UGA Rome Program 2020
Please note that some adjustments are likely over the course of the program.
May
Su 24 Morning (AM): Arrival
Afternoon (PM): Neighborhood stroll and program orientation 2
M 25 AM: City Orientation
The centro storico and the layers of Rome (San Clemente)
Tu 26 AM: Myth & History of Rome
Foundation myths, geographical orientation, settlement and
burial patterns for the early city
We 27 AM: A Walk through the Borghese Gardens and Visit to the
Villa Giulia Museum
Th 28 EXCURSION: Etruscans
Tarquinia and Cerveteri (all day)
F 29 AM: Roman Republic
Area Sacra Largo Argentina, Theater of Pompey, Tiber Island, Forum Boarium area
Saturday 30
Sunday 31
June
M 1 AM: Roman Republic
Forum & Palatine, visit 1
Tu 2 Festa della Repubblica
AM: End of the Republic
Palazzo Massimo Museum
W 3 AM: The Age of Augustus and the Pax Augusta
Ara Pacis and Mausoleum of Augustus
Palazzo Altemps Museum
Th 4 AM: Augustus and the Eternal City
Theater of Marcellus, Porticus of Octavia;
Trastevere and the Gianicolo (Il Tempietto, Aqua Paola and
Parco Garibaldi)
F 5 AM: Julio-Claudian and Flavian Rome
Tentative: Domus Aurea visit
Saturday 6 Weekend
Sunday 8 Weekend: Sunday night at 8pm, Mandatory meeting for ALL students in
the Ercoli dining room—last minute details for our Campania Trip which leaves early the following morning.
M 8 CAMPANIA EXCURSION: early morning departure from the Ercoli, 6:30 AM.
Chartered bus from Rome to Pompeii
Stop on the autostrada for a break en route; buy a food for a picnic lunch
Lunch at the Regia in Caserta (Bourbon Palace)
Overnight (with dinner) at the Hotel Villa dei Misteri, Pompeii
Tu 9 CAMPANIA EXCURSION:
AM: Pompeii, early morning to mid-afternoon.
Overnight at the Hotel Villa dei Misteri, Pompeii
W 10 CAMPANIA EXCURSION:
AM: Drive to Herculaneum
Lunch at Herculaneum at Pizzeria Terra d’Ercole
PM: Villas at Oplontis and Boscoreale.
Drive to Paestum, Greek colony and Roman city south of the Amalfi Coast.
Overnight (with dinner) at the Hotel Poseidonia Mare in Paestum
Th 11 CAMPANIA EXCURSION:
AM: Visit to the Vannullo mozzarella factory
Paestum, Museum
PM: Paestum, Archaeological Site
Overnight (with dinner) at the Hotel Poseidonia Mare in Paestum
F 12 CAMPANIA EXCURSION:
AM: Early departure for Neaples
Visit to the National Archaeological Museum in Naples
Lunch at the Re Lazzarone Restaurant
PM: Return by bus to Rome; arrival in Rome by late afternoon)
Note: if you would like to spend the weekend on your own in the Bay of Naples area, you can decide to stay rather than return with us on the bus to Rome. This is the same as a weekend trip on your own, so you will be responsible for all arrangements, costs, travel risks, etc.
Saturday 13 Weekend
Sunday 14 Weekend
M 15 AM: Trajan and the High Empire
The Imperial Fora Museum and Markets of Trajan; the Column of Trajan
Tu 16 EXCURSION: Ostia (all day)
W 17 AM: Optional trip to view a Papal Audience (Bianchelli)
PM: The Capitoline: from Roman to Christian urban center
Column of Marcus Aurelius
Michaelangelo’s Campidoglio
Capitoline Museum
Th 18 AM: High Empire
Hadrianic and Antonine Campus Martius
Pantheon, Mausoleum (Castel St. Angelo), Temple of the Deified Hadrian; San Ignazio
Friday 19 Day Off: Long weekend
Saturday 20
Sunday 21
M 22 AM: Severan Rome
Arch of Severus, Arch of the Argentarii, and Baths of Caracalla;
San Giorgio in Velabro
Tu 23 EXCURSION: Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli & Villa d’Este (all day)
We 24 AM: Vatican Museums
Independent site visit projects due by midnight via Dropbox
Th 25 AM: Late Antique and Post Classical Rome
Baths of Diocletian; Santa Pudenziana; Arch of Constantine; S. Giovanni in Laterano
F 26 AM: Late Antique and Post Classical Rome
Quattro Fontane, Piazza Sta. Susanna; San Andrea and San Carlino, Piazza Barberini; Palazzo Zuccari;
Campo Marzio: Piazza Navona, Piazza Imperatore, Stadium of Domitian, San Ivo, and Piazza del Popolo
Saturday 27 Make-up day: if we have fallen behind in our site visits, this day is reserved for finishing up our exploration
of the city. Please do not make any travel arrangement.
Sunday 28
M 29 Exam
Tu 30 Exam
July
W 1 Exam
In the evening: final banquet at the Ercoli
Thursday July 2nd: Official departure from the Ercoli/end of program
The departure time of the bus to the airport (FCO) is to be determined, but assume that it will be early (ca. 6:00am!) since
most of the flights are trans-Atlantic and take off times tend to be well before noon.
Independent Fieldtrips:
Everyone must choose one of the following to visit:
Montemartini Museum
Domus Romane under Palazzo Valentini
Catacombs of San Sebastiano/Via Appia Antica