COL 208

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COL 208

Rome through the Ages COL 208 FA

Crosslistings: HIST208, MDST208

Fall 96 Availability (Last Updated on Sat Mar 8 05:00:40 EST 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       20      16         4

This course surveys the history of Europe's most resonant urban symbol, the city of Rome, from antiquity to the Baroque era (1600s). It focuses both on Rome's own urban, political and cultural history and on the city's changing content as a symbol over 2000 years. This is a lecture and discussion course that emphasizes reading and viewing primary sources, both literary and visual.

MAJOR READINGS

Livy, Cicero, Virgil, St. Augustine,
medieval pilgrim guides, LIFE OF COLA DI RIENZO, Petrarch,
Vasari, and Shakespeare, among others. Also John Stambaugh,
THE ANCIENT ROMAN CITY.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Frequent short papers on the reading to prepare for discussion. One short research project.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

No late papers; active participation in discussion. Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA COL

Prerequisites: None

Section 01: Nussdorfer, L; Times: M.W.... 2:40PM;; Grading Mode: Mixed; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 1, Fr: 1; No Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

About the Photo:

Reference:

Veyne, Paul. A HISTORY OF PRIVATE LIFE: FROM PAGAN ROME TO BYZANTIUM. Cambridge, Massachussetts: The Belknap Press of The Harvard University Press, 1987

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