The history of ancient Rome
DVD - 1999
There are many reasons to study ancient Rome. Rome's span was vast, its influence is indelible, and the story is riveting. This course examines how a small village of shepherds and farmers rose to tower over the civilized world, unified in politics and law, for almost 700 years. Rome changed hugely in many spheres over the course of its 1,500-year history, so the principal focus is on the years from 200 B.C.E. to 200 A.D., when Roman power was at its height.
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Chantilly, VA :
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c1999.
- Language
- English
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- Item Description
- Course guidebook includes professor biography, statement of course scope, lecture outlines and notes, timeline, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography.
- Physical Description
- 8 videodiscs (24 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 234 p. ; 19 cm.)
- Production Credits
- Producer, Tamara Stonebarger ; editor, Sal Rodriguez ; content editor, Robert Cosgriff.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (Course guidebook, p. 226-235).
- ISBN
- 9781565855731
- Part I: Disc 1. 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
- Disc 2. 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.
- Part II: Disc 3. 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 Governing the Republic I: Senate and magistrates ; Lecture 18 Governing the Republic II: Popular assemblies and provincial administration
- Disc 4. Lecture 19. The pressures of Empire ; Lecture 20 The Garacchi brothers ; Lecture 21 Marius and Sulla ; Lecture 22 The royal rule of Sulla ; Lecture 23 Sulla's reforms undone ; Lecture 24 Pompey and Crassus.
- Part III: Disc 5. 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
- Disc 6. 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.
- Part IV: Disc 7. 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: Public baths and chariot racing
- Disc 8. 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.