The history of ancient Rome
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Rome (Italy) > History. Rome > History > To 510 B.C. Rome > History > Republic, 510-265 B.C. Rome > History > Republic, 265-30 B.C. Rome > History > Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D. Rome > Politics and government. Rome > Civilization. |
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- ISBN: 1565855736
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8 DVDs (approximately 1440 min.) : sound, color. - Publisher Chantilly, Va. : The Great Courses (Teaching Co.), [1999]
- Copyright ©1999
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Formatted Contents Note: | Lecture 1. Introduction ; lecture 2. The sources ; lecture 3. Pre-Roman Italy and the Etruscans ; lecture 4. The foundation of Rome ; lecture 5. The kings of Rome ; lecture 6. Regal society ; lecture 7. The beginnings of the Republic ; lecture 8. The struggle of the orders ; lecture 9. Roman expansion in Italy ; lecture 10. The Roman Confederation in Italy ; lecture 11. The international scene on the eve of Roman expansion ; lecture 12. Carthage and the First Punic War ; lecture 13. The Second Punic (or Hannibalic) War ; lecture 14. Rome in the Eastern Mediterranean ; lecture 15. Explaining the rise of the Roman empire ; lecture 16. "The Captured Conqueror" : Rome and Hellenism ; lecture 17-18. Governing the Republic ; lecture 19. The pressures of Empire ; lecture 20. The Gracchi brothers ; lecture 21. Marius and Sulla ; lecture 22. "The Royal Rule of Sulla" ; lecture 23. Sulla's reforms undone ; lecture 24. Pompey and Crassus ; lecture 25. The first Triumvirate ; lecture 26. Pompey and Caesar ; lecture 27. "The Domination of Caesar" ; lecture 28. Social and cultural life in the late Republic ; lecture 29. Antony and Octavian ; lecture 30. The second Triumvirate ; lecture 31. Octavian emerges supreme ; lecture 32. The new order of Augustus ; lecture 33. The imperial succession ; lecture 34. The Julio-Claudian dynasty ; lecture 35. The emperor in the Roman world ; lecture 36. The third-century crisis ; lecture 37. The shape of Roman society ; lecture 38. Roman slavery ; lecture 39. The family ; lecture 40. Women in Roman society ; lecture 41. An empire of cities ; lecture 42. Public entertainment I; the Roman baths and chariot racing ; lecture 43. Public entertainment II; gladiatorial games ; lecture 44. Roman paganism ; lecture 45. The rise of Christianity ; lecture 46. The restoration of order ; lecture 47. Constantine and the late Empire ; lecture 48. Thoughts on the "Fall" of the Roman Empire. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Lecturer: Professor Garrett G. Fagan, Pennsylvania State University. |
System Details Note: | DVD, full screen. |