The History and Monuments of Ancient Rome

ROMA
MMXIII
UCLA TRAVEL STUDY
Classics M114A and B
cross-listed with History M112C and E
EIGHT UNITS
limited to 36 students
www.ieo.ucla.edu/travelstudy
The History and Monuments
of Ancient Rome
Professor Robert Gurval (Department of Classics)
TA: Maya Maskarinec (Department of History)
WHEN?
July 1-25
Aventine Hill:
View of the Vatican
(The Dome of St. Peter’s Basilica)
WHERE?
Colonna Palace Hotel
Piazza di Monte Citorio
in the center of Rome
View of the Hotel
Obelisk erected
by Emperor Augustus
originally the gnomon of sundial
on the Campus Martius
WHAT?
Some of the Highlights
of the four-week program
Forum Boarium and Tiber Island
Caravaggio and Raphael in Rome
Villa Giulia
Aventine Hill
Musei Nazionale Romani
Trastevere
Republican Temples
Ara Pacis and Mausoleum of Augustus
The Roman Forum and Palatine
S. Ignazio and Gesù
Imperial Arches
Colosseum
Column of Antoninus Pius
Imperial Fora and Monuments
Castel Sant’ Angelo
Hadrian’s Villa
Pompeii
Santa Pudenzia
Santa Maria Maggiore
The Vatican Museums
WHO?
Professor Robert Gurval
Department of Classics
“The Mouth of Truth”
La Bocca della Verità
Santa Maria in Cosmedin
TA: Maya Maskarinec
Ph.D. candidate Department of History
Constantine’s Foot
Capitoline Museums
street in front of the
PIAZZA COLONNA
Hotel
VIA DEL CORSO (Roman Via Lata)
runs North to South
Pantheon
2 minute walk
Pizza Navona
10 minute walk
Arrivederci Roma!
Contact: Professor Robert Gurval
Dodd 240B Office Hours Mon/Tues 2-3
gurval@humnet.ucla.edu
TA: Maya Maskarinec
mmaskarinec@ucla.edu