Layers of Rome: 

 

 

 

From Classical to the

 

 

Christian

 

A Study Tour of the Eternal City
             

In 2009 classes meet in El Paso from May 13 to 19 and in Rome from May 25 to June 8. 

To reserve your place in the class click below on    Sign Up link and contact. 

Dr. Ronald J Weber  rweber@utep.edu 

          Liberal Arts 233             747-6512

Course Description: 

This course will survey the history of Rome from its founding to its fall.  It will combine class meetings with travel to Rome, where course instruction will continue on site.  It will focus particularly on the Roman Republic, the Empire, and the Rise of Christian Rome.  Exploration 

of these significant historical eras will be amplified

by visits to historical sites including the Forum, Palatine Hill, Coliseum, Domus Aurea, Castel Sant’Angelo and the Christian catacombs. Museum visits will include the Vatican Palace, and Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia, home to Rome’s finest archaeological collection of Etruscan artifacts. Side trips will include visits to Rome’s ancient seaport at Ostia Antica, Hadrian’s Villa and the palace at Tivoli.

Pertinent Information

   

"For the present I know not where 

to start, overwhelmed as I am by 

the wonder of so many things and 

by the greatness of my astonish-

ment. . .In truth Rome was greater,

and greater are its ruins, than I 

imagined. I no longer wonder that 

the whole world was conquered by 

this city but that I was conquered 

so late." 

Petrarch:  Rerum Familiarium              

  
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