CLA 382: Daily Schedule and Readings

Please prepare the reading assignments in anticipation of class discussion.

PART I: Overview of Roman archaeology, art and architecture

Week 1

Monday: Introduction; Prehistoric Italy, archaic Rome to the 2nd century BCE

• Intro to excavating
• Italy before the Romans: the Etruscans, the Greeks, and Latins
• The Roman monarchy (753-509 BCE) and early-mid Republic (509-146 BCE)
• Roman religion: VRoma MOO
• Roman architectural orders
• Reading for Tuesday: Claridge, pp. 9-14, 42-52, skim 38-42; Stambaugh, Chs. 3, 4, 7; Claridge, pp. 60-74, 77-78, 80-83 (see plan on 86); K. Greene, "Discovery, Fieldwork, and Recording," Ch 2 in Archaeology, An Introduction; Fikret Yegul, "Roman Concrete"

Tuesday: Rome in transition to empire (146 BCE - 14 CE)

• Rome in the late Republic (146-31 BCE) and Augustan principate (31 BCE-14 CE)
• the Roman Forum
• Roman Building Types
• video: Roman Bath
• Reading for Wednesday: Claridge, pp. 14-26; Stambaugh, Ch 5; Claridge, pp. 53-58; K. Greene, "Dating the Past"

• Rome from Tiberius to Constantine (14 - 330 CE)
• Roman building materials and building techniques
• video: In the Shadow of Vesuvius
• Review for quiz on Thursday on the flight to Cincinnati

• Departure for Rome from Cedar Rapids 1025AM; departing Atlanta 545PM, arriving Rome 910AM 2 may
• Quiz on flight to Rome

• Colosseum, Ludus Magnus, Meta Sudans, Arch of Constantine, San Clemente
• Reading: Stambaugh, Ch 12 and 233-37; Claridge, pp. 266-88

• Vatican Museums; St Peter's Square and Basilica, Vatican catacombs
• Reading: Claridge, pp. 386-94

• Tarquinia and Cerveteri

• Forum Romanum, Palatine, Imperial Fora
• Reading: Stambaugh, Ch 7; Claridge pp. 60-69, 119-45, 146-73

Saturday: The Emperor Tiberius's villas

• Sper Longa, Villa Iovis
• Reading: Course Pack

• Damecuta; Blue Grotto; Mt. Solara; Chiesa Monumentale di San Michele
• Reading: Course Pack

• AM: Forum, entertainment complex
• PM: houses, Villa of the Mysteries
• Readings: Stambaugh, Ch 17, pp. 157-71 (households and housing), 179-97 (city and suburbs), 201-203 (baths)

• Naples Museum; Herculaneum
• Reading: Course Pack

• Three Greek temples, ancient Greek town of Paestum
• Reading: Course Pack

• Reading: Stambaugh, Ch 18 and pp. 171-78

• AM Capitoline, Forum Boarium, S. campus Martius
• PM Ara Pacis, Piazza Navona, Pantheon, etc.
• Reading: Stambaugh, Ch 13-14; Claridge, pp. 229-38, 241-61, 174-92, 201-11

Week 4

Sunday: Free Day

• Optional Trip to Florence

Monday: Final Exam

• AM Final Exam
• PM Free

Tuesday: Return home

• Return to U.S; depart Rome 1225PM, arrive CID 905PM

  Photo credit: Leo Curran, Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome