ARH 382 ARCHITECTURE AND REGIME CHANGE IN ANCIENT ROME Professor Penelope Davies Online graduate seminar Fall semester 2020 W 12-3 pm Office hours by appointment Course description: This seminar examines the role of architecture in the process of regime change in ancient Rome. Classes will examine the gradual modifications of oligarchic rule during the Republic, the momentous shift from Republic to Empire, and the evolution from the early imperial principate to a dominate. Participants are also encouraged to consider the place of architecture in regime change in other cultures. Reading: Essential readings are indicated under the appropriate lectures in the schedule below (and others may be added as the semester progresses). For those who would like additional background information on Roman architecture and general, and specific topics in particular, the following books are available at the University Coop: Davies, Penelope J. E. (2017). Architecture and Politics in Republican Rome. Cambridge University Press. Favro, Diane, and Fikret Yegül (2020). Roman Architecture and Urbanism: From the Origins to Late Antiquity. Cambridge University Press. Flower, Harriet I. (2010). Roman Republics. Princeton University Press. Gowing, Alain (2005). Empire and Memory: The Representation of the Roman Republic in Imperial Culture. Cambridge University Press. Hopkins, John N. (2016). The Genesis of Roman Architecture. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. L’Orange, Hans P. (1971). Art Forms and Civic Life in the Late Roman Empire. Princeton University Press. Thornton, M. K. and R. L. Thornton (1989). Julio-Claudian Building Programs: A Quantitative Study in Political Management. Wauconda, IL, Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. Requirements: • This course is designed to be 100% online. Students will be able to complete all required course activities remotely. • Class participation (20%). Each student will be required to briefly summarise and discuss one or two of the articles read in preparation for class. You may volunteer at any given moment; otherwise I will call on students at random. • One in-class presentation on your semester’s research project (20%). • One research paper, approximately 20–25 pages in length (excluding illustrations) (60%). Grading policy: A 94% and above A- 90% B+ 87% B 84% B- 80% C+ 77% C 74% C- 70% D 65% F <65% Communications: Email is the easiest way to reach me. I will endeavor to respond as quickly as possible, though often not on weekends. Tentative schedule: August 26 Introduction September 2 Overview of Roman architecture Read: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/trumps-plan-make- architecture-classical-again/606286/ September 9 From monarchy to Republic Read: Davies, Penelope J. E. (2017). Architecture and Politics in Republican Rome. Cambridge University Press: 6–38. Flower, Harriet I. (2010). Roman Republics. Princeton University Press: 3–34. Torelli, Mario (2006). “The Topography and Archaeology of Republican Rome.” In N. Rosenstein and R. Morstein-Marx, eds., A Companion to the Roman Republic. Oxford, Blackwell Publishing: 81–101. Vale, Lawrence J. (2008). “Capital and Capitol: An Introduction.” Architecture, Power, and National Identity. Routledge: 3–47. Wallace-Hadrill, Andrew (2008). Rome’s Cultural Revolution. Cambridge University Press: 269–275 September 16 From patricians to nobilitas Read: Davies, Penelope J. E. (2013). “The Archaeology of Mid-Republican Rome: The Emergence of a Mediterranean Capital.” In Jane DeRose Evans, ed., Blackwell Companion to Roman Republican Archaeology. Oxford, Blackwell Publishing: 440–458. Flower, Harriet I. (2010). Roman Republics. Princeton University Press: 35–57 Hölkeskamp, Karl-Joachim (1993). "Conquest, Competition and Consensus: Roman Expansion in Italy and the Rise of the Nobilitas." Historia 42: 12–39. Versluys, Miguel J. (2017). “Discussion. Object-scapes: Towards a Material Constitution of Romanness?” In A. Van Oyen and M. Pitts, eds., Materializing Roman Histories. Oxford, Oxbow Books: 191–200. September 23 From Republic to autocracy: the 1st century BCE Read: Davies, Penelope J. E. (2017). Architecture and Politics in Republican Rome. Cambridge University Press: 183–275. Flower, Harriet I. (2010). Roman Republics. Princeton University Press: 117–153 Van Oyen, Astrid (2017). “Finding the Material in 'Material Culture'.” In A. Van Oyen and M. Pitts, eds., Materializing Roman Histories. Oxford, Oxbow: 133–152. September 30 Monarchy redux: Octavian/Augustus Read: Favro, Diane (1993). “Reading the Augustan City.” In Peter J. Holliday, ed., Narrative and Event in Ancient Art. Cambridge University Press: 230–257 Gowing, Alain (2005). Empire and Memory: The Representation of the Roman Republic in Imperial Culture. Cambridge University Press: 1–27 Nielsen, Inge (2014). “Creating Imperial Architecture.” In Roger B. Ulrich and Caroline K. quenemoen, eds., A Companion to Roman Architecture. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell: 45–62 (ebook @ UT libraries). Trimble, Jennifer (2017). “Appropriating Egypt for the Ara Pacis Augustae.” In Loar, Matthew P., Carolyn MacDonald, and Dan-El Padilla Peralta, eds., Rome, Empire of Plunder: The Dynamics of Cultural Appropriation. Cambridge University Press: 109–136. Wallace-Hadrill, Andrew (2008). Rome’s Cultural Revolution. Cambridge University Press: 259–312. October 7 Hereditary monarchy? Tiberius Read: Gowing, Alain (2005). Empire and Memory: The Representation of the Roman Republic in Imperial Culture. Cambridge University Press: 28–66. Thornton, M. K. and R. L. Thornton (1989). Julio-Claudian Building Programs: A Quantitative Study in Political Management. Wauconda, IL, Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. October 14 Paper consultations October 21 Hellenistic monarchy? Nero Read: Gowing, Alain (2005). Empire and Memory: The Representation of the Roman Republic in Imperial Culture. Cambridge University Press: 67–101 Quenemoen, Caroline K. (2014). “Columns and Concrete: Architecture from Nero to Hadrian.” In Roger B. Ulrich and Caroline K. quenemoen, eds., A Companion to Roman Architecture. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell: 63–81 (ebook @ UT libraries). Champlin, E. (2005). Nero. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press: 178–211. October 28 Absolute monarchy? Vespasian Read: Gowing, Alain (2005). Empire and Memory: The Representation of the Roman Republic in Imperial Culture. Cambridge University Press: 102–131 November 4 From Principate to Dominate Read: Mayer, Emanuel (2014). “The Architecture of Tetrarchy.” In Roger B. Ulrich and Caroline K. quenemoen, eds., A Companion to Roman Architecture. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell: 106–126 (ebook @ UT libraries). L’Orange, Hans P. (1971). Art Forms and Civic Life in the Late Roman Empire. Princeton University Press. 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