The history of ancient Rome

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.