Course Title: Waterways and Walls: Urban Planning in Ancient Rome Course Code: ROMA ARUP 333 Subject: History, Archaeology Credits: 4 Semester/Term: Semester J-Term Summer Course Description: Course Requirements: Students will investigate the urban infrastructure and boundaries of Ancient Rome in order to understand better the way the biggest city of the ancient world functioned. Through guided walks of the city and dynamic lectures and discussion, the course will look at the streets and the aqueducts, the role of the Tiber River and of the city walls. Special attention will be given to the role urban infrastructure played in the shaping of the image of Rome and its social classes. By walking the walls and aqueducts, the alleyways and piazzas of the Eternal City, students will see the city as the Ancient Romans would have done. The course contains a 2-week primer in Italian language to facilitate both exploration of the city and understanding of the culture. Required Readings Digital access and/or copies will be provided at no cost to students. Readings are assigned for each session and include: - CLARIDGE Amanda, Rome. An Archaeological Guide, Oxford Univ Pr, 1998, 2010². - COARELLI F., Rome and Environs, Berkeley, 2007. - COULSTON J., DODGE Hazel (edd.), Ancient Rome. The Archaeology of the Eternal City, (Oxford University School of Archaeology, 54), Oxford, 2000. - KRAUTHEIMER R., Rome. Profile of a City, 312-1308, Princeton Univ Pr, 1983. Selected bibliography (not including titles listed above): - AICHER P., Guide to the Aqueducts of Ancient Rome, 1999. - Atlante di Roma Antica. Biografia e ritratti della città, ed. by A. Carandini with P. Carafa, 2 vol., Milano, 2012, 2013³. - ADAM J.P., Roman Building. Materials and Techniques, London, 1995. - BARTON J.M. (ed.), Roman Public Buildings, Exeter, 1989. - ID. (ed.), Roman Domestic Buildings, Exeter, 1996. - BEARD M., The Roman Triumph, Cambridge, 2007. - BOATWRIGHT Mary, Hadrian and the City of Rome, Princeton, 1987. - BRANDENBURG H., Ancient Churches of Rome from the Fourth to the Seventh Century. The Dawn of Christian Architecture in the West, Turnhout, Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 1
2005. - The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Rome, 2013. - The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus, 2005. - The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Constantine, 2006. - CLARKE J.R., The Houses of Roman Italy, 100 B.C.-A.D. 250. Ritual, Space and Decoration, Berkeley, 1991. - CURRAN J., Pagan City and Christian Capital: Rome in the Fourth Century, Oxford, 2001. - DEY H.W., The Aurelian Wall and the Refashioning of Imperial Rome, AD 271-855, Cambridge Univ Pr, 2011. - DYSON S., Rome: a Living Portrait of an Ancient City, Baltimore and London, 2010. - EVANS H.B., Water Distribution in Ancient Rome. The Evidence of Frontinus, Ann Arbor, 1994. - FAVRE Diane, The Urban Image of Augustan Rome, Cambridge (Mass.), 1996. - FIOCCHI NICOLAI V., BISCONTI F., MAZZOLENI D., The Christian Catacombs of Rome. History, Decoration, Inscriptions, Regensburg, 1999. - HEIKEN G., FUNICIELLO R., DE RITA Donatella, The Seven Hills of Rome. A Geological Tour of the Eternal City, Princeton, Oxford, 2005. - HIBBERT C., Rome. The Biography of a City, Harmondsworth, 1985. - JACOBS P.W. II, ATNALLY COLIN Diane, Campus Martius: the Field of Mars in the Life of Ancient Rome, Cambridge Univ Pr, 2015. - LANCIANI R., Forma Urbis Romae, 1893-1901, repr. 1990. - LAURENCE R., Roman Pompei. Space and Society, London-New York, 1996. - McDONALD W.L., The Architecture of the Roman Empire. I. An Introductory Study, New Haven-London, 1982. - ID., The Architecture of the Roman Empire. II. An Urban Appraisal, New Haven-London, 1986. - McKAY A.G., Houses, Villas and Palaces in the Roman World, London, 1975. - MEIGGS R., Roman Ostia, Oxford, 3rd. ed., 1973. - NASH E., Pictorial Dictionary of Ancient Rome, rev. ed., 2 vol., London, 1968. - The Oxford Classical Dictionary, Oxford Univ Pr, 3 rd rev. ed., 2003, 4 th ed. 2012. - The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, Oxford Univ Pr, 3 rd rev. ed., 2005. - OWENS E.J., The City in the Greek and Roman World, London-New York, 1992. - RICHARDSON L., Jr., A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, Baltimore, 1992. - ROBINSON O.F., Ancient Rome. City Planning and Administration, London- Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 2
New York, 1982. - STAMBAUGH J.E., The Ancient Roman City, John Hopkins Univ Pr, 1989. - TAYLOR R., Roman Builders: a Study in Architectural Process, Cambridge, 2003. - TOMLINSON R., From Mycenae to Constantinople. The Evolution of the Ancient City, Routledge, 1992, repr. 2000. - VITRUVIUS, De architectura libri X, with an English translation, 2 vol., (Loeb Classical Library), Cambridge (Mass.), 1970. - WALLACE-HADRILL A., Houses and Society in Pompei and Herculaneum, Princeton, 1994. - WARD-PERKINS J.B., Cities of Ancient Greece and Italy: Planning in Classical Antiquity, New York, 1974 - WILSON JONES M., Principles of Roman Architecture, Providence, 2000. - YEGUL F., Baths and Bathing in Classical Antiquity, Cambridge (Mass.), 1992. - ZANKER P., Pompei. Public and Private Life, Cambridge (Mass.), London, 1998. - ZANKER P., The City as Symbol: Roma and the Creation of an Urban Image, in: Elizabeth FENTRESS (ed.), Romanization and the City. Creation, transformations, and failures, (JRA, Suppl. Ser. 38), Portsmouth, 2000, p. 25-41. Additional Readings and Resources Articles and power-point lecture slides are available from the instructor on the course Canvas site through Arcadia University. Assignments Course Requirements Percentages 1. Paper 15% 2. Mid-term Exam 15% 3. Final Exam 40% 4. Participation & Class Discussion 5% 5. Italian Language Review Test 25% Assessment Components 1. Paper Students will choose a topic related to the material under study in consultation with the instructor to produce a finished essay of 8-10 pages, double spaced, end or footnotes, illustrations (if necessary) and bibliography, in two copies (electronic and printed). 2. Midterm Exam Based on class notes, reading and other information given on site visits and during Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 3
lectures. The exam will combine short and long answers. 3. Final Exam The final exam will be based upon the class notes, readings and other information that the students have received during the lectures and site visits. The exam will ask for a combination of short and long answers. The final exam is cumulative. 4. Participation & Class Discussion Success in academic pursuit cannot come about without active intellectual engagement. Students participation will be evaluated based on their contribution to class discussion, their elaboration of reading assignments and lecture information, and their willingness to share these with the group. Learning Outcomes and/or Expected Student Competencies and Assessment Measures: 5. Italian Language Review Test will include vocabulary and grammar exercises (in the form of multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank questions, etc.), a reading comprehension exercise, and a short writing or listening comprehension activity. It will assess students mastery of grammatical structures, listening comprehension, productive ability and pronunciation. On completion of the course, students should be able to: Course Requirement that will be used to Learning Outcome assess the student s achievement of this outcome Successfully navigate the city, using Italian Language Review Test basic elements of Italian language Critically assess ancient and modern sources, being able to understand their usefulness and limitations Accurately identify material remains of buildings and their original use Interpret the evidence from the past in terms of political, social and economic history. Participation & Class Discussion Midterm Exam Final Exam Paper Midterm Exam Final Exam Paper Participation & Class Discussion Midterm Final Paper Participation & Class Discussion Course Outline: Italian Language blue - 1.5 hour classes History/Archaeology - green - 3 hour classes Session Topic Session 1 Greeting people and having small conversations Session 2 The Tiber River, its bridges and the harbor of Rome. Session 3 Session 4 Grocery Shopping Streets. Planned, improvised and codified itineraries. The Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 4
triumphal procession. Session 5 Session 6 Session 7 Session 8 Session 9 Session 10 Session 11 Session 12 Session 13 Session 14 Session 15 Session 16 Session 17 Session 18 Session 19 Session 20 Session 21 Session 22 Talking about food Talking about Italian food and wine Talking about free time and leisure activities Going to the train station Following and giving street directions; Catching a taxi Describing recipes; Understanding cooking instructions Describing a city, a neighborhood, a street Review Test Streets. Going to the city center: converging streets. The Capitoline, Palatine and Roman Forum. Streets. Leaving the city center: diverging streets. Funerary monuments. Aqueducts. Supplying the city with water. Aqueducts. Porta Maggiore and the distribution of water within the city. Sewers. The Cloaca Maxima. Borders and boundaries. The Pomerium. Borders and boundaries. The Servian and Republican walls. The gardens of the elite on the Esquiline hill. Borders and boundaries. The Aurelian wall. Design and purpose. Ancient Rome: the legacy of the ancient city. Exam and Conclusions Other Policies: Expectations Professional behavior is expected of all students. This includes preparation for classes, on-time attendance at classes, attendance at all group sessions and appropriate participation in the form of attentiveness and contributions to the course. Respect for the academic process is the major guiding principle for professional behavior and extends to all communications, including e-mail. Attendance/Participation Prompt attendance, full preparation, and active participation in class discussions are expected from every student in every class session. Course Policies Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 5
For e-mail communications, students must use their Arcadia University e-mail account. Students are responsible for any information provided by e-mail or through Intranet postings. Plagiarism Representation of another s work or ideas as one s own in academic submissions is plagiarism, and is cause for disciplinary action. Cheating is actual or attempted use of resources not authorized by the instructor(s) for academic submissions. Students caught cheating in this course will receive a failing grade. Fabrication is the falsification or creation of data, research or resources to support academic submissions, and cause for disciplinary action. Late or Missed Assignments Will not be accepted for grading. Students with Disabilities Persons with documented disabilities requiring accommodations to meet the expectations of this course should disclose this information while enrolling into the program, and before leaving the United States so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Title IX Statement Arcadia University is committed to assuring a safe and productive educational environment for all students. In order to meet this commitment and to comply with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and guidance from the Office for Civil Rights, the University requires faculty members to report incidents of sexual violence shared by students to the University's Title IX Coordinator. The only exceptions a faculty member's reporting obligation are when incidents of sexual violence are communicated by a student during a classroom discussion, in a writing assignment for a class, or as part of a University-approved research project. Prerequisites: Country and Program Connection: Information regarding the reporting of sexual violence and the resources that are available to victims of sexual violence is set forth at https://www.arcadia.edu/university/policies-guidelines/title-ix. None. This course details how a megalopolis like Ancient Rome could function by looking at the remains of its urban infrastructure its development and continuous improvement. The course discusses the way in which Rome was organized, and how this thoroughly influenced other cities of the time and later. Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 6