This course intends to enlarge the vision and to deepen the analytical and critical ability of students through the learning of events that led to the rise and fall of the ancient Rome.

In order to reach this goal, the teacher will introduce first the general political history and then texts related to the deeds of the emperors Augustus and Tiberius and the significance of the archaeological findings in Ostia Antica and Pompeii.

Students will also learn by the participation of 3 flipped classrooms to interpret both texts and archaeological findings in historical environment and through the light of their minds in the present era. Their learning will be further consolidated by writing a term paper.