Course programme
Friday 5 May 2017
Please plan to arrive between 16:30 and 18:30. You can meet other course members in the bar which opens at 18:15. Tea and coffee making facilities are available in the study bedrooms.
19:00 Dinner
20:30 Introduction to Roman Architecture
22:00 Terrace bar open for informal discussion
Saturday 6 May 2017
07:30 Breakfast
09:00 The Imperial Palaces of Ancient Rome
10:30 Coffee
11:00 The Roman place for rituals: temples and basillcas
12:30 Free
13:00 Lunch
14:30 Free
16:00 Tea
16:30 A place to see and be seen: the forum and thermae. Spaces for entertainment: amphiteatres and circus
18:30 Dinner
20:00 Catacombs, gardens, decorative structures
21:30 Terrace bar open for informal discussion
Sunday 7 May 2017
07:30 Breakfast
09:00 Travelling through the empire: bridges, roads, aqueducts
10:30 Coffee
11:00 A home for ever Roman: from villa to insula
12:30 Free
12:45 Lunch
The course will disperse after lunch.
Dietary Requirements
If you have any specific dietary requirements or allergies please inform our Admissions Team on ice.admissions@ice.cam.ac.uk or +44 (0)1223 746262 if you have not already advised us of your requirements.
Additional Requirements
Further information about student support.
Travelling to Madingley Hall
Madingley Hall is three miles west of Cambridge, and is easily accessible from the M11, the A14 and the A428, with good links to London airports. There is a taxi service to and from Cambridge railway station. For further information please see the Welcome to Madingley leaflet above.