The history of ancient Rome / Garrett G. Fagan.

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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fagan, Garrett G., 1963-
Corporate Author: Teaching Company
Language:English
Published: Springfield, Va. : Teaching Co., [2003]
Series:Great courses (DVD). Ancient & medieval history.
Subjects:
Rome > 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.
Educational films.
Speeches.
Genre:
Educational films.
Speeches.
Physical Description:8 videodiscs in 4 cases (approximately 1,440 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 4 course guidebooks in 1 (iv, 234 pages ; 19 cm).
Variant Title:
Ancient Rome.
Format: Video DVD
Contents:
  • part I: 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
  • part II: 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, part I
  • lecture 18. Governing the Republic, part II
  • 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
  • part III: 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
  • part IV: 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.