All readings beyond the textbook are available as PDF files on the course Moodle site, WWW links, or reserve readings in the Frohring Library.
Week 1
T 7/2 Course introduction; topography-geography, geology, and geomorphology of Rome; origins and development through the Late Republic
Meeting point: classroom; on-site
Visits: Tiber Island, Largo Argentina, Capitoline Hill, Palatine Hill, Forum Boarium, Forum Holitorium
Readings: Rome. An Urban History Chs. 1-4 and 6
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”
Th 7/4 NO CLASS July 4 holiday
Week 2
T 7/9 From Republic to Empire
Meeting point: Piazza del Campidoglio (next to bronze statue at center)
Visits: Roman Forum, Palatine Hill, Circus Flaminius, Theater of Marcellus, Porticus of Metellus/Octavia, Pantheon, meridian of Augustus
Readings: Rome. An Urban History Chs. 5 and 7
P. Aicher, Rome Alive. A Source-Guide to the Ancient City. Wauconda: Bolchazy-Carducci 2004. Available at the Frohring Library (Reference section): REF DG13.A37 2004
Sections 21-57 (overview of the Roman Forum to Arch of Titus), concentrating on the introductory commentaries
A. Claridge, Rome. An Oxford Archaeological Guide. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. ONLINE
pp. 214-216, 253-256, 275-279
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”
Th 7/11 Urbs aeterna Assignment 1
Meeting point: Piazza del Campidoglio (next to bronze statue at center)
Visits: Imperial Forums, Temple of Venus & Roma, Pantheon, Stadium of Domitian, Column of Marcus Aurelius, Temple of Divine Hadrian, Mausoleums of Augustus and Hadrian
Readings: Rome. An Urban History Chs. 8-10
P. Erdkamp (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Rome. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2013.
Ch. 11 R. Don Miller, “Monumental Rome” PDF on Moodle
A. Claridge, Rome. An Oxford Archaeological Guide. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. ONLINE
pp. 39-60, 161-196, 204-238 (only sections on sites listed above), 410-415
F 7/12 Entertainment, leisure, infrastructure, cemeteries Assignment 1 cont’d
Meeting point: Temple of Hercules Victor in the Forum Boarium
Visits: Circus Maximus, Baths of Caracalla, Colosseum, Servian & Aurelianic Walls, Pyramid of Cestius
Readings: Rome. An Urban History Chs. 11-13
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”
A. Claridge, Rome. An Oxford Archaeological Guide. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. ONLINE
pp. 60-61, 299-300, 312-319, 357-365, 397-401
F. Coarelli, Rome and Environs. An Archaeological Guide. Revised ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2014.
City Walls pp. 11-27 (skim)
Week 3
T 7/16 Late Antiquity; review for the mid-term exam
Meeting point: Arch of Constantine
Visits: Basilica Nova, Arch of Constantine, Lateran Archbasilica, Basilica of S. Clemente, Basilica of Sts. Cosmas & Damian, Basilica of S. Maria Maggiore
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”
Th 7/18 Mid-term exam 9:00-10:30; Middle Ages 10:45-12:45
Meeting point: classroom
Visits: Theater of Marcellus, S. Nicola in Carcere, Pierleoni & Crescenzi houses, S. Maria in Cosmedin, Aracoeli Basilica and staircase, Imperial Forums
Readings: Rome. An Urban History Chs. 19-25
Week 4
T 7/23 Renaissance & Counter-Reformation Assignment 2
Meeting point: terminus of #8 tram (Piazza Venezia)
Visits: Palazzo Venezia, Piazza del Campidoglio, Il Gesù, Palazzo Spada, Palazzo & Piazza Farnese, Palazzo della Cancelleria, Chiesa Nuova, Castel Sant’Angelo, St. Peter’s Basilica
Readings: Rome. An Urban History Chs. 26-29
L. W Partridge, The Renaissance in Rome (Frohring Library reserve shelf)
Chs. 1-3
Th 7/25 Baroque Assignment 2 cont’d
Meeting point: St. Peter's Square (next to obelisk at center)
Visits: St. Peter’s Basilica and Square, Ponte S. Angelo, Piazza Navona, Palazzo della Sapienza and Church of St. Ivo, S. Ignazio, Trevi Fountain, Quirinal Palace, S. Andrea al Quirinale, S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Moses Fountain, S. Maria della Vittoria
Readings: Rome. An Urban History Chs. 30-31
K. James-Chakraborty, Architecture Since 1400. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press 2014.
Ch. 9 “Baroque Rome”
J. Smith Pierce, Visual and Auditory Space in Baroque Rome. The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism (1959): 55-67.
P. Zucker, “Space and Movement in High Baroque City Planning.” Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 14.1 (1955): 8-13.
Week 5
T 7/30 Napoleonic period & Risorgimento
Meeting point: terminus of #8 tram (Piazza Venezia)
Visits: Vittoriano, Palazzo Generali, Palazzo della Banca d’Italia, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Piazza Esedra, Baths of Diocletian, Basilica of S. Maria degli Angeli
Readings: Rome. An Urban History Chs. 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”
Th 8/1 Fascism; review for final exam
Meeting point: Piazza Navona (Four Rivers Fountain)
Visits: Via della Conciliazione, Piazza Cavour, Corte Suprema di Cassazione, Piazza Augusto Imperatore, Piazza Navona, Corso Rinascimento, Palazzo dell’INA, Largo Argentina, Piazza Venezia, Vittoriano, Via dei Fori Imperiali, Colosseum
Readings: Rome. An Urban History Chs. 34-35
B. W. Painter, Mussolini’s Rome: Rebuilding the Eternal City. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. Available online (ebook)
pp. 1-49, 59-63, 68-75, 125-131
F 8/2 Final exam