1 THE CITY OF ROME POSTGRADUATE COURSE 2 April 28 May 2013 Programme as at 2 April 2013 WEEK 1 TUESDAY 2 April Students arrive orientation meetings (course outline, administration etc): 16.00 Tea, followed by: 16.30 Library Tour, with Valerie Scott (BSR librarian), building tour 18.00 Introductory talk (Robert Coates-Stephens) 19.15 Drinks 20.00 Dinner (as every day except Saturdays) WEDNESDAY 3 April : FORUM BOARIUM Forum Boarium: introduction 9.30 Temple of Portunus (S. Maria Secundicerii/Egiziaca) [PERMIT] Round temple (Hercules Invictus?) 11.00 Area Sacra of S. Omobono [PERMIT] Arch of the Argentarii & Arch of Janus S. Maria in Cosmedin, crypt (Great Altar of Hercules?) Bridges of Aemilius, Cestius and Fabricius Tiber Island 18.00 Lecture by Christopher Smith (Director, BSR): The triumph of scepticism? Thoughts on the early Roman triumph THURSDAY 4 April : CAPITOLINE Piazza del Campidoglio 9.45 Temple of Veiovis [PERMIT] Capitoline Museums & Tabularium Substructures of Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus 12.30 Araceli insula [PERMIT] Arx and Auguraculum FRIDAY 5 April : FORUM ROMANUM (Day 1) 9.00 Introduction, central area [PERMIT] Caesarian & Augustan Rostra Column of Phocas 9.45 Clivus Capitolinus & Porticus of the Di Consentes [PERMIT] Curia and Constantine exhibition Temples of Castor, Saturn, Vespasian and Concord Monument of Bibulus 18.30 Seminar by Letizia Ceccarelli on archaic Rome and Latium SATURDAY 6 April : MUSEUM VISIT LEAVE 9.00am 9.15 Villa Poniatowsky (Latial antiquities) [PERMIT]
2 Villa Giulia (Etruscan and Faliscan antiquities), with Letizia Ceccarelli (University of Cambridge) MONDAY 8 April : PALATINE (Day 1) 9.30am House of Augustus [PERMIT] House of Livia [PERMIT] House of the Griffins [PERMIT] Aula Isiaca [PERMIT] Palatine Antiquarium Precinct of Victory & Magna Mater Domus Tiberiana & Orti Farnesiani 18.30 Seminar by Robert Coates-Stephens (in the Library): Sources for Roman topography WEEK 2 TUESDAY 9 April WEDNESDAY 10 April : FORUM ROMANUM (Day 2) 9.30 Mamertine Prison [PERMIT] Comitium & Lapis Niger (overview) Atrium Vestae Basilica Aemilia [PERMIT] 11.00 Forum Antiquarium [PERMIT] Temple of Divus Julius & Arches of Augustus Upper Via Sacra & Regia Basilica Julia Arch of Septimius Severus 18.00 Lecture by Richard Teverson (Yale / BSR): Roman Kings: the place of allied monarchs in the Augustan cultural programme THURSDAY 11 April : CAMPUS MARTIUS (Day 1) 9.45 Republican temples of Largo Argentina - guided tour with Monica Ceci (Sovrintendenza, Roma Capitale) [PERMIT] 11.00 Crypta Balbi Museum & visit to the excavations [PERMIT] Palazzo Mattei di Giove Theatre of Pompey Piazza Navona (Stadium of Domitian) Palazzo Altemps FRIDAY 12 April : IMPERIAL FORA (Day 1) Imperial Fora: introduction 9.30 Forum of Caesar [PERMIT] Forum of Augustus, tbc
3 Forum of Nerva [PERMIT] Templum Pacis [PERMIT] 14.00 Torre dei Conti [PERMIT] SATURDAY 13 April : CAMPUS MARTIUS (Day 2) LEAVE 9.00am 9.30 Horologium of Augustus [PERMIT] Montecitorio obelisk Isaeum Campense Temple of Hadrian Column of Marcus Aurelius Ara Pacis & Museum (overview of Mausoleum of Augustus) MONDAY 15 April 18.30 seminar by Robert Coates-Stephens: Materials in construction and decoration WEEK 3 TUESDAY 16 April : IMPERIAL FORA (Day 2) 9.30 House of the Knights of Rhodes [PERMIT] Markets & Forum of Trajan Museum of the Imperial Fora 13.45 Roman houses beneath Palazzo Valentini [PERMIT] WEDNESDAY 17 April : QUIRINAL 9.30 Mithraeum of Palazzo Barberini [PERMIT] Piazza del Quirinale: introduction & Dioscuri statues Altar of the Fire of Nero, tbc Tomb of the Sempronii [PERMIT] 13.00 Horti Sallustiani [PERMIT] Praetorian Camp 18.00 Lecture by Adam Ziolkowski (University of Warsaw): The gates intra muros and the question of the growth of the city in the archaic period THURSDAY 18 April : PALATINE (Day 2) S. Anastasia 10.00 Domus Praeconum [PERMIT] tbc Domus Severiana & Maxentian baths Domus Flavia Septizodium Vigna Barberini
4 FRIDAY 19 April : OSTIA LEAVE 8.30AM Ostia Antica, including: House of Diana [PERMIT] Insula of the Painted Vaults & Garden Houses [PERMIT] MONDAY 22 April : CAMPUS MARTIUS (Day 3) 9.30 Forum Holitorium: temples beneath S. Nicola in Carcere [PERMIT] Temples of Apollo Sosianus & Bellona and fragments in Palazzo Lovatelli Theatre of Marcellus Porticus of Octavia 12.30 Palazzo della Cancelleria: Tomb of Hirtius & Domitianic casts [PERMIT] Baths of Agrippa & Saepta Pantheon WEEK 4 TUESDAY 23 April : ESQUILINE (Day 1) Clivus Suburanus 9.30 Compital altar, via S. Martino ai Monti [PERMIT] Excavations beneath S. Martino ai Monti ( Titulus Equitiis ) [PERMIT] Arch of Gallienus (Porta Esquilina) 11.30 Auditorium of Maecenas [PERMIT] Trophies of Marius (Nymphaeum of Alexander Severus) S. Maria Maggiore Servian Walls at Termini [PERMIT] WEDNESDAY 24 April : VIMINAL & MUSEO NAZIONALE ROMANO Baths of Diocletian Museo Nazionale Romano, Epigraphic Department & Aula X Palazzo Massimo 18.00 Lecture by Barbara E. Borg (Exeter University): Family honour: the long life of Roman tombs THURSDAY 25 April : VIA APPIA (Day 1) 10.00 Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas [PERMIT] Porta Appia & Museum of the Aurelianic Walls Arch of Drusus 12.30 Tomb of the Scipios [PERMIT] Porta Capena Circus Maximus FRIDAY 26 April : AVENTINE & TESTACCIO LEAVE 9.00am 10.00 Baths of Caracalla and Mithraeum [PERMIT]
5 11.30 Mithraeum of via dei Cerchi [PERMIT] S. Sabina Porticus Aemilia (Navalia?) Tiber wharves 15.00 Monte Testaccio [PERMIT] MONDAY 29 April : FORUM ROMANUM (Day 3) 9.30 Horrea Agrippiana [PERMIT] Vicus Tuscus & Temple of Augustus Tetrarchic Forum Temple of Romulus Temple of Venus and Rome Arch of Titus Via Nova 13.00 Colosseum, including visit to substructures & 3 rd level balcony [PERMIT] 18.30 seminar by Steven Ellis (American Academy in Rome / University of Cincinnati) on the commercial landscape of Rome, tbc TUESDAY 30 April : MUSEUM VISIT EUR - Museo della Civiltà Romana Museo dell Alto Medioevo and Ostia s domus of the Porta Marina WEEK 5 WEDNESDAY 1 May : Public Holiday THURSDAY 2 May : PORTUS LEAVE 8.45am (coach) 9.30 Isola Sacra [PERMIT] Portus [PERMIT] 18.00 Lecture by F. Coarelli (University of Perugia): Le terme repubblicane di via Sistina In Italian (with English summary) FRIDAY 3 May : OPPIAN 9.30 S. Pietro in Vincoli and Republican houses beneath [PERMIT] S. Clemente 12.30 Nymphaeum of Via Annibaldi [PERMIT] Domus Aurea (overview) Baths of Trajan Isaeum Metellinam MONDAY 6 May
6 STUDENT PRESENTATIONS, Day 1 WEEK 6 TUESDAY 7 May STUDENT PRESENTATIONS, Day 2 WEDNESDAY 8 May : VATICAN MUSEUMS LEAVE 9.00am 10.00 Room of the Aldobrandini Wedding, Odyssey Frescoes of via Graziosa [PERMIT] Museo Pio-Clementino, including Gallery of the Statues, Cabinet of the Masks & Hall of the Busts [PERMIT] Museo Chiaramonti 18.00 Lecture by Hendrik Dey (Hunter College College, CUNY): Aurelian s Wall and the infrastructure of Rome in late antiquity THURSDAY 9 May : ESQUILINE (Day 2) Basilica Sotterranea of Porta Maggiore, tbc Porta Maggiore & Tomb of Eurysaces 11.30 Republican tombs of via Statilia [PERMIT] Sessorium Palace & S. Croce in Gerusalemme, including Domus ACEA [PERMIT] Temple of Minerva Medica FRIDAY 10 May : VIA APPIA (Day 2) Villa of the Quintilii Via Appia, 6 th 3 rd miles Tomb of Caecilia Metella Circus of Maxentius 14.00 Catacombs of Praetextatus [PERMIT] MONDAY 13 May : FORUM ROMANUM (Day 4) LEAVE 8.30 9.30 Oratory of the XL Martyrs & Lacus Juturnae [PERMIT] SS Cosma e Damiano Basilica of Maxentius Arch of Constantine & Meta Sudans 18.30 seminar by Mark Bradley (Nottingham University): Approaching bodies in Roman sculpture WEEK 7 TUESDAY 14 May : TRASTEVERE S. Cecilia and Roman houses beneath Excubitorium of the VII Cohort of the Vigiles, tbc
7 S. Maria in Trastevere Syriac Sanctuary, tbc Castel S. Angelo (Mausoleum of Hadrian) WEDNESDAY 15 May 18.00 Lecture by Monica Ceci (Sovraintendenza ai Beni Culturali di Roma Capitale), Valerio Canè, Alessandra D Amico and Paola Romi (Archeologia Rilievi Restauro s.r.l.), and Riccardo Santangeli Valenzani (Università Rome Tre): Xenodochio degli Anici e Santa Lucia de Calcarario. Nuovi dati dalle indagini a via delle Botteghe Oscure In Italian THURSDAY 16 May : CAELIAN 9.30 S. Giovanni in Laterano and baptistery S. Stefano Rotondo Arch of Dolabella Temple of Claudius substructures [PERMIT] 12.00 Insula & domus beneath SS. Giovanni & Paolo [PERMIT] Neronian nymphaeum FRIDAY 17 May MONDAY 20 May : PINCIAN Villa Medici [PERMIT] Remains of Republican buildings beneath monastery of the Sacro Cuore, via Sistina, tbc WEEK 8 TUESDAY 21 May : VIA OSTIENSIS Porta Ostiensis and Museum of Via Ostiensis 10.30 Pyramid of Cestius and funerary chamber [PERMIT] Montemartini Museum, Via Ostiensis S. Paolo fuori le Mura WEDNESDAY 22 May 18.00 Lecture by Olof Brandt (Pontificio Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana): Function, message or status symbol? The mixed reasons behind the form of Early Christian baptisteries THURSDAY 23 May : EXTRAMURAL BASILICAS 9.30 Mausoleum of Constantina (S. Costanza) & S. Agnese fuori le Mura
8 S. Lorenzo fuori le Mura Verano Cemetery & tomb of Lanciani FRIDAY 24 May 18.30 Seminar by Peter Fane-Saunders (BSR Rome Scholar, 2010-2011), on the rediscovery of Roman antiquities during the Renaissance SATURDAY 25 May : TIVOLI LEAVE (coach) 8.45am Hadrian s Villa Tivoli MONDAY 27 May : SUBURBIUM Villa of the Gordians, Via Praenestina Via Latina Tombs [PERMIT] Park of the Aqueducts TUESDAY 28 May : Course ends