Practical Matters: Traveling to, from, and in Italy:

Sites pertinent to the the course:

Pagan Rome:

On Urbanism in the Roman Empire: https://urbanismandtheromanworld.wordpress.com/maps/

On the Pantheon

On a Roman Aqueduct: http://archive.archaeology.org/1203/features/rome_aqua_traiana_aqueduct_carestia.html

Christian Rome:

Excellent web tour of the Sistine Chapel: http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html

     Use you mouse to visit every inch of the chapel.

From this same root site you can also visit the four main Basilicas of Rome (St. Paul, St. John Lateran, St. Mary Major, and St. Peter) as well as the Pauline Chapel.

Secular Rome:

On Moslem immigration into Europe

Berlusconi on Trial?