By the end of the course, students will:
**know the archaeological, literary and topographical evidence for ancient Rome,
  from the Regal period through the fourth century A.D.
**know the key archaeological sites and museum collections for ancient Rome
**know how to use a variety of primary (including archaeological, epigraphical and 
  literary) and secondary (including scholarly publications and web resources) 
  sources to reconstruct a comprehensive picture of ancient Rome at any point from 
  the Regal period to the fourth century A.D.
**understand the place of Rome within the wider context of the Roman Empire and the 
  ancient Mediterranean world
**understand the process by which the ancient urban/suburban continuum developed
**engage in critical analysis and synthesis of the various categories of evidence
  for ancient Rome
**produce writing appropriate to the subject of Roman topography and history and to 
  the disciplines of classics and classical archaeology.

**Introduction:  chronology, geography, sources of information
**The Regal Period:  Romulus to Tarquinius Superbus: archaeological and literary
  remains
**Rome in the early Republic (ca. 509 - ca. 200 B.C.): development of architecture and 
  topography of the sites; early expansion into the countryside
**Rome in the late Republic (ca. 200 - 31 B.C.): Hellenization of architecture, 
  contributions of Marius, Sulla, Pompey, Caesar and Augustus to the city; development 
  of the suburbs
**Rome in the Early Empire (30 B.C. - A.D. 97): Imperial building programs of Claudius,
  Nero and the Flavians; developments in architecture; increased movement to the 
  suburbs from the urban center
**Rome in the Second Century A.D.:  Building programs of Trojan and Hadrian; continuity
  through the death of Commodus
**Rome in the Third Century A.D.: Building program of the Severans; the threat to Rome 
  in the middle of the century and contraction of the suburbs; the responses of 
  Aurelian and Diocletian
**The Christianization of Rome (fourth century A.D.): Constantine's building program; 
  removal of the emperors from Rome; late antique deterioration of the city 
  infrastructure