Date T.B.A.: Friday Day-Trip to Pompeii
Week 1:
Lecture: Course Introduction and Lecture on Early Rome; City Boundaries; Death and Burial
Meeting Place: JCU Classroom (T.B.A.)
Site Visits: Circus Maximus, the Palatine Hill, the Aventine Hill, the Servian Walls, the Pyramid, and the Aurelian Walls
Readings: Stambaugh, Introduction and Chapters One and Fifteen, and Claridge, Introduction and Historical Overview; Chronological Table (pp. 494 – 496)
Week 2:
Lecture: Roman Religion
Meeting Place: The Tower in Largo Argentina
Site Visits: Victory Temples in Largo Argentina, Republican Lower Campus Martius, Tomb of Bibulus, the Capitoline Hill: Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Asylum, and Tabularium
Readings: Stambaugh, Chapters Two, Thirteen and Fourteen, and Claridge, Section “Capitoline Hill” (pp. 259 – 273), and individual entries as appropriate for site visits
Week 3:
Lecture: The Roman Republic through Julius Caesar; Rome’s Population & Water; Society and Freedom
Meeting Place: The Tower in Largo Argentina
Site Visits: Theater of Pompey
Readings: Stambaugh, Chapters Three and Six
Week 4:
Lecture: Architecture Walk; Roman Building Methods and Materials; The Triumphal Parade and Route
Meeting Place: Outside the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin/La Bocca della Verita’
Site Visits: Forum Boarium, Theater of Marcellus, Porticus of Octavia, Excavations at Sant’Omobono, Circus Flaminius location, Fabricius’ Bridge, Tiber Island, and the Cloaca Maxima
Readings: Stambaugh, Chapter Seventeen, and Claridge, Glossary (pp. 39 – 62), and Section “Circus Flaminius to Circus Maximus“ (pp. 274 – 300), and individual entries as appropriate for site visits
Week 5:
Lecture: Augustan Rome I; City Centers & City Planning; Roman Arts & Propaganda
Meeting Place: Roman Forum, entrance opposite the via Cavour
Site Visits: Forum Romanum, Forum of Julius Caesar, Forum of Augustus
Readings: Stambaugh, Chapters Four and Seven, and Claridge, Section “The Roman Forum” (pp. 62 – 103), and and individual entries as appropriate for site visits
Week 6:
Lecture: Augustan Rome II; Roman Roads and Commemorative Monuments
Meeting Place: Outside the Ara Pacis Augustae (Lungotevere in Augusta)
Site Visits: Augustus’ Horologium, the Ara Pacis & Claudian Altar, Augustus’ Mausoleum, via Flaminia
Readings: Stambaugh, Chapter Eight, and Claridge, Sections “Field of Mars (pp. 197 – 258) and “Colosseum Valley and Esquiline Hill” (301 – 340), and individual entries as appropriate for site visits
Week 7:
MIDTERM EXAM at JCU
Week 8:
PAPER TOPICS DUE
Lecture: Rome of the Julio-Claudians and Flavians; Public Venues and Roman Housing
Meeting Place: Outside the Metro B “Colosseo” stop
Site Visits: Colosseum, Ludus Magnus, Forum of Peace, Forum Transitorium, Arch of Titus, Palatine Hill (Domus Aurea, Domus Tiberiana, Palace of Domitian, House of Augustus, Hut of Romulus, Republic Mansions)
Readings: Stambaugh, Chapters Five and Ten, and Claridge, Sections “The Upper Via Sacra” and “The Palatine Hill” (pp. 104 – 159), and individual entries as appropriate for site visits
Week 9:
Lecture: Rome of Trajan and Hadrian; Public Venues II
Meeting Place: In front of the Pantheon
Site Visits: Pantheon, Temple to the Deified Hadrian, Column of Marcus Aurelius, Stadium of Domitian, Forum and Markets of Trajan, Temple of Venus and Roma
Readings: Stambaugh, Chapters Eleven and Twelve, and Claridge, Section “Imperial Forums” (pp. 160 – 196), and individual entries as appropriate for site visits
Week 10:
NO CLASS
Week 11:
Lecture: Ostia Antica I, Homes, Religion and Entertainment
Meeting Place: Ticket booth at Ostia Antica
Site Visits: Ostia Antica
Readings: Stambaugh, Chapter Eighteen, and www.ostia-antica.org for individual monuments
Week 12:
RESEARCH PAPER DUE TODAY
Lecture: Ostia Antica II, City and Commerce; Commercial Thoroughfares: The via Ostiensis and the Tiber River
Meeting Place: Ticket booth at Ostia Antica
Site Visits: Ostia Antica
Readings: Stambaugh, Chapter Nine, and www.ostia-antica.org for individual monument
Week 13:
Lecture: Decline and Transformation: Rome from the Antonines through Constantine; End of Empire; Review for Final Exam
Meeting Place: Roman Forum, entrance opposite the via Cavour
Site Visits: Arch of Constantine, Arch of Septimius Severus, Basilica of Maxentius, Baths of Caracalla, Forma Urbis Romae
Readings: Claridge, Section “Caelian Hill and the Inner Via Appia” (pp. 341 – 371), and individual entries as appropriate for site visits
Week 14:
NO CLASS
Final Exam: T.B.A.
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