This module offers students an interdisciplinary and thematic examination of the city of Rome, involving archaeological, epigraphic, and historical evidence. The module will be taught on the main Liverpool campus and with a five-day research and learning experience in Rome.
Students will learn about Rome’s history by carrying out research on the city as a whole – the topography, development and function of the city – and they will undertake detailed research on selected sites and monuments as well as the evidence for infrastructure, sewers and sanitation, houses, religion and commemoration in and around Rome. The module will provide students with the opportunity to acquire a good understanding of the material and visual basis of the city of Rome and they will be able to contextualise this evidence within the historical and socio-cultural processes of ancient Rome. Throughout antiquity and historical periods, Rome has been a cosmopolitan city that has attracted visitors from across the world. Today, Rome is not only the capital of the Italian state but it is a major international city filled with tourists attracted to the city’s heritage sites and museums and populated with an array of foreign institutes, such as the British School at Rome (BSR), the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI) and the École française de Rome.
The module encourages students to learn about and reflect on the history of collections in Rome, as well as the heritage and international cultural institutions. They will have the opportunity on campus and when in Rome to learn about national and international scholarship in the city and engage with non-English bibliography.