Università Roma Tre

Living in Roman Italy
After a first part concerning the evolution of the city in Roman Italy (and its architectural, legal, etc. aspects) with the analysis of some sample cases, the course will address the topic of domestic construction in Roman Italy. The general aspects of these architectural typologies (realisation, characteristics and evolution) and their relationship with history and the urban fabric will be examined, with particular regard to Pompeii and Ostia.

 Texts that will be made available in .pdf format

General section:
1.  P. Sommella, Italia antica. L’urbanistica romana, Jouvence, Roma 1988 (pp. 17-32; 55-67; 83-92; 109-123; 143-164; 191-211: 227-250)
2.  P. Gros, L'architettura romana. Dagli inizi del III secolo a.C. alla fine dell'alto impero. I monumenti pubblici, Longanesi, Milano 2001 (pp. 28-47; 134-166; 228-242; 260-270: 504-519)

Cosa:
3. - F.E. Brown, Cosa : the making of a Roman town, Ann Arbor 1980, pp. 22-46

Pompei:
4.  M.P. Guidobaldi, F. Pesando, Pompei, Oplontis, Ercolano, Stabiae , Bari-Roma 2018, pp. 4-29; 95-99; 140-142; 157-161; 169-173; 192-200; 202-205; 251-252.
5.  S.C. Nappo, ‘Urban transformation at Pompeii in the late 3rd and early 2nd c. B.C.’, in R. Laurence and A. Wallace-Hadrill (eds), Domestic Space in the Roman World: Pompeii and beyond. Pourtsmouth 1997, 91–120.

Ostia:
6. C. Pavolini, Ostia [Guide Archeologiche Laterza], Roma-Bari 2006

Roman domestic architecture
7.  P. Gros, L'architecture romaine 2, maisons, palais, villas et tombeaux, Paris 2001, pp. 20-135
8.  C. Pavolini, "I costruttori delle domus tardoantiche di Ostia: Stato degli studi e nuove ipotesi", RendPontAcc 92, 2020, pp. 225-262