AMS 225 - Rome: Archaeology of Empire

Credits: 4

This course addresses the archaeology of the Roman empire and its political culture. The course will first examine the spread of Roman culture and urbanism within Italy and Sicily and then proceed to a survey of the provinces of the Roman empire. The course will focus on archaeological material, in addition to relevant textual and epigraphic evidence, in order to examine the nature of the Roman provinces within their cultural context. A fundamental question that will be explored is what does it mean to be “Roman”. Offered regularly.