WB 170-CLA - Walking the Ruins

Min Units: 1
Max Units: 1
Unlike the sprawling cities of the Midwest, ancient cities developed organically around people getting from point A to point B by foot. Whether in a bustling metropolis like Rome or Athens or a small working-class community like Herculaneum, one sees how traveling by foot shaped the development of neighborhoods. Navigating the meandering streets of Pompeii by foot sheds light on the experience of those who sought refuge from the famed eruption of Mount Vesuvius. This course seeks to help students reconnect with a basic mode of transportation with vast lifelong health and well-being benefits. (U) Summer