Roman Archaeology

Interior of the Flavian Amphitheater (Colosseum)

Topics that are claimed are followed by the student's name.

Colosseum and Ludus Magnus (Rome): Adam Schulman

The Church of San Clemente, including a Roman house and mithraeum (Rome): Robyn Schwab

The triumphal arch, in particular, the Arch of Titus and Arch of Constantine (Rome): Evan Eakins

Women and men in Etruscan funerary art (Tarquinia): ToniAnn Gallagher

Basilicas in the Roman Forum (Rome): Dave Szczepanski

Rome's aqueducts or the Baths of Diocletian (Rome): Alex Komorowski

Republican and Augustan temples in the Forum Holitorium and Forum Boarium (Rome): Stacy Weinberg

Forum of Augustus (Rome): Kyle Talley

Domitian's Palace on the Palatine (Rome): Anna Wilson

Column of Trajan (Rome): John Wagoner

Forum of Trajan or Trajan's markets (Rome): Alyssa Squier

Tiberius' villa at Sper Longa:

Villa Iovis, Tiberius' villa (Capri):

entertainment complex at Pompeii (amphitheater, theater, odeum, palaestra): Amanda Ross

Painting at Pompeii, esp. Houses of the Faun, Pansa, and Vetii (Pompeii): Jennifer Everson

The cult of the goddess Isis and other Egyptian influences on the Roman world (Pompeii and Rome): Sara Reynolds

Villa of the Mysteries (Pompeii): Stephanie Wendler

Pompeiian mosaics, including the Alexander the Great and Darius at the Battle of Issus (Naples Archaeological Museum): Dustin Waite

Three Greek temples at Paestum: Jennifer Hebel

Hadrian's villa at Tivoli: Brittney Shireman

Housing and apartment buildings at Ostia: Stephanie Hawkins

Amphorae, transport, and the Roman economy (Ostia):

Pantheon (Rome): Amanda Hauser

Belvedere torso or Laocoon statue and their influence on Renaissance and Baroque art (Vatican museums): Kelly Ciociola

School of Athens or Parnassos by Raphael (Vatican museums): Amy Ihnen

Photo credit: Copyright © 1997 Leo C. Curran / Date: 1966 / # ac660506 Maecenas Images of Ancient Greece and Rome