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June 25 – July 9, 2011, Directors: Timothy Wutrich and Annie Pecastaings
Participants in the Roman Gaul tour will discover a broad range of archaeological sites and museums in France that pertain to the Romans and the ancient Celtic peoples. Since Julius Caesar’s De Bello Gallico unfolds chiefly in what is now France, the tour itinerary will include key sites mentioned in Caesar. Following Caesar’s conquest, Gaul was integrated into the Empire; the tour will also follow the traces left by the Romans in the centuries after Caesar. Beginning with visits to sites and museums in Paris, the tour will proceed south to Autun, Bibracte, Alesia, Lyon, St. Romain-en-Gal, Vienne, Vaison-la-Romaine, Orange, Nîmes, Pont du Gard, Mas des Tourelles, Arles, and Marseilles. The tour will bring together literary evidence about Roman Gaul, visits to museums, battlefields, ruins, and monuments with a view to the legacy of the Romans in modern France. Cost: $3440
June 27 - July 8 2011, Director: Eugene P. Baron, Ph.D.
This program will consider how the Romans “discovered” this exceptional part of Italy and how they both Romanized it and in turn were influenced by it. The idea is that if life is a stage, then the Bay of Naples is front row center. To see this story unfold, we will visit archaeological sites and some of the best museums in the world. And we will study the topography of this unique place, a region of extreme vulcanism. We will do this all by being hosted at the Villa Vergiliana, the Italian headquarters of the Vergilian Society. This is a true villa rustica, where much of what you eat and drink is grown and prepared on site. We will also spend two nights on Capri, one of the most beautiful places on Earth. Cost: $2595
July 18 – 29, 2011, Directors: Amy Leonard & Steven Tuck
This workshop will aid high school teachers teaching the AP Vergil syllabus by providing ideas and skills to enrich their courses. We cover all aspects of the AP Vergil exam and the classroom curriculum including the free-response questions, passage-based multiple-choice questions in the AP exam style, sight reading and resources. Days will consist of morning study sessions and reading the Aeneid in Latin, lunch, and afternoon site and museum visits, with some on-site readings. Sites include: Rome, Cumae, Lake Avernus, Sperlonga, Pompeii, Lavinium, Herculaneum and Vesuvius. Cost: $2595
August 1 – 13, 2011, Directors: Lorina Quartarone & Steven Tuck
This tour is devoted to the history, art and archaeology of coastal Campania. Subjects and sites have been chosen to illustrate the central themes: the civilizations of ancient Italy, their interaction along the Bay of Naples and the emergence and development of Roman culture. From headquarters at the Villa Vergiliana we will explore daily life in ancient Italy. including small towns at Pompeii and Herculaneum as well as luxury villas and resorts at Baia, Oplontis and Stabiae. Exploration at Capua, Puteoli and Cumae will allow us to encounter Greek and Etruscan colonization in southern Italy. Paestum will give us exposure to the best-preserved Greek temples and Italic painted tombs in the world. Cost: $2595
For over 55 years, the Vergilian Society has offered study tours to classical lands led by experienced scholars and dynamic lecturers. These study programs are designed to appeal to secondary teachers, college students and interested laypeople as well as college professors seeking firsthand knowledge of archaeology and history. Scholarship support is available for secondary school teachers and graduate students. For Itineraries, Applications and Scholarship information, see http://vergil.clarku.edu/cumae.htm