Ancient Cities

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The Greco-Roman world was a world of cities. From the ancient Greek city-states (or poleis), to the cosmopolitan cities that appeared in the era of Alexander the Great and his successors, and to the imperial city-projects of the Roman Empire. This course examines the architectural and urban developments of Greek and Roman cities together with central political institutions and religious and social practices that were associated with them. In studying a diversity of visual, material and textual evidence--such as urban form, architectural and sculptural monuments, as well as literary sources and epigraphic evidence--the course addresses both the structure of the urban fabric and the socio-political situation of ancient Greek and Roman cities.