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Taught by Professor Gregory S. Aldrete | 32 min
The course opened with a simple question: “How did Rome become so powerful?” It closes with an equally simple—if equally unanswerable—question: “Why did the Roman Republic collapse?” In this final lecture, Professor Aldrete offers several leading theories, including the possibility that the republic was a victim of its own success.
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
