**MANDATORY FIELDTRIPS to Pompeii & Ostia: FRIDAY & SATURDAY, April 5th & 6th!
They have the value of two regular classes and therefore some regular Monday classes will be cancelled to be used for the fieldtrips.
IMPORTANT NOTE: classes on campus (Chapel, Room 1) start at 1:30pm. Regular on-site classes at 2:15pm. Check carefully the schedule, please!
Class 1: Monday, Jan. 15
TOPIC: Introduction to the Course. Logistics & chronological overview, history, topography, and foundation myth.
MEETING PLACE: JCU Classroom (Chapel, Room 1) at 1:30pm.
READING: Claridge 2010: 4-59 (Roman history, documentary sources, building types and techniques).
[Recommended: Beard M. “Meet the Romans” -- 3hrs, YouTube videos in preparation for the course].
Class 2: Monday, Jan. 22
TOPIC: Survey of Early Rome + Discussion of oral reports, paper topics, guidelines, and expectations.
Tiber & Cloaca Maxima; Forum Boarium, Archaic Temples of Sant’Omobono, Capitoline Hill, Palatine Hill, Forum Romanum (overview of its development & earliest monuments which will be visited during class 4).
MEETING PLACE: JCU Classroom (Chapel, Room 1) at 1:30pm. Second part of class on-site.
READING: Claridge 2010: 4-9 (history), 63-67, 75-77, 83-84, 105-111 (Forum Romanum), 132-133 (Hut of Romulus), 259-262, 268-70 (Capitoline, Temple of Jupiter), 282-288 (Sant’Omobono & Forum Boarium), 257-258 (Tiber Island); Stambaugh 1988: Ch. 1 & 15.
Class 3: Monday, Jan. 29
TOPIC: Religion and architecture walk: military success & urban "spectacle" in Late Republic and Early Empire
Theater of Pompeii, Victory Temples at Largo Argentina, Circus Flaminius, Temple of Apollo Medicus/Sosianus, Portico of Metellus/Octavia, Theater of Marcellus.
MEETING PLACE: At the Tower in Largo Argentina (“Torre del Papito”).
READING: Claridge 2010: 9-12 (history), 239-246, 250-256 (Theatre of Pompey, Victory Temples at Largo Argentina, Portico of Metellus/Octavia), 274-282 (Theater of Marcellus, Temple of Apollo Medicus/Sosianus, Forum Holitorium); Stambaugh 1988: Ch. 3 & 13.
Class 4: Monday, Feb. 5
TOPIC: Society and freedom: Rome between Late Republic and Early Empire
Forum Romanum: Curia, Comitium, Rostra, Temple of Saturn, Basilica Aemilia, Porticus of Gaius and Lucius, Basilica Julia, Temple of the Castors, Temple of Divus Julius, Temple of Vesta, Forum of Caesar & Forum of Augustus.
MEETING PLACE: At the entrance to the Forum Romanum, by the Fori Imperiali (Via della Salaria Vecchia 5/6).
READING: Claridge 2010: 10-15 (history), 63-75, 85-87, 92-95, 100-103 (Forum Romanum), 160-169 (Forum of Caesar), 177-180 (Forum of Augustus); Stambaugh 1988: Ch. 2, 6 & 7.
Class 5: Friday, Feb. 9 (Make-up day for April 1)
TOPIC: The development of a new urban image: Augustan Rome + Midterm Review
Mausoleum, Res Gestae, Ara Pacis, Solarium, Agrippa’s Pantheon and building program. MiC Card needed.
MEETING PLACE: At the entrance to the Ara Pacis Augustae Museum, (Lungotevere in Augusta).
READING: Claridge 2010: 12-15, 40-43 (history & building materials), 197-216, 232-233 (Augustan Campus Martius); Stambaugh 1988: Ch. 4.
Class 6: Monday, Feb. 12
Midterm Exam.
MEETING PLACE: JCU Classroom (Chapel, Room 1) at 1:30pm.
Class 0: Monday, Feb. 19
No Class, Used for Pompeii Trip
Spring Break: Feb. 26 - 3
Class 7: Monday, Mar. 4
TOPIC: Reshaping of a neighborhood: entertainment, politics, and the Rome of the Flavians
Domus Aurea, Arch of Titus, Forum of Peace, Forum Transitorium, Colosseum (exterior), Ludus Magnus.
MEETING PLACE: At the entrance to the Forum Romanum, by the Fori Imperiali (Via della Salaria Vecchia 5/6).
READING: Claridge 2010: 16-18 (history), 121-123 (Arch of Titus), 169-176 (Temple of Peace, Forum of Nerva), 299-300 (Circus Maximus), 301-308 (Domus Aurea, Meta Sudans), 312-319 (Colosseum, Ludus Magnus); Stambaugh 1988: Ch. 5 (only 67-75) & 14.
Class 0: Mar. 11
No Class, Used for Pompeii Trip
Class 8: Monday, Mar. 18
TOPIC: Making Rome a metropolis: urban development during the High Empire
Stadium and Odeum of Domitian, Pantheon, Hadrianeum; Forum, Column, and Markets of Trajan. MiC Card needed.
MEETING PLACE: At the Tower in Largo Argentina (“Torre del Papito”).
READING: Claridge 2010: 18-21 (history), 197-204 (Campus Martius), 223-238 (Hadrianeum, Pantheon, Stadium and Odeum of Domitian), 180-96 (Forum and Markets of Trajan); Stambaugh 1988: Ch. 5 (only 75-81), 9 & 13.
Class 9: Monday, Mar. 25
TOPIC: Introduction to Pompeii and Ostia
*Paper’s outline due today - bring printed copy in class + brief oral presentation in class
MEETING PLACE: JCU Classroom (Chapel, Room 1) at 1:30pm.
READING: Stambaugh 1988: Ch. 17(Pompeii) & 18 (Ostia); Take a look at the guidebooks for Pompeii and Ostia to begin learning about the sites before our fieldtrips.
Monday, April 1 -- No Class, National Holiday
Class 10 & 11. FIELDTRIP to Pompeii: FRIDAY, April 5.
TOPIC: History of the Town, Private and Public Infrastructures, Daily Life
MEETING PLACE: Piazza Trilussa at 6:50am! (Departure bus: 7:00am!).
READING: Berry 2007: Ch. 5 & 6; Kleiner 2010: 18-45; Stambaugh 1988: Ch. 10, 11 (only 191-194) & 12.
To locate and learn about Pompeii’s monuments, see:
http://pompeiisites.org/pompei-map/
http://pompeiiinpictures.com/pompeiiinpictures/index.htm
Class 12. FIELDTRIP to Ostia: SATURDAY, April 6.
TOPIC: History of the Town, Public and Private Infrastructures, Roman Economy
MEETING PLACE: Outside the entrance to Porta San Paolo Train Station at 9:30am! (We will take together the Ostia lido train).
READING: Coarelli 2014: 450-476; Kleiner 2010: 203-215; Stambaugh 1988: Ch. 8.
To locate and learn about Ostia Antica’s monuments, see:
https://www.ostiaantica.beniculturali.it/en/educational-panels/
http://www.ostia-antica.org/
Class 0: Monday, Apr. 8
No Class, Used for Ostia Trip
Class 13: Monday, Apr. 15
TOPIC: The Transformation of the City in the Late Empire through centuries: transition from Pagan to Christian
*Term Paper Due Today - bring printed copy in class & submit digital formvia Moodle
Arch of Constantine, Basilica Nova, Temple of Venus and Roma, Basilica of San Clemente
MEETING PLACE: At the Arch of Constantine (Forum side).
READING: Claridge 2010: 21-28 (history), 115-117 (Basilica Nova), 118-121 (Temple of Venus and Roma), 306-308 (Colossus, Meta Sudans), 308-312 (Arch of Constantine), 319-324 (San Clemente); Stambaugh 1988: Ch. 5 (only 81-85); Walsh 2018: 4-12 (cult of Mithras).
Class 14: Monday, Apr. 22
Review Class.
MEETING PLACE:JCU Classroom (Chapel, Room 1) at 1:30pm.
Class 15: April 29 - FINAL EXAM: 12:30-2:30pm (Mimose 1)