GREEK AND ROMAN STUDIES 375:

CITIES AND SANCTUARIES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD (1996)

An examination of selected Bronze Age, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman city and sanctuary sites of the Mediterranean, in an evaluation of ancient achievements in sacred and secular architecture, urban planning, and sanctuary development. Emphasis will be placed on the changing response to the human need for an artificial framework for living, along with the natural resources of the environment in classical antiquity.

Instructor: Prof. John P. Oleson. Office: Clearihue B413. 721-8519. jpolesonuvic.ca.

Office hours: Monday 2:30-3:20, Wednesday 9:30-10:20, or by appointment.

Schedule: Monday/Thursday 10:00-11:15 a.m. in Clearihue A301.

Texts:

Required:

*J.P. Oleson, Sourcebook of Greek and Roman Urbanism. Privately printed, 1996.

E.J. Owens, The City in the Greek and Roman World. London: Routledge, 1991.

*J. Stambaugh. The Ancient Roman City. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1989.

Recommended:

H. Berve, G. Gruben, M Hirmer, Greek Temples, Theatres, and Shrines. London: Abrams, 1963.

J. Rich, A. Wallace-Hadrill, City and Country in the Ancient World. London: Routledge, 1991.

J.B. Ward-Perkins,Cities of Ancient Greece and Italy. New York: Braziller, 1974.

R.E. Wycherly, The Stones of Athens. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1978.

(titles marked with an * have been ordered by the UVic Bookstore)

Requirements:

(1) Mid-term examination (Feb. 24, 30% of term grade).

(2) Research paper (ca. 10-12 typed pages or the handwritten equivalent, 2,500-3,000 words. Due March 24, 35% of term grade),

OR, two shorter papers on assigned topics involving comparisons between ancient and modern urban structures and situations (ca. 5-6 typed pages or the handwritten equivalent, 1,250-1,500 words. Due October 14 and November 15. 35% of term grade).

3) Final examination (35% of term grade).

Examinations will involve slide identification and comparison, short answer questions, and an essay.

Grading System: Due to the nature of the material, I mark the research papers and short written assignments with letter grades rather than points or percentages. The range of A grades indicates excellent work, of B good work, of C fair work, of D and below poor or failing work. Percentages .us are calculated for midterm and final examinations and follow these equivalencies: A range, 100-86%, B range, 85-76%, C range, 75-66%, D range, 65-50%, F range, below 50%, or (in extreme cases) failure to complete assigned work by the stated deadlines. The failing grade of E (conditional supplemental) will only be assigned to research papers or short looking assignments, and only in the rare cases where failure seems to be the result of a simple mechanical problem. Cheating or plagiarism of any type may result in a grade of F for the term. .us Spelling, grammar, and style are taken into consideration in grading .us the research papers and short written assignments. I will distribute a cover sheet that sets out in detail my system for evaluating research papers and short written assignments.

Lecture Syllabus and Reading Assignments (subject to alteration in detail):

Jan. 6: Introduction. Physical environment of the ancient Mediterranean.

9: Origins of urbanism in the Neolithic and Bronze Age (Guest lecture).

Oleson sect. 1-2; Rich pp. ix-xviii, 1-23.

13: The rebirth of Greek urbanism. The nature of urbanism in the classical world.

Oleson sect. 3. Ward-Perkins pp. 1-13. Rich pp. 25-118.

16: Early Greek urbanism and the polis system.

Owens pp. 1-29. Rich pp. 119-45.

20: The urban development of Athens, 1100 B.C. to A.D. 150.

Recommended: Wycherly pp. 27-103.

23: The urban development of Athens (cont.).

27: Hippodamos of Miletos and the planned city. Units of Greek urbanism.

Oleson sect. 4. Ward-Perkins pp. 14-17, 37-38. Owens pp. 30-73, 149-70.

30: The grid plan: Miletos, Priene, Peiraeus. The dramatic city plan: Pergamon.

Ward-Perkins pp. 18-21. Owens pp. 74-93.

Feb. 3: The monuments and patterns of Greek sanctuary development: Olympia.

Recommended: Berve, Gruben, Hirmer pp. 308-42, 358-66 (and plates cited).

6: The sanctuaries of Delphi.

FIRST SHORT PAPER DUE.

10: The new sanctuaries: Epidauros, Kos, Lindos.

13: Pre-Roman urbanism in the west: Greek colonies, the Bronze Age cultures of Italy and Sardinia.

Ward-Perkins pp. 22-25. Oleson sect. 5.

17: The Villanovan Culture and the origins of the Etruscans.

20: READING BREAK.

24: MIDTERM EXAMINATION.

27: Etruscan urbanism.

Ward-Perkins pp. 38-40. Owens pp. 94-106. Rich pp. 146-68, 192-209.

Mar. 3 The Latin city and its monuments. Old Rome (Guest lecture).

Oleson sect. 6.

6: The architectural patterns of Roman colonization. Cosa (Guest lecture).

Ward-Perkins pp. 27-32. Owens pp. 106-20. Rich pp. 169-89.

10:

13: Concrete, marble, and the architecture of imperial propaganda.

Oleson sect. 7. Rich pp. 211-93.

SECOND SHORT PAPER DUE.

17: Late Republican urbanism: Herculaneum and Pompeii.

Ward-Perkins pp. 33-36, 40-42.

20: Late Republican urbanism: Herculaneum and Pompeii (cont.).

24: Roman imperial urbanism: Rome and Ostia.

Oleson sect. 8. Owens pp. 121-48.

RESEARCH PAPER DUE.

27: Roman imperial urbanism outside Italy.

31: The landscape of propaganda: Hadrian's villa at Tivoli, Diocletian's villa at Split.

Apr. 3: Summation and Synthesis: the breakdown of classical urbanism.

FINAL EXAMINATION

BOOKS ON RESERVE:

For general reference, make use of the Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (Princeton 1976) (DE59/P7), located in Reference and in the Classics Reading Room. It contains a discussion and bibliography for every site mentioned in this course. You may also want to consult various resources on "the Net," especially for topical bibliographies. Links to the best sites can be found under "Related Web Sites" on the Department of Greek and Roman Studies Home Page, which is accessible through the UVic home page. Note in particular "Roman Art and Archaeology," which will link you to ROMARCH and many other very valuable resources. Registered Uvic students have free access to the Net by means of machines located in the Computer Lab on the first floor of the Clearihue building. If you need instruction, please see the consultants there. For further historical background to the lectures and your reading, see, for example, H. Bengstrom, History of Greece from the Beginning to the Byzantine Era (Ottawa 1988), or any other recent history of Greece. For the Roman period, or for more detailed information on selected periods or topics, see The Cambridge Ancient History, in the recent third edition (Ref. D57/C25/1970; also in the stacks, and the Classics and History Reading Rooms). All the titles listed below are in the McPherson Reserve Room.

Berve, H., and G. Gruben, M. Hirmer, Greek Temples, Theatres, and Shrines (London, 1963) (NA275/B413/1963).

Lawrence, A.W. Greek Architecture. 3^rd ed. (Baltimore, 1973) (NA270/L36/1973).

Oleson, J.P., A Sourcebook on Greek and Roman Urbanism (Privately printed, 1996) (personal photocopy).

Owens, E.J. The City in the Greek and Roman World (London, 1991) (HT114/O93).

Rich, J., Wallace-Hadrill, A., eds., City and Country in the Ancient World (London, 1991) (HT114/C52).

Ward-Perkins, John B., Cities of Ancient Greece and Italy (New York, 1974) (NA9201/W37).

Wycherly, R.E., How the Greeks Built Cities. 2nd ed. (New York, 1976) (NA9201/W85).

-----, The Stones of Athens (Princeton, 1978) (DF275/W92).

[rev. December 1996]