No
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Day
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Meeting Point
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Themes
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Principal Sites, Monuments, & Museums
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Section(s) in Shelton to read in preparaton for this class meeting
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1
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Wed., Jan 18, 9:15-12:00
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JCU Campus, Library Reference Room
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(a) Review of the syllabus; (b) Introduction to Roman topography & legend
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Tiber Island; Palazzo Mattei di Giove
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2
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Wed., Jan. 25
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Capitoline Square (Piazza del Campidoglio), at the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius
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Chronology of Roman history; Ancient Roman social structure through art and epigraphy, pt. 1: slaves, liberti, commoners, elites
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Largo di Torre Argentina
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Introduction; The Roman Ideal; Slaves; Freedmen communicate top three topic choices (everyday life themes) to instructor via email no later than 5 pm.
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3
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Wed., 1 Feb.
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Park in front of S. Maria in Cosmedin (Bocca della Verità)
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The Roman State Religion: Temples, Altars, Sanctuaries
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Forum Boarium & Forum Holitorium; Temples of Torre Argentina; Pantheon
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Religion & Philosophy (through The Permanence of the State Religion)
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4
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Wed., 8 Feb.
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Front entrance of Museo Nazionale Romano of Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, across the street on a diagonal from Termini train station
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Elite housing & its furnishings; calendars; the ancestor cult
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Roman National Museum: Palazzo Massimo alle Terme
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Marriage; Women Occupations;
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5
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Fri., 10 Feb., 8:45-12:45 (make.up day for Mar. 9th and for half of Mar.7)
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Front steps of Pyramide Metro stop, near the coffee bar - BRING METROBUS PASS OR TWO TICKETS!
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Food provisioning & dining; business; bathing; theater; imported & mystery religions; housing for non-elites; sanitation
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Ostia Antica
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Housing & City Life; Domestic & Personal Concerns (Meals)
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6
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Wed., 15 Feb.
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Forum entrance in Via dei Fori Imperiali
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The ancient city center: the Forum Romanum (overview)
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Forum & Palatine
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Government & Politics
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7
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Wed., 22 Feb.
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Fountain in front of the Museo dell'Ara Pacis, Lungotevere in Augusta
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Elite clothing; the imperial cult
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The Augustan Funerary Complex: Mausoleum of Augustus; Ara Pacis; Horologium
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Families
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8
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Wed. 29 Feb.
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Column of Trajan (tall, white column at the end of Via dei Fori Imperiali toward the Victor Emmanuel Monument)
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Shopping; coming of age; art collections and war spoils; city plans; war; rough neighborhoods
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The Imperial Fora; the Suburra
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The Roman Army; The Provinces
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9
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Wed., 7 Mar.
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MIDTERM EXAM
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Fri., 9 Mar.
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NO CLASS MEETING (compensation for Feb. 10th)
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10
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Wed. 14 Mar.
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Front steps of Pyramide Metro stop, near the coffee bar - BRING METROBUS PASS OR TWO TICKETS!
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Education; occupations; libraries & writing; laws; etc.; textiles; late ancient private basilicas & clientelism
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Museo della Civiltà Romana at EUR; Museo dell'Alto Medioevo (textiles; Opus Sectie Hall from Porta Marina at Ostia)
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Families; education
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11
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Wed., 28 Mar.
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Arch of Constantine
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Spectacle: the arena; triumphs
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Colosseum, Ludus Magnus, Forum (triumphal arches, via sacra)
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Leisure & Entertainment
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12
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Wed., 4 Apr.
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Via del Portico, 21/A (in front of the restaurant Giggetto, next to the Portico of Octavia)
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Spectacle: theater, chariot racing; imperial baths (pt.1)g
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Theater of Marcellus, Circus Maximus, Baths of Caracalla
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Leisure & Entertainment (cont.)
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13
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Wed., 11 Apr.
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Piazza della Repubblica: front door of S. Maria degli Angeli
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Imperial Baths (pt. 2) & their afterlife; Death & burial; magic & imported religions
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Baths of Diocletian; Roman National Museum: Museo delle Terme
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Domestic & Personal Concerns (Illness, Medical Treatments, Death, etc.); Religion (from Religions from the East on)
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14
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Wed., 18 Apr.
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Front steps of Pyramide Metro stop, near the coffee bar
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Garbage; city gates and walls; displaying ancient art today OR mystery religions
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Monte Testaccio & associated horrea; Museo Montemartini OR S. Clemente
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Final Exam Week, Apr. 28-May 4
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FINAL EXAM, date, time & room TBA by the JCU Administration
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Final examination
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