Rome Day 6

Saturday, 20 May

Campus Martius of Augustus, Hadrian and Marcus Aurelius (9:30-12:30)

No meals at the centro.  No dress code.  Backpacks must be checked. Notebook, camera will need to be carried by hand.

AM: Meet outside the Ara Pacis Museum at 9:30

PM: Free

Preparation: Diana Kleiner on the Ara Pacis skip to Ara Pacis on right (22 min).  Il Mausoleo di Augusto (4 min); Campus Martius in the Roman Period (youtube 5min)

• • • • Ara Pacis (Group 1)
    • • Augustus’ Mausoleum (Group 2)
    • • Column of Marcus Aurelius (Group 3)
    • • Temple to the Deified Hadrian (Group 4)
    • • Pantheon (Group 5)

Objectives:

• • • • Know the motifs of the Ara Pacis
    • • Understand how the Campus Martius was used by emperors for monumental building

Modern City

• • New York Times Review of Richard Meier’s Museum

• • Granita di caffè at Tazzo d’oro, of course.

• • Il Duce visita l’ara pacis (in Italian)

• • Isolating the Mausoleo from the city (1934) (2 min)