Professors in Charge
Dr. Max L. Goldman (goldmanm@denison.edu)
Dr. Rebecca Kennedy (kennedyr@denison.edu)
Course Description:
This survey course will cover Ancient Rome from roughly the mid 2C BCE to the mid 2C CE, through investigation of significant sites, monuments, and museum collections in Rome and locations throughout southern Italy. Items considered will include both monumental and domestic architecture, wall painting, mosaics, sculpture, coins, epigraphic evidence, as well as maps and ancient sources.
Course Goals and Aims: This course has three specific aims:
To provide an introductory knowledge of the topography, history, daily life, and material remains of ancient Rome and Roman towns in the bay of Naples.
To improve the ability to see and experience space, and, particularly, to be able to describe those experiences in a meaningful way.
To engage with the process and problems surrounding discovering, preserving, and presenting the material legacy of the past.
Itinerary:
Wednesday, May 16 (In Transit)
Flight out of USA
Thursday, May 17 (Arrival Day)
AM – Arrival
PM – Early Rome Architecture Walk; arrival dinner
Friday, May 18
AM – Monte Testaccio PM – Montemartini Powerplant Museum
Saturday, May 19
AM – Roman Forum & Palatine Hill PM – Colosseum
Sunday, May 20
AM – Pyramid of Cestius; PM -Palazzo Massimo
Monday, May 21
AM -Diocletian Museums
PM -Mausoleum of Augustus and Ara Pacis; Pantheon
Tuesday, May 22
AM – Capitoline Museum
PM – Imperial Fora; Markets of Trajan
Wednesday, May 23
Day Trip to Ostia
PM – Group meal
Thursday, May 24
AM – Transfer to Bay of Naples
PM – Stabia villa
Friday, May 25
Day Trip to Paestum
Saturday, May 26
Naples Archaeological Museum
Sunday, May 27
AM – Herculaneum
PM – Oplontis
Monday, May 28
Pompeii
Tuesday, May 29
Free Day
Wednesday, May 30
Transfer to Rome with visit to Sperlonga; farewell dinner
Thursday, May 31 (Departure Day)
Transfer to airport, flight to USA