The Rise of Rome
Offered By: The Great Courses Plus
Course Description
Overview
<p>From great leaders to everyday citizens, delve into the early days and the dramatic collapse of the Roman Republic.</p>
Topics Covered:
Topics Covered:
- By This Professor
- 01: The City on the Tiber
- 02: The Monarchy and the Etruscans
- 03: Roman Values and Heroes
- 04: The Early Republic and Rural Life
- 05: The Constitution of the Roman Republic
- 06: The Unification of the Italian Peninsula
- 07: Roman Religion: Sacrifice, Augury, and Magic
- 08: The First Punic War: A War at Sea
- 09: The Second Punic War: Rome versus Hannibal
- 10: Rome Conquers Greece
- 11: The Consequences of Roman Imperialism
- 12: Roman Slavery: Cruelty and Opportunity
- 13: Roman Women and Marriage
- 14: Roman Children, Education, and Timekeeping
- 15: Food, Housing, and Employment in Rome
- 16: The Gracchi Attempt Reform
- 17: Gaius Marius the Novus Homo
- 18: Sulla the Dictator and the Social War
- 19: The Era of Pompey the Great
- 20: The Rise of Julius Caesar
- 21: Civil War and the Assassination of Caesar
- 22: Cicero and the Art of Roman Oratory
- 23: Octavian, Antony, and Cleopatra
Taught by
Gregory S. Aldrete, Ph.D.
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