The history of ancient Rome
Subtitle: transcript book
By: Professor Garrett G. Fagan
Series: The great courses. History. Ancient history; Great courses
Publisher: The Great Courses
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Chantilly, Virginia
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781565858015
Subjects: History; Histoire
Notes: Transcript book of 48 lectures.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The sources; title: Pre-Roman Italy and the Etruscans; title: The foundation of Rome; title: The Kings of Rome; title: Regal society; title: The beginnings of the Republic; title: The struggle of the orders; title: Roman expansion in Italy; title: The Roman confederation in Italy; title: The international scene on the eve of Roman expansion; title: Carthage and the first punic war; title: The second punic (or Hannibalic) war; title: Rome in the eastern Mediterranean; title: Explaining the rise of the Roman empire; title: "The captured conqueror" : Rome and Hellenism; title: Governing the Roman Republic, Part II : popular assemblies and provincial administration; title: The pressures of Empire; title: The Gracchi brothers; title: Marius and Sulla; title: The royal rule of Sulla; title: Sulla's reforms undone; title: Pompey and Crassus; title: The first Triumvirate; title: Pompey and Caesar; title: The domination of Caesar; title: Social and cultural life in the late Republic; title: Antony and Octavian; title: The second Triumvirate; title: Octavian Emerges Supreme; title: The new order of Augustus; title: The imperial succession; title: The Julio-Claudian Dynasty; title: The emperor in the Roman World; title: The third-century crisis; title: The shape of Roman society; title: Roman slavery; title: The family; title: Women in Roman society; title: An empire of cities; title: Public entertainment, part 1 : The Roman baths and Chariot racing; title: Public entertainment, Part 2 : Gladiatorial games; title: Roman Paganism; title: The rise of Christianity; title: The restoration of order; title: Constantine and the late Empire; title: Thoughts on the "fall" of the Roman Empire.