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<< Unit I : Kings, Consuls & Emperors >>

Unit I of Mapping Rome focuses on ancient Rome, from its earliest foundations as a monarchy, to its middle period as a Republic, and its culmination as the seat of a global Empire. The unit takes its name from the respective rulers of these three incarnations.

   The cityscape of Rome mirrors this vast historical sweep, either through building projects sanctioned by the Roman elite — Augustus’ claim that he found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble is emblematic of such projects — or structures and sites that serve to bolster collective memory. Furthermore, Rome looms large in the works of poets and historians, who sometimes reinforce, sometimes contradict the prevailing narratives.

Monday, 01.28
Class : Foundations of Violence
  • Reading Set 3
  • Discussions: Overview
  • Wednesday, 01.30
    Class : From Kings to Consuls
  • Reading Set 4
  • Jupiter Optimus Maximus
  • Quizzes
  • Browser Configuration Test
  • Basic Roman Topography
  • Hills of Rome
  • Kings & Consuls
  • Friday, 02.01
    Class : A Funny Thing Happened...
  • Reading Set 5
  • Fora
  • Forum Romanum
  • Site Presentations: Overview
  • Saturday, 02.02
    Ongoing
  • Writing: Set up blog
  • Momentary Blindness
  • Monday, 02.04
    Class : The Princeps & the Poet
  • Reading Set 6
  • Augustus & the Campus Martius
  • Wednesday, 02.06
    Class : Monuments, Memory & Immortality
  • Reading Set 7
  • Imperial Fora
  • Quizzes
  • Fora
  • Forum Romanum
  • The Augustan City
  • Friday, 02.08
    Class : The Satirical City
  • Reading Set 8
  • Forma Urbis Romae
  • Discussions: Team A
  • Saturday, 02.09
    Ongoing
  • Sites: Selections due
  • Monday, 02.11
    Class : Pleasure, Sport & Spectacle
  • Reading Set 9
  • Sites: Sites selections assigned
  • Monumental Rome
  • Wednesday, 02.13
    Class : The Invisible City
  • Reading Set 10
  • Walls, Roads & Water
  • Quizzes
  • Advanced Roman Topography
  • Imperial Fora
  • Monumental Rome
  • Friday, 02.15
    Class : Roman Triumphs
  • Reading Set 11
  • Roman Triumphs
  • City Imaginaries
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