I  Lvnae
Easter Monday÷This is a major holiday in the urbs, and you should not plan on arriving in the city on this day: everything will be closed.  Everything.  Did I mention that nothing will be open?
 

II Martis
salvete omnes!

We suggest that you plan to arrive in Rome either on 2 April or significantly earlier (during the final week of March), as the Easter weekend will make travel to and accomodations in Rome very problematic.  If you plan to arrive in Rome before 2 April, you should book accommodations immediately÷and remember that regardless of your arrival date, you will not be able to enter student apartments until Tuesday, 2 April!

Not even if you say 'please.'  Not even if you say 'pretty please.'

That having been said, please advise me of your arrival day and time as soon as you know it and no later than 10 March 2002.  I must have record of this information and I will be leaving for Rome at the end of March.  You will have received information on basic transportation from the airport into the city (it is very simple and there are a variety of options), but check with me if you have questions or concerns.

Move into apartments:
 

If you arrive in Rome on 2 April: you should go straight from the airport to the UW Rome Center at the Palazzo Pio 95 (the bulk of the Palazzo overlooks the large and lively Campo dei Fiori, but you will find the entrance to the Palazzo off the small Piazza del Biscione÷ours is the green portone {'large door'} next to the butcher's shop); a member of the UWRC staff will meet you there with apartment information, directions and keys.  I will probably not be on hand for your arrival÷just head up to the UWRC office and introduce yourself; the staff will get you situated.

If you arrived in Rome before 2 April: you can head over to the UWRC / Pio in the morning for keys and directions to your apartments.

Optional dinner meeting:

Either apud me or apud a local pizzeria, for any and all hungry, weary, or otherwise disoriented travellers.  Nothing fancy, and certainly not required, but all interested parties should gather at the Pio Portone at 7:00 p.m.; we shall go from there.
 

III Mercvrii
Palazzo Pio and seminar orientations in the morning (time tba): please note that these orientations are absolutely mandatory.

12:30 Group Lunch, followed by introductory walk around the city, ending with a trip to the best gelatteria in all of Rome.
 

IV Iovis
11:00-12:30 Mark and Sonia meet (Latin and Greek) classes in the Pio

4:00-5:30 Latin 565 (Spectacle) Seminar meets for our first class in the Pio
 

V Veneris
Roman Forum visit (Claridge p. 60 sqq.: tabularium, clivus capitolinus, rostra, t. Concordiae [here's a reconstruction!], t. Saturni, umbilicus urbis, curia, arcus Severi, lapis niger [here's a view of the inscription beneath the lapis], b. Iulia, b. Paulii, etc.--I've included some image links here, but you can explore your own via the Web Site 'VRoma')

Alternatively, can brouse the Rome Forum buildings via this web link.

N. B. (1): For all morning walking tours, we will depart from the Pio Portone no later 8:40.  Be there or suffer my wrath.

N. B. (2): On these tours, you must always bring Claridge [Oxford Archaeological Guides: Rome] as well as a notebook and pen or pencil.   Good walking shoes and comfortable clothes are an absolute necessity for these visits; you might also find it handy to bring the following: a small cloth tape measure, a mini Maglite, sunscreen, a refillable bottle of water, and a snack if you are liable to get peckish.

3:00-4:30 Lat 465 in the Pio seminar room

Evening: MMII Rome Program Reception for all UW students and faculty (from all departments) at the Pio this Spring÷Cenabimus bene!
 

VIII Lvnae
Forum (Claridge 60 sqq.: c. Phoci,  l. Curtii, t. Castoris, a. Augusti, t. divi Iulii, regia, ae. Vestae, atrium Vestae, arcus Titi, t. 'divi Romuli', t. divi Antonini et divae Faustinae, archaic burials, etc.) and Palatine (Claridge 119 sqq.: Imperial complex, lupercal, baths, t. magnae matris, Iron Age huts, etc.) visit

Student Site Report (SR): Arcus Titi, Arcus Everi

3:00-4:30 Lat 465 in the Pio
 

IX Martis
11:00-12:30 Language classes meet

4:00-5:30 Spectacle Seminar
 

X Mercvrii
Capitoline and Capitoline Museums (Claridge 229 sqq.), Crypta Balbi (Claridge 220-222)

3:00-4:30 Lat 465 in the Pio
 

XI Iovis
11:00-12:30 Language classes meet

4:00-5:30 Spectacle Seminar
 

XII Veneris
Day Trip: Ostia Antica! (Blue guide 439 sqq.)

N.B. We will often return from our day trips in the late afternoon, after the Campo dei Fiori Market has closed.  Remember to do your food shopping the day before!
 

XIV Solis
Optional walking tour: Porta Portese Flea Market in Trastevere.  Bring your wallet and keep and eye on it.
 

XV Lvnae
Colosseum, Ludus Maximus visit (Claridge 266 sqq.), Mithraeum beneath the Church of San Clemente.

SR: Colosseum

3:00-4:30 Lat 465 in the Pio
 

XVI Martis
11:00-12:30 Language classes meet

4:00-5:30 Spectacle Seminar
 

XVII Mercvrii
Forum Boarium, Forum Holitorium visit (including archaic and Republican temples, templum Portuni, 'round temple', Ara Maxima, arcus Iani, theatrum Marcelli, etc.: Claridge 242 sqq.)

3:00-4:30 Lat 465 in the Pio
 

XVIII Iovis
11:00-12:30 Language classes meet

4:00-5:30 Spectacle Seminar
 

XIX Veneris
Overnight Trip: drive down from Rome to Pompeii in the morning, spend the day at Pompeii (bring good walking shoes!)
Stay the night in Paestum!
 

XX Satvrni
Overnight Trip, continued: Paestum, the Paestum museum, then up to Herculaneum.
Check out these images of the temples at Paestum:  [image 1: Temple of Hera I], [image 2: Temple of Hera II]

Stay the night in Sorrento!
 

XXI Solis
Visit the Muzeo Nazionale in Naples in the morning, then on to Sperlonga for lunch and a swim (if you want) and then return to Rome in the late afternoon.
 

XXII Lvnae
Campus Martius visit, Part the First, including a visit to the Largo Argentina buildings (Claridge 174 sqq.)

SR: Pantheon, Baths of Nero

3:00-4:30 Lat 465 in the Pio
 

XXIII Martis
11:00-12:30 Language classes meet

4:00-5:30 Spectacle Seminar
 

XXIV Mercvrii
Campus Martius visit, Part the Second, including the Ara Pacis and the Mausoleum Augusti (Claridge 174 sqq.)

SR: Ara Pacis (including the res gestae Augusti), Mausoleum Augusti

3:00-4:30 Lat 465 in the Pio
 

XXV Iovis
Romeâs birthday! Help her celebrate, but don't do anything I wouldn't do.  This gives you some leeway.

11:00-12:30 Language classes meet

4:00-5:30 Spectacle Seminar
 

XXVI Veneris
Day Trip: Palestrina (Praeneste; t. Fortunae Primigeniae) and the Alban Hills (Frascati, etc.)
 

XXVII Satvrni
Optional Walking Tour: Tiber flood inscriptions.  Come and join the fun as we hunt down inscriptions marking the flood levels of the Tiber over the centuries! (I am fairly confident that this will be more interesting than it sounds.  But I've been wrong before.)
 

XXVIII Solis
N. B.: Vatican Museums are free on the last Sunday of the Month÷get there early!
 

XXIX Lvnae
Aventine and Circus Maximus visit (Claridge 242 sqq.)

SR: Circus Maximus

3:00-4:30 Lat 465 in the Pio
 

XXX Martis
11:00-12:30 Language classes meet

4:00-5:30 Spectacle Seminar
 
 

I Mercvrii

LABOR DAY!

Morning: Topography Midterm.  Show me your stuff.  Topographically speaking, that is.

Afternoon: No classes; keep an eye out for parades and special events around the city.
 

II Iovis
11:00-12:30 Language classes meet

4:00-5:30 Spectacle Seminar
 

III Veneris: Beginning of "Long Weekend"
Imperial Fora (f. Caesaris, f. Traiani, f. Augusti, f. Nervae, t. Pacis) and Trajanâs Markets visit (Claridge 146 sqq.)

SR: Forum Augusti, Forum Traiani

2:00-3:00 Lat 465 in the Pio

N. B.: the Topography Seminar meets one hour early today, and is shortened, to allow for a late afternoon departure for those who wish to take a trip over the long weekend (Florence and Sienna are good choices).  Please note that although this class has been shortened, you must attend!
 

IV Satvrni
Optional Walking Tour: Villa, Galleria Borgese (Blue Guide 233-239)

N. B.: the entrance fee to the Galleria Borgese is not included in your program costs.  We must reserve tickets in advance, so if you would like to join us, please let me know by Wednesday, 1 May.
 

VI Lvnae

FREE DAY!

N. B.  If you left the urbs for the long weekend, you must have returned no later than Monday evening.   This is your responsibility.
 

VII Martis
11:00-12:30 Language classes meet

4:00-5:30 Spectacle Seminar
 

VIII Mercvrii
Mausoleum of Hadrian (Castel Santâ Angelo), Museo Barracco visit (Claridge 369 sqq.; Blue Guide 198 sqq.)

3:00-4:30 Lat 465 in the Pio
 

IX Iovis
11:00-12:30 Language classes meet

4:00-5:30 Spectacle Seminar
 

X Veneris
Day Trip: Hadrianâs Villa and Tivoli (Blue Guide 454 sqq.)

SR: structure at Hadrianâs Villa (arrange with me in advance)
 

XIII Lvnae
Esquiline Hill, Domus Aurea Neronis (Claridge 266 sqq.)

3:00-4:30 Lat 465 in the Pio
 

XIV Martis
11:00-12:30 Language classes meet

4:00-5:30 Spectacle Seminar
 

XV Mercvrii
Museo nazionale di Villa Giulia (Etruscan Musem; Claridge 394 sqq.)

3:00-4:30 Lat 465 in the Pio
 

XVI Iovis
11:00-12:30 Language classes meet

4:00-5:30 Spectacle Seminar
 

XVII Veneris
Day Trip: Etruscan sites to the north of the urbs (Cerveteri, Tarquinia, Veii): these are very, very cool.  Plan to pack a picnic lunch.
 

XX Lvnae
Baths of Caracalla, Caelian Hill (Claridge 305 sqq.)

SR: Baths of Caracalla

3:00-4:30 Lat 465 in the Pio
 

XXI Martis
11:00-12:30 Language classes meet

4:00-5:30 Spectacle Seminar
 

XXII Mercvrii
Quirinal and Viminal Hills, Baths of Diocletian (Claridge 350-354)

3:00-4:30 Lat 465 in the Pio
 

XXIII Iovis
11:00-12:30 Language classes meet

4:00-5:30 Spectacle Seminar
 

XXIV Veneris
Day Trip: Christian (S. Callisto and S. Sebastiano) and Jewish Catacombs and Roman tombs on the Via Appia Antica (Claridge 408 sqq.; 335 sqq.)

N. B.: Appropriate Dress Required for visiting all catacombs.
 

XXV Satvrni
Optional Day Trip to Sperlonga: visit the archaeological site and the museum, eat lunch, go for a swim÷Sperlonga is close enough to Rome to make this an easy overnight trip, and I will probably be staying there myself.

N. B.: the trip to Sperlonga (either for the day or overnight) is NOT included in your program costs; I will be happy to make hotel reservations and travel arrangements for those interested, but you will be responsible for ALL transportation, entrance, food, and accommodation fees.
 

XXVII Lvnae
Vatican and Vatican Nekropolis visit÷cool!

N. B.: Appropriate Dress Required for the Vatican and the Vatican Nekropolis.

No afternoon class; this will be a long day.
 

XXVIII Martis
11:00-12:30 Language classes meet

4:00-5:30 Spectacle Seminar
 

XXIX Mercvrii
EUR (Esposizione Universale di Roma) visit, including il plastico in the very groovy Museo della Civilta Romana (cf. Claridge 378 sqq.).

Ever wonder where they filmed that freaky movie, Titus?  Here it is, a marvel of fascist architecture!

No afternoon class
 

XXX Iovis
11:00-12:30 Language classes meet

4:00-5:30 Spectacle Seminar
 

XXXI Veneris
Palazzo Massimo alle Terme visit (Important Roman painting, mosaics, and sculpture)

3:00-4:30 Lat 465 in the Pio
 
 

I Satvrni
Optional Walking Tour: Trek Around the Walls of Rome, Walls Museum, finish with lunch (my treat).
 

III Lvnae

FINAL EXAMS FOR ALL LANGUAGE CLASSES
 

IV Martis

morning: FINAL EXAM FOR TOPOGRAPHY SEMINAR

afternoon free
 

V Mercvrii

morning: FINAL EXAM FOR SPECTACLE SEMINAR, FINAL SHORT PROJECT FOR SPECTACLE SEMINAR DUE

afternoon free
 

VI Iovis

no classes; free day

evening: Valedictory Cena at a local restaurant (my treat)
 

VII Veneris

Apartments must be cleaned and vacated by the end of the day,  no exceptions÷valete omnes!