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The history of ancient Rome : Transcript book / Garrett G. Fagan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: Mixed materialsMixed materialsLanguage: English Series: Great courses (DVD). Ancient history. | The Great courses | The Great CoursesPublication details: Chantilly, Virginia : The Teaching Company, 1999.Description: 2 volumes : illustrations ; 19 cmISBN:
  • 1565858018
  • 9781565858015
Uniform titles:
  • The Great Courses
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 370
LOC classification:
  • LB 14.6 F151h 1999
Contents:
v.1. Lectures 1-24: Introduction -- The sources -- Pre-Roman Italy and the Etruscans -- The foundation of Rome -- The kings of Rome -- Regal society -- The beginnings of the Republic -- The struggle of the orders -- Roman expansion in Italy -- The Roman Confederation in Italy -- The international scene on the eve of Roman expansion -- Carthage and the First Punic War -- The Second Punic (or Hannibalic) War -- Rome in the Eastern Mediterranean -- Explaining the rise of the Roman empire -- "The Captured Conqueror": Rome and Hellenism -- Governing the Republic, part I -- Governing the Republic, part II -- The pressures of Empire -- The Gracchi brothers -- Marius and Sulla -- "The Royal Rule of Sulla" -- Sulla's reforms undone -- Pompey and Crassus --
v.2. Lectures 25-48: The first Triumvirate -- Pompey and Caesar -- "The Domination of Caesar" -- Social and cultural life in the late Republic -- Antony and Octavian -- The second Triumvirate -- Octavian emerges supreme -- The new order of Augustus -- The imperial succession -- The Julio-Claudian dynasty -- The emperor in the Roman world -- The third-century crisis -- The shape of Roman society -- Roman slavery -- The family -- Women in Roman society -- An empire of cities -- Public entertainment I: the Roman baths and chariot racing -- Public entertainment II: gladiatorial games -- Roman paganism -- The rise of Christianity -- The restoration of order -- Constantine and the late Empire -- Thoughts on the "Fall" of the Roman Empire.
Summary: Forty-eight lectures on the history of ancient Rome beginning with pre-Roman Italy and ending with the fall of Rome.
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Course no. 340
The length of each lecture is: ca. 30 min. The entire program consists of 48 lectures.

v.1. Lectures 1-24: Introduction --
The sources --
Pre-Roman Italy and the Etruscans --
The foundation of Rome --
The kings of Rome --
Regal society --
The beginnings of the Republic --
The struggle of the orders --
Roman expansion in Italy --
The Roman Confederation in Italy --
The international scene on the eve of Roman expansion --
Carthage and the First Punic War --
The Second Punic (or Hannibalic) War --
Rome in the Eastern Mediterranean --
Explaining the rise of the Roman empire --
"The Captured Conqueror": Rome and Hellenism --
Governing the Republic, part I --
Governing the Republic, part II --
The pressures of Empire --
The Gracchi brothers --
Marius and Sulla --
"The Royal Rule of Sulla" --
Sulla's reforms undone --
Pompey and Crassus --

v.2. Lectures 25-48: The first Triumvirate --
Pompey and Caesar --
"The Domination of Caesar" --
Social and cultural life in the late Republic --
Antony and Octavian --
The second Triumvirate --
Octavian emerges supreme --
The new order of Augustus --
The imperial succession --
The Julio-Claudian dynasty --
The emperor in the Roman world --
The third-century crisis --
The shape of Roman society --
Roman slavery --
The family --
Women in Roman society --
An empire of cities --
Public entertainment I: the Roman baths and chariot racing --
Public entertainment II: gladiatorial games --
Roman paganism --
The rise of Christianity --
The restoration of order --
Constantine and the late Empire --
Thoughts on the "Fall" of the Roman Empire.

Forty-eight lectures on the history of ancient Rome beginning with pre-Roman Italy and ending with the fall of Rome.

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