Unit name | Exploring the Roman Cityscape |
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Unit code | CLAS20070 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Hales |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
none |
Co-requisites |
none |
School/department | Department of Classics & Ancient History |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
The built environment is not only an indication of a community’s aesthetic inclinations and technological ambitions. It also reflects and affects the activities taking place inside and around it. This unit considers architectural forms and styles adopted in ancient Rome (the types of buildings and the way they are built and decorated) and the space enclosed by and between them. How do architecture and space help us understand a society and culture and what insight do they offer into how communities thought about themselves and their place in the world? The unit will explore these ideas through a case study of ancietn Rome. We will tour the leisurely lands of the Campus Martius, the wealth of the Palatine, and the Suburan slums, visiting sewers and backstreet warehouses alongside the city's most famous monuments, the Pantheon and the Colosseum.
On successful completion of this unit students will be able to:
1 x one-hour lecture
1 x two-hour seminar per week.
Timed assessment (100%)
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