This course closely examines the ancient city of Pompeii in order to understand its development from a prehistoric village to the Roman city buried by Vesuvius in AD 79.

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The Silk Road is an interconnected web of trade routes between the Ancient Mediterranean and Asia, traversing a vast expanse of the Eurasian heartland. Communities of nomadic shepherds and oasis townsfolk coexisted with itinerant merchants, missionaries, and soldiers. Students will become acquainted with the history and archaeology of this cosmopolitan region and with scholarly debates about the extent of historical interactions between classical world civilizations. Beginning with the first people of the region and its prehistoric economy (before ca.

Practice in writing and in oral communication skills. Assignments drawn from different areas of classical scholarship: language and literature, art and archaeology, or history and civilization. For classics majors, satisfies Junior Year Writing requirement.

Lives, roles, contributions, and status of women in Greek and Roman societies, as reflected in classical literature and the archaeological record. (Gen.Ed. HS)

Ritual, theology, and myth in the Roman world, from the Republican period to the ascent of Christianity. Interactions and rivalries of Roman religion, Judaism, Mithraism , the cult of Isis and Christianity. Emphasis on types of worship: public state religions, private mystery cults, missionary doctrines. (Gen.Ed. HS)

Archaeology of the Roman world during the Republic and Empire period. Methods, progress, and ethics of archaeological research. Emphasis on remains displaying the architectural and urbanistic development of Roman cities and colonies in Italy, North Africa, and Britain, and on their contribution to western civilization. (Gen.Ed. AT)