WELCOME to my index page for syllabi from a few of the classes I taught at the University of Pennsylvania from Fall 1998 to Summer 2004. Click on the menu bar on the left to go to a different index or page; click on the pictures or links below to go to one of my syllabi.

Rome's physical development in its historical and social context. Includes a survey of Rome's archaeologists, from Cola di Rienzo to present, and a discussion of the evidence for Rome's monuments: archaeological remains; ancient art and coins; the Forma Urbis Romae; ancient literary descriptions; the works of later artists and engravers such as Piranesi; and modern computerized reconstructions.

Archaeological and historical survey of the great civilizations of the Mediterranean and Middle East. Explores canonical and non-canonical "wonders" as a means of explaining various social aspects of the civilizations that created them (Step Pyramid of Djoser at left).

Survey course, from Romulus to Constantine. My version of the course includes sessions examining the Bronze Age and Villanovan antecedents of Rome, and Rome's place in the greater culture of Latium down to the 5th c. B.C.E.

Survey course, from the Paleolithic era to Alexander the Great.