CLST 306*/0.5  3L
Archaeology of the Roman Empire 

Instructor: Prof. B. Reeves
Office: Watson Hall, Room 512
Departmental Telephone: (613) 533-6000, ext. 74824
Email: reevesb@queensu.ca
Office Hours: TBA 

Teaching Assistant:

Stephen Miller - 11sm55@queensu.ca 
Office:504 Watson Hall
Office Hours: TBA 

Course Description

CLST 306 surveys Roman material culture (art, architecture and artifacts) from the reign of Augustus to that of Constantine. An emphasis will be placed on analyzing Roman architecture, sculpture, urban patterns, and objects of daily life in order to better understand the political messages and social experiences of Romans during the Imperial period. Questions to be addressed include the functions of architecture, the message of portraiture, and the differences between official and private art and architecture.

Textbooks

Visit theCampus Bookstore to find the adopted texts for this course.

Grading Methodology

All components of this course will receive numerical percentage marks.  The final grade you receive for the course will be derived by converting your numerical course average to a letter grade according to Queen’s Official Grade Conversion Scale:

Queen’s Official Grade Conversion Scale

Evaluation (tentative)

• Midterm examination (term and image identification and comparison; 35% of term grade)
• Final Exam (term and image identification and comparison; 40% of term grade)
• Coin paper (5-6 pages; 25 points, 25% of term grade)

Deadline Policy for Papers

The paper is due in class on the date specified. Any paper submitted later in that day will be considered to have been submitted on the following day. Late papers will be docked one letter grade per day for every individual day late (including Saturdays, Sundays and holidays). To avoid late penalties, students are encouraged to organize their time efficiently and to start their papers early in the semester.

Examination Policy

Examinations should be taken at the scheduled time and date. In certain exceptional circumstances (e.g. a medical emergency, a death in the family), the instructor might grant the student the opportunity to write an exam outside of the regularly scheduled time. All such arrangements must be agreed upon by the instructor before the time of the regularly scheduled exam and will require the appropriate documentation. The format of any such special exams will be determined by the instructor and may differ considerably from that of the exam written by the rest of the class. 

Class schedule and readings

This schedule is tentative and subject to change.

Week 1

• Introduction
  Ramage “Preface” and “Introduction”

• Art and Architecture in the Late Republic
  Ramage pp. 68-94; Zanker pp. 5-31 (= Chapter 1)

Week 2

• Octavian and the Late Republic
  Zanker pp. 33-77 (= Chapter 2)

   Augustus and the foundations of the imperial system

• Ramage pp. 110-138; Zanker pp. 89-100 (= part of Chapter 3)

Week 3

• Augustus and Rome
  Zanker pp. 79-82; 85-89; 101-114; 126-135; 139-141; 154-155; 192-215
  (= parts of Chapters 3, 4, & 5

• Rome and the empire in the principate  of Augustus

Week 4   

• Augustus’ Empire and the Julio-Claudian Familya
  Ramage Chapter 4; Zanker pp. 274-278; 297-333 (= parts of Chapter 7; Chapter 8)

• Julio-Claudian Sculpture

Week 5

• Julio-Claudian Architecture

• Houses and Palaces

Week 6

• Catch-up and Review

• ** Midterm - February 14th, 2013 **

Week 7

• Function and symbolism in Flavian sculpture and architecture
  Ramage Chapter 5

• Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Roman Interiors
  Ramage pp. 189-205, 94-109, 139-143, 163-167 (again)

Week 8

• Trajan, Optimus Princeps
  Ramage Chapter 6

• Hadrian and the classical revival
  Ramage Chapter 7

Week 9

• The “crisis” in Antonine art. Sarcophagi
  Ramage Chapter 8

• Severan art and architecture
  Ramage Chapter 9

Week 10

• The Soldier Emperors
  Ramage Chapter 10

• Roman Provincial Art and Provincial Identity

Week 11

• Diocletian and the Tetrarchy
  COIN PAPER DUE - March 26th, 2013
  Ramage Chapter 11

• Constantine and the aftermath
  Ramage Chapter 12

Week 12

• Imperial Coinage & Official Ideology

• Conclusion

 

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Academic Integrity

Academic integrity is constituted by the five core fundamental values of honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility (see www.academicintegrity.org). These values are central to the building, nurturing and sustaining of an academic community in which all members of the community will thrive. Adherence to the values expressed through academic integrity forms a foundation for the "freedom of inquiry and exchange of ideas" essential to the intellectual life of the University (see the Senate Report on Principles and Prioritieshttp://www.queensu.ca/secretariat/policies/senateandtrustees/principlespriorities.html).

Students are responsible for familiarizing themselves with the regulations concerning academic integrity and for ensuring that their assignments conform to the principles of academic integrity. Information on academic integrity is available in the Arts and Science Calendar (see Academic Regulation 1 http://www.queensu.ca/artsci/academic-calendars/2011-2012-calendar/academic-regulations/regulation-1), on the Arts and Science website (see http://www.queensu.ca/artsci/academics/undergraduate/academic-integrity), and from the instructor of this course. Departures from academic integrity include plagiarism, use of unauthorized materials, facilitation, forgery and falsification, and are antithetical to the development of an academic community at Queen's. Given the seriousness of these matters, actions which contravene the regulation on academic integrity carry sanctions that can range from a warning or the loss of grades on an assignment to the failure of a course to a requirement to withdraw from the university.

Download the  Statement on Academic Integrity for Inclusion in Course Syllabi and Assignments  [PDF]

Copyright

The material in this outline is copyrighted and is for the sole use of students registered in CLST 306.  This material shall not be distributed or disseminated to anyone other than students registered in CLST 306.  Failure to abide by these conditions constitutes a breach of academic integrity under the University Senate's Academic Integrity Policy Statement.

This page was last updated 02 January , 2013.