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Taught by Professor Gregory S. Aldrete | 29 min
Witness the transition from the monarchy to the republic—a new era of government that would carry the city through half a millennium. Wade through the mythology and propaganda, as well as Roman historical sources such as the author Livy, to reconstruct how the transition happened, and what the new republic looked like.
24 Lectures
1
The City on the Tiber
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of 32 min
2
The Monarchy and the Etruscans
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of 31 min
3
Roman Values and Heroes
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of 30 min
4
The Early Republic and Rural Life
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of 29 min
5
The Constitution of the Roman Republic
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of 31 min
6
The Unification of the Italian Peninsula
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of 30 min
7
Roman Religion: Sacrifice, Augury, and Magic
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of 30 min
8
The First Punic War: A War at Sea
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of 31 min
9
The Second Punic War: Rome versus Hannibal
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of 30 min
10
Rome Conquers Greece
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of 32 min
11
The Consequences of Roman Imperialism
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of 32 min
12
Roman Slavery: Cruelty and Opportunity
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of 31 min
13
Roman Women and Marriage
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of 30 min
14
Roman Children, Education, and Timekeeping
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of 29 min
15
Food, Housing, and Employment in Rome
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of 31 min
16
The Gracchi Attempt Reform
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of 31 min
17
Gaius Marius the Novus Homo
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of 31 min
18
Sulla the Dictator and the Social War
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of 29 min
19
The Era of Pompey the Great
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of 30 min
20
The Rise of Julius Caesar
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of 30 min
21
Civil War and the Assassination of Caesar
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of 30 min
22
Cicero and the Art of Roman Oratory
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of 30 min
23
Octavian, Antony, and Cleopatra
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of 31 min
24
Why the Roman Republic Collapsed
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of 32 min
