The Rise of Rome

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Call Number: DVD 937 Al Oversize, Adult DVD / Great Courses / History / Ancient / Rise Of Rome
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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"Course no. 3350."
Contains 24 lectures; each lecture is approximately 30 minutes.
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Disc 1. The city on the Tiber -- The monarchy and the Etruscans -- Roman values and heroes -- The early Republic and rural life -- The constitution of the Roman Republic -- The unification of the Italian Peninsula -- Disc 2. Roman religion: sacrifice, augury, and magic -- The First Punic War: a war at sea -- The Second Punic War: Rome versus Hannibal -- Rome conquers Greece -- The consequences of Roman Imperialism -- Roman slavery: cruelty and opportunity -- Disc 3. Roman women and marriage -- Roman children, educaation, and timekeeping -- Food, housing, and employment in Rome -- The Gracchi attempt reform -- Gaius Marius the Novus Homo -- Sulla the dictator and the social war -- Disc 4. The era of Pompey the Great -- The rise of Julius Caesar -- Civil War and the assassination of Caesar -- Cicero and the art of Roman oratory -- Octavian, Antony, and Cleopatra -- Why the Roman Republic collapsed.
Lecturer: Professor Gregory S. Aldrete, University of Wisconsin--Green Bay.
"From great leaders to everyday citizens, delve into the early days and the dramatic collapse of the Roman Republic"--container.

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