Reading Seminar in Roman History: Archaeology and History, the Case of Pompeii
3400:622 - 001 Prof. J. C. Fant
Spring 2003
Arts & Sciences 129, T Th 6:05 - 7:45 pm
office 246a Olin (enter at 237) cfant@uakron.edu, 972-8069 office hours: MW 11-12 & by appmt www.uakron.edu/csaa/
Course description:
This course will provide an introduction to the archaeology and history of Pompeii but will concentrate on the major problems in understanding Pompeii in light of recent research. We will look at most of categories of the material culture of Pompeii and its sister cities, but the intent is to focus the interrelationship between archaeology and history.
Requirements:
Midterm reports and regular participation 60% Final paper 40%
The final paper will investigate any problem in Pompeian studies, with a primary focus on reporting and evaulating the scholarly literature.
Withdrawal:
My policy is to approve withdrawals only in case of unforeseeable circumstances.
Syllabus Information: The syllabus is your charter document for this course, and you are responsible for being aware of its contents, including changes as necessary during the semester which are announced in class and posted to the course Web Site.
Communications: I expect to be able to communicate with you through your UAnet email address. If you do not have an email address or do not know what it is, contact the Technology Learning Support Center, at (330) 972-6888, Bierce Library, Room 69, tlsc@uakron.ed. Most outside email hosts let you pull mail from other hosts, and in Campus Pipeline you can set up your UA account to forward mail to an outside address.
I am reachable by email during standard business hours, and I do not generally check my email after that, or on weekends.
Required books:
J.-P. Descoeudres, Pompeii Revisited. Sydney 1992.
J. J. Deiss, Herculaneum, Italy's Buried Treasure. Malibu 1989.
Ray Laurence, Roman Pompeii: Space and Society. Routledge 1994.
A. W. Wallace-Hadrill, Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum. Princeton 1994.
Paul Zanker, Pompeii. Public and Private Life. 1998. Harvard UP, DG 70 P7 Z365.
J. W. Ward-Perkins and A. Claridge, Pompeii A.D. 79, vol. II (exhibition catalogue). Boston 1978. the best single introductory work on Pompeii. DG70 P7 W34. (there will be readings in this out-of-print book; you may want to buy this on a used book website)
Other resources
* Pompeii on Your Desktop, archaeology.uakron .edu/pompeii_site/, including a searchable database of images (follow links to the Aerariium)
* UA Classical Studies Web page, http://www.uakron.edu/csaa/, links to Pompeii sites and many research resources
* Ancient Roman Architecture, microfiche collection of the Fototeca Unione (American Academy in Rome) NA310 .I6681 1982, in Bierce Microforms.
* reserve of key books in my library, on a table in the Imaging Lab
Disabilities accommodation:
If you require accommodation, contact the Office of Accessibility (972-7928), and notify me.
List of topics
intro to elections
Politics
How the colony was governed, who the political elite were, what their relationship to the elite in Rome was, whether there was a "democracy" with contested elections at Pompeii.
2. How Pompeians communicated with each other: graffiti, electoral programmata, heralds (?), shop signs, etc.
Franklin, Tanzer, Vaananen, etc.
3. Evolution of the urban fabric and public space at Pompeii
A. the phases of development and role of planning
B. the Etruscan presence, development down to 200BC
C. impact of the arrival of the Roman colonists:
1. where did they live?
2. how did they change the cityscape?
D. Augustan Pompeii
E. Julio-Claudian changes in the cityscape and elite
4. Domestic Space
Intro to the Roman house
Class Schedule
Week I
Tu 14 Jan Class 1: Introduction: tools; Roman nomenclature
Reading:
16 Jan Class 2: Overview of the history of Pompeii and of its excavation
Reading: WP/Claridge, p. 13-44 (handout)
Week II
Tu 21 Jan Class 3 Society and Politics
Reading:
Th 23 Jan Class 4
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Week III
Tu 28 Jan Class 5 The
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Th 30 Jan Class 6 J
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Week IV
Tu 4 Feb Class 7 Ja
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Th 6 Feb Class 8: S
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Week V
Tu 11 Feb Class 9 The
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Th 13 Feb Class 10 The
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Week VI
Tu 18 Feb Class 11 Ja:
Discussion: t
Reading: review Wells, Ch. 3 & Ch. 4.
Th 20 Feb Class 12: T
Reading:
Week VII
Tu 25 Class 13 The
Reading: S110
Th 25 Feb Class 14
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Week VIII
Tu 4 Mar Class 15 N
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Th 6 Mar Class 16 Midterm exam
Week IX
Tu 11 Mar Class 17 The
Reading: S
Th 13 Mar Class 18 D
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Week X
Tu 18 Apr Class 19 The
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Th 20 Apr Class 20 Ha
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SPRING VACATION
Week XI
Tu 1 Apr Class 21 B
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Th 3 Apr Class 22: R
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Week XII Religion: T
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Tu 8 Apr Class 23: P
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T
Th 10 Apr Class 24 L
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Week XIII
Tu 15 Apr Class 25 L
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Th 17 Apr Class 26 No
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Week XIV
Tu 22 Apr Class 27 P
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Th 24 Apr Class 28
Week XV
Tu 29 Apr Class 29 The
Reading: W
Th 1 May Class 30 Review
Final Exam: XXsday XX xx, x-xpm, in the usual room