This is a TENTATIVE SCHEDULE subject to change regarding the access to museums and monumental areas
following up the Italian regulations and government decrees on the Covid-19 pandemic.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Classes on campus start at 8:30!! Regular on-site classes at 9:15. Fieldtrips see schedule!
Mandatory fieldtrips to Pompeii & Ostia: Friday & Saturday, Oct 28 & 29!!
Each fieldtrip has the value of two regular classes and therefore some regular Monday classes are cancelled
to be used for the fieldtrips!! See details below here in the schedule!!
Week 1 (Sep 5): Class 1
INTRODUCTION 1) course requirements & logistics; documentary sources;
& ROME’s chronology, topography and mythological background.
MP: on Tiber campus, in T13, at 8:30!!
Reading: Stambaugh 1-4 (introd.); Coarelli 1-9 (introd.); Claridge 31-36 (documentary sources);
recommended: Ramage introd.; Connolly & Dodge 102-121 (chron. overview).
Week 2 (Sep 12): Class 2
INTRODUCTION 2) discussion of oral report & paper topics; Roman cities: urban planning, theory and practice (on campus); & ROME's foundation: Tiber & Island, Velabrum, Palatine & Capitoline Hill (on-site);
MP: on Tiber campus, in T13, at 8:30!! for the first part; then class goes together on-site for the second part.
Reading: Stambaugh ch.1 & 15; Claridge 37-59 (glossary, building-types), 226 (Tiber Island), 125 (Palatine, hut of Romulus), 229-232, 238-241 (Capitoline, T. of Jupiter);
recommended: Stambaugh ch.16, 19 & 20 (other Roman cities); Ramage ch1 (24-29, 32-39, 53-55).
Week 3 (Sep 19): Class 3
ROME'S RISE TO LEADING CITY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN: along the triumphal road, victory temples, porticoes and theatres.
DUE: activate your MIC card (distributed in class 2)!!
MP: Largo Argentina in front of Feltrinelli bookstore
Reading: Stambaugh ch. 2, 3 & 13; Claridge 214-219 (Theatre of Pompey, victory Temples of Largo Argentina), 242-247, 222 (T. Apollo Med., Theatre of Marcellus, Porticus of Octavia), 250-258 (Archaic temples, Portunus-t., Round t, Ara Maxima);
recommended: Connolly & Dodge 182-189 (theatres); Ramage ch2 (56, 80-81, 95)
Week 4 (Sep26): Class 4
THE ROMAN FORUM: from marshy valley to the political, religious and commercial centre of the Republican city and of early Imperial politics.
MP: at Column of Trajan, near Piazza Venezia
Reading: 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);
recommended: Connolly & Dodge122-133 (government, food and water), 170-175 (many gods).
Week 5 (Oct 3): Class 5: MIC card needed!
Augustus and the DEVELOPMENT OF CAMPUS MARTIUS: Mausoleum of Augustus, Ara Pacis Augustae, Horologium, Pantheon (Agrippa), Baths and Stagnum of Agrippa.
VISUAL ANALYSIS 1 (done during class)
Review of course material in regard of midterm exam (prepare material for discussion of study guide!)
MP: Piazza del Popolo, near obelisk
Reading: Stambaugh ch. 4; Claridge 176-192 (Campus Martius, Mausoleum of Augustus, Ara Pacis, Sundial), 201-208 (Pantheon, Baths of Agrippa, Basilica of Neptune);
recommended: Zanker (Power of Images) 30-37, 72-77, 167-183.
Week 6 (Oct 10): Class 6
MIDTERM exam
MP: on Tiber campus, in T13, at 8:20!!
Week 7 (Oct 17): Class 7
The TRANSFORMATION OF THE CITY under the Julio-Claudian and Flavian emperors: Imperial residences, Arch of Titus, Colosseum.
MP: at Arch of Constantine (near Colosseum)
Reading: 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);
recommended: Connolly & Dodge218-225 (palace), 190-217 (Colossseum)
Week 8 (Oct 24, regular Monday): Class 8
INTRODUCTION to POMPEII and OSTIA & students’ ORAL REPORTS
on monuments of these two cities (to be crisply reviewed during our fieldtrips).
MP: tba
Reading: Stambaugh ch. 17 (Pompeii) & 18 (Ostia);
Recommended: get a look at assigned readings for the fieldtrips
Week 8 (FRIDAY, Oct 28): Class 9 & 10
Fieldtrip to POMPEII: a flourishing city in the province. History, design, function etc. of the city from the early days to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
MP: Piazza Trilussa, 6:50 (departure bus: 7:00 sharp)!!
Reading: Stambaugh ch. 11, 12; Cantarella & Jacobelli 7-14,24-35, 46-86 (A Day in Pompeii), 88-120 (monuments);
recommended: 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).
Week 8 (SATURDAY, Oct 29): Class 11
Fieldtrip to OSTIA, the seaport of Rome: Ostia Antica and its topography, history, economy and infrastructures, its house architecture and religious buildings.
VISUAL ANALYSIS 2 (done during class)
MP: We will meet at 9:00 in front of Metro B stop Piramide at Piazzale Ostiense and take together the Ostia Lido train!!
Reading: Stambaugh ch. 8, 9, 10, 13; Coarelli 450-476 (Ostia);
recommended: www.ostia-antica.org; Connolly & Dodge 126-149 (food and water, houses and apartments).
Week 9 (Oct 31): CANCELLED as used for the fieldtrip!
(Recommended: work on your paper!)
Week 10 (Nov 7): Class 12 MIC card needed!
The Imperial Fora and Trajan's markets: drastic CHANGES IN THE URBAN DESIGN reflect Imperial qualities.
MP: at Column of Trajan, near Piazza Venezia
Reading: Stambaugh ch.5 (67-77), ch.9; Claridge 147ff (Imperial Fora and Trajan's Column and Markets).
recommended: Ramage ch. 6 (Trajan)
Week 11 (Nov 14): Class 13
The RESHAPING OF THE CAMPUS MARTIUS by Domitian and the Good emperors: Imperial cult and entertainment.
DUE: paper outline (brief oral presentation and discussion in class)
MP: in front of Pantheon
Reading: 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);
recommended: Ramage ch7 (229-240, 248-251), ch8 (257-276, 281).
Week 12 (Nov 21): CANCELLED as used for the fieldtrip!
DUE: paper’s final draft (submitted through Moodle, no later than Wed, Nov 23)
Week 13 (Nov 28): Class 14
The late Imperial CITY IN TRANSITION from Pagan to Christian.
Conclusion of course;
Review of course material in regard of final exam.
MP: at Column of Trajan, near Piazza Venezia
Reading: Stambaugh ch.5 (The Later Empire); 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), 272-275 (Arch of Constantine); 346-350 (Lateran);
recommended: Ramage ch9 282-289302-307), ch10 (211f, 318-320), ch11 (325-332), ch12 (343-348, 350-353, 365).
Week 14 (Dec 5): CANCELLED as used for the fieldtrip!
Week 15 (Dec 12-16 tba): FINAL EXAM
Assigned or recommended readings, out of:
Cantarella, E. and Jacobelli, L. (2003) A Day in Pompeii: daily life, culture and society;
Claridge, A. (1998) Rome. (Oxford Archaeological Guide). Oxford UP
Coarelli, F. (2007) Rome and Environs. An Archaeological Guide.U of California P
Connolly, P. and Dodge, H. (1998) The Ancient City. Life in Classical Athens and Rome;
La Regina, A. (2004) Archaeological Guide to Rome. Electa
Ramage, N.H. and Ramage, A. (1995) Roman Art. Laurence King
Scarre, C. (1995) Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome. Penguin Books
Stambaugh, J. (1988) The Ancient Roman City. Johns Hopkins UP
Zanker, P. (1995) Pompeii: Public and Private Life;
Zanker, P. (1988) The Power of Images in the Age of Augustus. U of Michigan P
Selection of other useful books (a more detailed list will be provided in class):
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;
Clarke, J.R. (1991) The Houses of Roman Italy;
Coulston, J and Dodge, H. (eds.) (2000) Ancient Rome: The Archaeology f 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. (1988) The Power of Images in the Age of Augustus.