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The goal of this course is to provide an overview of ancient Rome's culture from around 1000 BCE to the so-called "Fall of Rome." We'll look at some of the key figures who shaped Rome, from the kings to the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. We will also look at the city of Rome and its expansion throughout Italy, the Mediterranean, and beyond.
Syllabus :
1. Introduction to 'Roman Art and Archaeology'
- Welcome!
- Dr. Soren in Italy
2. The Early Romans and Their Ancestors (ca. 1000 - 500 BCE)
- 1. Italy before Rome
- 2. Rome before Rome
- 3. The Sepulcretum
- 4. The People of Ancient Italy
- 5. Guest Lecture: Dr. Emma Blake on Bronze Age Italians
- 6. Early Iron Age Chronology
- 1. The Orientalizing Period
- 2. The Etruscans
- 3. Etruscan Origins I
- 4. Etruscan Origins II
- 5. Etruscan Origins III
- 6. Etruscan Society
- 7. Etruscan Artisans
- 8. Tumuli at Cerveteri
- 9. Tombs at Tarquinia
- 10. Life and Death
- 1. Greek Art in Etruria
- 2. The Francois Vase
- 3. Greek Myth in Etruria I
- 4. Greek Myth in Etruria II
- 5. Etruscan Belief
- 6. Tomb of the Infernal Chariot
- 7. The Necropolis at Orvieto I
- 8. The Necropolis at Orvieto II
- 9. Guest Lecture: Dr. Alba Frascarelli on Velzna
- 10. Populonia I
- 11. Populonia II
- 12. The Etruscans in Rome
- 13. The Early Roman Forum
3. The Roman Republic's Rise and Fall (509 - 31 BCE)
- 1. The Roman Republic
- 2. Forum Romanum I
- 3. Forum Romanum II
- 4. Forum Romanum III
- 5. Ancient Architectural Orders
- 6. The Doric Order
- 7. The Ionic and Tuscan Orders
- 8. The Capitoline Hill
- 9. The Beginning of Rome's Expansion
- 1. Early Roman Expansion
- 2. Underwater Archaeology
- 3. Republican Art
- 4. Carthage
- 5. "Carthage: A Mosaic of Ancient Tunisia"
- 1. Rome's Revolutionary Century
- 2. The Temple of Fortuna at Praeneste
- 3. The Roman Domus and Theatre
- 4. The Theater of Pompey Today
- 5. Roman Portraiture
- 6. Greek Art in Rome
- 7. Roman Lamps I
- 8. Roman Lamps II
- 9. Roman Glass
4. Augustus and the Early Roman Empire (31 BCE - 1st century CE)
- 1. Augustan Art
- 2. "Forgotten Lives: The Ancient City of Troy"
- 3. Guest Lecture: Dr. David Gilman Romano's Digital Map of Augustan Rome
- 4. Guest Lecture: Dr. Marylin Skinner on Roman Gender and Sexuality
- 5. The Legacy of Augustus
- 1. Art After Augustus: Tiberius and the Julio-Claudians
- 2. Roman Pottery
- 3. The Julio-Claudians after Tiberius: Caligula, Claudius, and Nero
- 4. Guest Lecture: Dr. Phillip Waddell on Roman Historiography and Nero1
- 5. Nero's Domus Aurea
- 1. The Flavian Emperors: Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian
- 2. The Arch of Titus
- 3. The Eruption of Vesuvius (79 CE)
- 4. Pompeii
- 5. The Pompeian House
- 6. Pompeii in 3D
- 7. The Alexander Mosaic I
- 8. The Alexander Mosaic II
- 9. The End of the Flavians
5. Rome at its Zenith (2nd century CE)
- 1. Trajan
- 2. The Imperial Roman Forum
- 3. Trajan's Forum
- 4. Hadrian
- 5. The Pantheon
- 6. Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli
- 1. Antoninus Pius
- 2. The Roman Sarcaphogus
- 3. The Roman Domus in the 2nd Century CE
- 4. Marcus Aurelius and the Beginnings of Crisis I
- 5. Marcus Aurelius and the Beginnings of Crisis II
- 6. The Severans
6. Crisis and Conclusion (3rd to 7th centuries CE)
- 1. The Years of Crisis
- 2. The Baths of Caracalla1
- 3. The "Soldier Emperors"
- 4. Ostia, The Port of Rome
- 5. Diocletian
- 6. Roman Sculpture in the 3rd century CE
- 1. Constantine and the Rise of Christianity I
- 2. Constantine and the Rise of Christianity II
- 3. The Arch of Constantine
- 4. Kourion and Seismic Archaeology I
- 5. Kourion and Seismic Archaeology II
- 6. Lugnano and the Fall of Rome I
- 7. Lugnano and the Fall of Rome II
- 8. The Silver Amphora of Baratti I
- 9. The Silver Amphora of Baratti II
- 10. 5th and 6th Century Disruptions
- 11. Climate Change and the Fall of Rome
- 12. Guest Lecture: Dr. Charlotte Pearson on Dendrochronology
- 13. Guest Lecture: Cynthia Hart on Digitally Reconstructing Antiquity
- 14. A Patchwork of Settlements
- 15. The Column of Phocas: The Last Roman Monument
- 1. From Dr. Soren and Lana, "Farewell!"
- 2. "Malaria and the Fall of Rome"
