Università Roma Tre

Baths and Houses Rome and Ostia: evolution of architectural typologies.
After a first part concerning the evolution of the city in Roman Italy (and its architectural, juridical etc. aspects) with the analysis of some sample cases, the course proposes to deal with the theme of thermal baths and houses in Rome and Ostia. The general aspects of these architectural typologies (construction, characteristics and evolution) and their relationship with history and the town will be examined.

General Section:
* (Roman Town-Planning in Italy):
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)
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)

**(Technical-constructive aspects of Roman baths):
F. Yegul, Baths and Bathing in Classical Antiquity, Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press, 1992, pp. 6-29; 48-91; 128-180; 356-395.
I. Nielsen, Thermae et balnea: the architecture and cultural history of Roman public baths, Aarhus, Aarhus University Press, 1993, pp. 6-36; 122-138.
A.L. Foulché, “Les Balnea de Rome à travers la Forma Vrbis Severiana et les Catalogues Régionnaires”, in MEFRA 123/2 (2011), pp. 597-611.
[https://journals.openedition.org/mefra/452]
M. Spanu, “Terme urbane romane e approvvigionamento idrico”, in AMNIS. L’acqua dalla materialità alla parola. Atti del Convegno Internazionale di Studi (Università di Pisa, 1-3 dicembre 2021), Sesto Fiorentino 2022, pp. 89-98

*** (Ostia)
G. Poccardi, "Thermes et bains de l'Ostie antique", J.-P. Descoeudres (ed.), Ostie - port et porte de la Rome antique, Geneve 2001, pp. 161-171.
C. Pavolini, Ostia [Guide Archeologiche Laterza] Roma-Bari 2006
M. Turci, “ Lo sviluppo del settore costiero della città di Ostia tra III e VI secolo d.C.. Keryx, 2020, 6, pp.131-171
[https://hal.science/hal-03523163v1]