senate; role of Agrippa; Senatorial depictions of Parthian victory: Statue of Augustus from Prima Porta, Parthian Arch
Assigned reading: Zanker 1988: 79-82, 183-92 (Forum Romanum, Parthian victory)
18. Historiography in the making: Spolia opima
Augustan depictions of Parthian victory: Parthian standards; Temple of Mars Ultor; Temple of Jupiter Feretrius
Assigned reading: Zanker 1988: 101-14 (Forum of Augustus)
Later Principate (23 BC-AD 14)
19. Senate as benefactor: The Ara Pacis Augustae
Ara Pacis Augustae; Priesthoods and neighbourhoods/vici of Rome
Assigned reading: Zanker 1988: 118-23, 172-83 (priesthoods, social participation)
20. Time and honor: The Horologium
Campus Martius; Horologium of Augustus
Assigned reading: Salzman 2013: 488-92 (calendar); Wallace-Hadrill 1993: 89-96 (saviour, sundial)
21. Livia and elite female benefactors
Portico of Livia, Building of Eumachia, Statue type for wwomen: Ceres and Large Herculaneum Woman type
Assigned reading: Zanker 1988: 137-39, 320-22 (Portico of Livia, Building of Eumachia)
22. Forum of Augustus – pater patriae
Augustan space and time: Forum of Augustus; paternal role of Augustus
Assigned reading: Zanker 1988: 192-215 (Forum of Augustus)
23. Succession: Gaius, Lucius, Tiberius (and Drusus)
Augustan Forum Romanum; Temple of Concord
Assigned reading: Zanker 1988: 110-12, 215-30 (Temple of Concord, Gaius/Lucius, Tiberius/Drusus)
24. Rome as world city
City-scape, civic space. The ‘court’ and the ‘power’ of the princeps
Assigned reading: La Rocca 2015: 89-101 (perception of city space)
Assessment
25. Review class
Overview and discussion of course content
Assigned reading: Pose 3-5 questions, based on your revision study, for which you would like clarification and further detail
26. Review class
Overview and discussion of course content
Assigned reading: Pose 3-5 questions, based on your revision study, for which you would like clarification and further detail
27. Final exam
Date, time and place to be announced