http://www.chapman.edu/wilkinson/history/london.asp
The Roman Imperium
Summer 2012
Hist 346g
Bill Cumiford (cumiford@chapman.edu)
The Roman Empire, extending from its origins in central Italy, spread throughout Europe
to dominate western civilization for nearly half a millennium. Rome drew its inspiration
from the ancient heart of the city of Rome and later extended the imperial presence to the
outer reaches of Gaul, Germany, and Britain. That presence is seen today in the ruins and
artifacts reflecting ancient Rome’s tremendous power and influence. Participants in this
course will visit the core of this great civilization in Italy and will later survey Roman
sites in Britain. In Italy we will be conducting excursions to the Colosseum, the Roman
Forum and the Palatine Hill, the Appian Way and the Catacombs, Pompeii and Florence.
In Britain participants will visit the Roman excavations and museums at Bath and ancient
Roman settlements and sites in London, York, Colchester and St. Albans.
Itinerary
Friday, June 29
Cumiford and Estes leave LAX mid-afternoon
Saturday, June 30
Professors arrive in Rome
Sunday, July 1
Students arrive in Rome and make own way to hotel via train to the Termini
Railway Station
Monday, July 2
Evening walking tour from the Campo de’ Fiori, via the Piazza Navona and Trevi
Fountain to the Spanish Steps
Welcome dinner near the Pantheon
Tuesday, July 3
Walking tour of the Colosseum, Forum, and Capitoline Museum
Picnic-style lunch
Wednesday, July 4
Tour of the Catacombs (morning)
Picnic-style lunch
Thursday, July 5
Walking tour of Vesuvius and Pompeii
Picnic-style lunch
Friday, July 6
Free Day
Saturday, July 7
Walking tour of Ostia Antica
Picnic-style lunch
Sunday, July 8
Walking tour of Florence with visits to the Galleria delli’ Accademia, Santa Croce
and a climb to the top of the Duomo’s Campanile
Picnic-style lunch in the Piazza di Santissima Anunziata
Monday, July 9
Leave Rome/Arrive London
Tuesday, July 10
Free Day
Wednesday, July 11
Walking tour of the City including St. Paul’s Cathedral and the Temple of Mithras
Picnic-style lunch
Thursday, July 12
Walking tour of Bath including the Roman Baths Museum
High Tea at the Pump Room
Friday, July 13
Walking tour of Colchester including the Colchester Castle and Museum and the
Balkerne Gate
Picnic-style lunch
Saturday, July 14
Walking tour of York including Roman ruins, York Minster, Clifford’s Tower
and the city wall
Picnic-style lunch
Sunday, July 15
Walking tour of Roman Verulamium (St. Albans) and the St. Albans Museum
Lunch at “Ye Olde Fighting Cocks” Restaurant
Monday, July 16
Free Day
Tuesday, July 17
Research Day at the British Museum and the City Museum of London
Phantom of the Opera in the evening
Picnic-style lunch
Wednesday, July 18
Professors depart
Course includes
Hotel in central Rome, 4 per room, air cond. and continental breakfasts
Dorms in central London, 1-3 per room and breakfast
Three 3-day Roma Passes for Rome
One weekly London Transport Pass (zones one and two)
One daily London Transport Pass (zones one and two)
4-day BritRail Consecutive England Student Pass
Eurostar train to and from Florence
Flight from Rome to London
Course does not include
Air travel to Rome and from London for students
Ground transportation from the Rome airport to the hotel for students
Ground transportation from the dorm to the London airport for students
Tuition is free for those who have been at Chapman for at least
two semesters prior to the summer session of 2012
For more information including a video of last year’s trip go to:
http://www.chapman.edu/wilkinson/history/london.asp