Programme

In addition to a general part, pertinent to the urbanization of Italy in the Roman age, the course intends to examine the main cities of the Tyrrhenian coast in the Roman age, in order to highlight how over time the interrelationship between the environment, the evolution of building techniques and historical-social aspects have interfered in the cities. Monuments, buildings and urban planning consequences that occurred over time will therefore be taken into consideration. Particular attention will be given to the sample cases of Cosa, Pozzuoli and Ostia-Portus.

Core Documentation

General part:
P. Sommella, Italia antica. L’urbanistica romana, Jouvence, Roma 1988 (pp. 17-32; 55-67; 83-92; 109-123; 143-164; 191-211: 227-250)
P. Gros, L'architettura romana. Dagli inizi del III secolo a.C. alla fine dell'alto impero. I monumenti pubblici, Longanesi, Milano 2001 (pp. 28-47; 134-166; 228-242; 260-270: 504-519)
P. Gros, M. Torelli, Storia dell’urbanistica. Il mondo romano, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2007 (pp. 158-198; 243-270).
F.E. Brown, Cosa : the making of a Roman town, Ann Arbor 1980, pp. 22-46

Cosa:
- F.E. Brown, E.H. Richardson, L. Richardson Jr., Cosa III: The Buildings of the Forum: Colony, Municipium, and Village [ Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome, Vol. 37], pp. 1-153; 207-246
- F.E. Brown, Cosa : the making of a Roman town, Ann Arbor 1980, pp. 22-46
- A.M McCann, The Roman port and fishery of Cosa. A short guide. Il porto romano e la peschiera di Cosa. Guida breve, Roma 2002

Ostia:
C. Pavolini, Ostia [Guide Archeologiche Laterza], Roma-Bari 2006

Portus:
- C.F. Giuliani, “Note sulla topografia di Portus”, in V. Manucci (ed.), Il Parco Archeologico Naturalistico del Porto di Traiano: metodo e progetto. Roma 1992 (rist. 1996), pp. 29-43
- S. Keay, Millett M., L. Paroli, K. Strutt, Portus. An Archaeological Survey of the Port of Imperial Rom [Archaeological Monographs of the British School at Rome 15], London 2005, (soprattutto) pp. 297-314

Puteoli:
- F. Zevi (a cura di), Puteoli, Banco di Napoli, 1993, pp. 9-30; 73-124.

Articles and scientific contributions on specific cases will be indicated during the lessons.
Considering the unavailability of some texts (for example, for the general part, volumes 1 and 2), part of the material will be made available in pdf format. Alternatively, upon request, works in foreign languages available on the market will be indicated.

Reference Bibliography

Working students, or those who could not follow the course due to justified reasons, will have to bring an alternative program, agreed with the teacher.

Type of delivery of the course

Lessons in classroom with slides. During the course visits on archaeological sites will be carried out.

Type of evaluation

Final oral Examination. In particular, the learning test will take place through dialogues in which the student will be required to discuss case studies proposed by the teacher in class or examples of ancient building complexes from graphic and photographic repertoires. For the evaluation of the examination, consideration will be given to the mastery of the contents and acquired skills, the linguistic accuracy and lexical properties, as well as the argumentative ability demonstrated by the candidate.