Roman Architecture

5 Videos

• 2.1 Romulus Founds Rome
• 2.2 The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus Capitolinus
• 2.3 Defensive Stone Walls and Regular Town Planning
• 2.4 The Hellenization of Late Republican Temple Architecture
• 2.5 The Advent of the Corinthian Order

1 Readings

• Lecture 2 Image Sources

5 Videos

• 3.1 Roman Concrete and the Revolution in Roman Architecture
• 3.2 The First Experiments in Roman Concrete Construction
• 3.3 Sanctuaries and the Expressive Potential of Roman Concrete Construction
• 3.4 Innovations in Concrete at Rome: The Tabularium and The Theater of Marcellus
• 3.5 Concrete Transforms a Mountain at Palestrina

1 Readings

• Lecture 3 Image Sources

1 Discussions

• What’s with Pompeii’s Stepping Stones?”

6 Videos

• 4.1 Introduction to Pompeii and the City's History
• 4.2 The Early Settlement and the Forum at Pompeii
• 4.3 The Capitolium and Basilica of Pompeii
• 4.4 Pompeii’s Entertainment District: The Amphitheater, Theater, and Music Hall
• 4.5 Bath Complexes at Pompeii
• 4.6 Daily Life and the Eruption of Vesuvius

2 Readings

• Welcome to Week 2
• Lecture 4 Image Sources

6 Videos

• 5.1 Introduction and the Ideal Domus Italica
• 5.2 Early Pompeian Houses and the Ideal Hellenized Domus
• 5.3 Hellenized Houses in Pompeii
• 5.4 The House of the Faun
• 5.5 Additional Pompeian Houses
• 5.6 Villa of the Mysteries

1 Readings

• Lecture 5 Image Sources

1 Peer Review

• What Does Pompeii Tell Us About the Architecture of Daily Life in Ancient Rome?

6 Videos

• 6.1 Introduction and the History of Herculaneum
• 6.2 Houses at Herculaneum and the Samnite House
• 6.3 Further Developments in Domestic Architecture at Herculaneum: The House of the Mosaic Atrium and the House of the Stags
• 6.4 First Style Roman Wall Painting
• 6.5 Second Style Roman Wall Painting
• 6.6 Second Style Roman Wall Painting and the Family of Augustus

1 Readings

• Lecture 6 Image Sources

1 Discussions

• Week 3: The Ixion Room: Commonplace Compilation or Masterwork?

6 Videos

• 7.1 Introduction to Third and Fourth Style Roman Wall Painting
• 7.2 Transition from Second to Third Style at Oplontis
• 7.3 The Mature Third Style at Boscotrecase
• 7.4 A Third Style Garden and Fabullus Paints the Domus Aurea in Rome
• 7.5 Fourth Style Eclecticism and Display in Pompeii
• 7.6 Scenographic Painting in Herculaneum

2 Readings

• Welcome to Week 3
• Lecture 7 Image Sources

6 Videos

• 8.1 Initiation in the Villa of the Mysteries
• 8.2 A Mystical Marriage
• 8.3 The God of Wine and His Brides
• 8.4 Conclusion to the Initiation Rites
• 8.5 The Wanderings of Odysseus
• 8.6 Genre, Historical, and Portrait Painting

1 Readings

• Lecture 8 Image Sources

7 Videos

• 9.1 From Republic to Empire: Julius Caesar
• 9.2 Julius Caesar, Venus Genetrix, and the Forum Iulium
• 9.3 The Ascent of Augustus and Access to Italian Marble
• 9.4 Augustus Assembles His Marble City
• 9.5 The Forum of Augustus and Its Links to the Greek Past
• 9.6 The Ara Pacis Augustae
• 9.7 Mussolini, The Meier Museum, and a Jewel on Lungotevere

2 Readings

• Welcome to Week 4
• Lecture 9 Image Sources

7 Videos

• 10.1 Augustus' Family Mausoleum
• 10.2 Etruscan Antecedents of the Mausoleum of Augustus
• 10.3 The Tomb of Caecilia Metella on the Via Appia
• 10.4 The Pyramidal Tomb of Gaius Cestius
• 10.5 The Tomb of the Baker Eurysaces and His Wife Atistia
• 10.6 Atistia's Breadbasket and Eurysaces' Achievements
• 10.7 Tombs for Those of Modest Means and the Future of Concrete Architecture

1 Readings

• Lecture 10 Image Sources

1 Peer Review

• Did Nero’s Megalomania Shape the Domus Aurea or was Nero’s Palace in Rome Just Another Step in the “Roman Architectural Revolution?”

1 Discussions

• Week 4: Claudius’ Columns: Unfinished or Deliberately Rusticated?

6 Videos

• 11.1 Tiberius and the Villa Jovis on Capri
• 11.2 Caligula and the Underground Basilica in Rome
• 11.3 Claudius and the Harbor at Portus
• 11.4 Claudius' Porta Maggiore in Rome
• 11.5 Nero and the Domus Transitoria in Rome
• 11.6 The Golden House of Nero and the Octagonal Room

1 Readings

• Lecture 11 Image Sources

6 Videos

• 12.1 The Year 68-69 and The Founding of the Flavian Dynasty
• 12.2 The Claudianum or The Temple of Divine Claudius
• 12.3 The Colosseum: Icon of Rome
• 12.4 The Colosseum as a Post-Antique Quarry
• 12.5 The Forum or Templum Pacis
• 12.6 The Imperial Baths of Titus

2 Readings

• Welcome to Week 5
• Lecture 12 Image Sources

1 Discussions

• Week 5: Was Rabirius the Frank Gehry of his day?

6 Videos

• 13.1 The Jewish Wars, the Flavian Dynasty, and the Arch of Titus
• 13.2 The Arch of Titus: Triumph and Tomb
• 13.3 Domitian's Succession and Stadium (The Piazza Navona)
• 13.4 Domitian as Dominus et Deus in the Palatine Palace
• 13.5 Rabirius' Architectural Innovations
• 13.6 The Forum Transitorium and Incipient Baroque Architecture

1 Readings

• Leture 13 Image Sources

6 Videos

• 14.1 Trajan Expands the Empire and Initiates Public Architecture in Rome - 7:55
• 14.2 The Baths of Trajan
• 14.3 The Forum of Trajan
• 14.4 The Basilica Ulpia
• 14.5 The Column of Trajan
• 14.6 The Markets of Trajan and The Succession of Hadrian

2 Readings

• Welcome to Week 6!
• Lecture 14 Image Sources

1 Discussions

• Was Trajan’s Forum an Expression of the Empire’s Expansion and was Hadrian’s Villa a Map of His Travels the Empire?

5 Videos

• 15.1 The Temple of Venus and Roma: A Greek Temple in Rome
• 15.2 The Pantheon: A Temple to All the Gods
• 15.3 The Pantheon and Its Impact on Later Architecture
• 15.4 Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli: Travelogue and Retreat
• 15.5 Unique Designs at Hadrian's Villa and the Castel Sant' Angelo in Rome

1 Readings

• Lecture 15 Image Sources

1 Assignment

• Mastery Quiz 1

1 Peer Review

• Design Your Own Roman City

7 Videos

• 16.1 Ostia: Rome's First Colony
• 16.2 Civic Architecture in Ostia
• 16.3 Transacting Business at the Piazzale delle Corporazioni
• 16.4 Residential Architecture at Ostia: The Insulae
• 16.5 The Warehouses of Ostia
• 16.6 Painted Decoration and Mosaic Floors
• 16.7 Re-emergence of the Domus at Ostia and Tombs at Isola Sacra

2 Readings

• Preparing for the Roman Architecture Mastery Quiz
• Lecture 16 Image Sources

6 Videos

• 17.1 A Brick Tomb for Annia Regilla on the Via Appia
• 17.2 Second-Century Tomb Interiors in Rome
• 17.3 The Tomb Of the Caetennii in the Vatican Cemetery
• 17.4 The Temple of Antoninus Pius and Faustina the Elder in the Roman Forum
• 17.5 The New Severan Dynasty and The Parthian Arch in the Roman Forum
• 17.6 Biggest Is Best: The Baths of Caracalla in Rome

2 Readings

• Welcome to Week 7
• Lecture 17 Image Sources

5 Videos

• 18.1 Timgad: The Ideal Second-Century Colony in Roman North Africa
• 18.2 Leptis Magna in the Age of Augustus
• 18.3 The Augustan Theater and the Hadrianic Baths at Leptis Magna
• 18.4 Septimius Severus Sheathes Leptis in Imported Marble
• 18.5 The Severan Temple and Basilica, the Arch of Septimius Severus, and the Unique Hunting Baths

1 Readings

• Lecture 18 Image Sources

1 Discussions

• Define the “baroque phenomenon” in ancient Roman architecture

6 Videos

• 19.1 Baroque Architecture in the Roman Empire
• 19.2 Exploring Baroque Elements in Italy
• 19.3 Baroque Facadism at Petra
• 19.4 The Baroque in Ancient Asia Minor
• 19.5 The Theater at Sabratha, North Africa
• 19.6 The Temples of Jupiter, Bacchus, and Venus in Baalbek, Lebanon

1 Readings

• Lecture 19 Image Sources

6 Videos

• 20.1 Introduction to Greek and Roman Athens
• 20.2 Augustus and the Athenian Acropolis
• 20.3 Agrippa's Building Program in Athens
• 20.4 The Roman Agora and the Tower of the Winds
• 20.5 Architecture in Athens under Hadrian
• 20.6 The Monument of Philopappos on the Mouseion Hill

2 Readings

• Welcome to Week 8
• Lecture 20 Image Sources

1 Discussions

• What Did Roman Aqueducts Contribute to an Increasingly Connected Urban Empire?

6 Videos

• 21.1 Roman Colonies in the West
• 21.2 Urban Planning in North Italy and the South of France
• 21.3 Augustan Temples at Vienne and Nimes
• 21.4 The Pont du Gard and the Aqueduct at Segovia
• 21.5 Augustus' Pacification of the Alpine Tribes and his Trophy at La Turbie
• 21.6 Funerary and Commemorative Architecture

1 Readings

• Lecture 21 Image Sources

1 Assignment

• Mastery Quiz 2

7 Videos

• 22.1 Crisis in the Third Century and the Aurelian Walls
• 22.2 The Rise of the Tetrarchy
• 22.3 The Decennial or Five-Column Monument in the Roman Forum
• 22.4 The Senate House or Curia Julia
• 22.5 The Baths of Diocletian
• 22.6 The Palace of Diocletian at Split
• 22.7 Tetrarchic Palaces Around the Empire

3 Readings

• Welcome to Week 9
• Preparing for the Roman Architecture Mastery Quiz
• Lecture 22 Image Sources

2 Discussions

• Post your Roman City Projects!
• Did Roman Architecture Decline in the Late Empire?

6 Videos

• 23.1 The End of the Tetrarchy and the Rise of Constantine the Great
• 23.2 The Baths of Constantine in Rome and the Porta Nigra at Trier
• 23.3 The Basilica or Aula Palatina at Trier
• 23.4 The Temple of Minerva Medica in Rome
• 23.5 The Basilica Nova in Rome
• 23.6 The Arch of Constantine and the Enduring Impact of Roman Architecture

2 Readings

• Post-Course Survey
• Lecture 23 Image Sources