Greece and Rome : an Integrated History of the Ancient Mediterranean

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The Teaching Co.: course no. 3300 (PD3300-01--PD3300-03).
36 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture.
Originally produced in 2008.
Disc 1. Lecture 1. Who were the Greeks? Who were the Romans? ; lecture 2. Trade and travel in the Mediterranean ; lecture 3. Democratic or republican ; lecture 4. Law and order ; lecture 5. Less than fully human ; lecture 6. Close encounters, 750-272 B.C. -- Disc 2. lecture 7. The velvet glove, 272-190 B.C. ; lecture 8. How the two polytheisms (almost) merged ; lecture 9. The iron fist, 190-146 B.C. ; lecture 10. The last Hellenistic dynasts, 146-31 B.C. ; lecture 11. Why the Greeks lost, why the Romans won ; lecture 12. Philhellenism and Hellenophobia --
Disc 3. Lecture 13. The two languages ; lecture 14. Leisure and entertainment ; lecture 15. Sex and sexuality ; lecture 16. Death and the afterlife ; lecture 17. From mystery religion to ruler cult ; lecture 18. Greek cities under Roman rule -- disc 4. lecture 19. Greeks in Rome, Romans in Greece ; lecture 20. The Hellenism of Augustus ; lecture 21. Art, looting, and reproductions ; lecture 22. Architecture, sacred and secular ; lecture 23. Science and technology ; lecture 24. Disease, medical care, and physicians --
Disc 5. Lecture 25. The Greek epic and its Roman echo ; lecture 26. Tragedy and comedy ; lecture 27. Love poetry, satire, history, the novel ; lecture 28. Greek influences on Roman education ; lecture 29. Greek philosophy and its Roman advocates ; lecture 30. Hellenomania, from Nero to Hadrian -- disc 6. lecture 31. Jews, Greeks, and Romans ; lecture 32. Christianity's debt to Greece and Rome ; lecture 33. The apotheosis of Athens ; lecture 34. The decline of the West ; lecture 35. The survival of the East ; lecture 36. The enduring duo.
Lecturer: Robert Garland, Colgate University.
A series of lectures that trace the course of events from the middle of the 8th century B.C. to A.D. 500 that shaped the relationship between the Greeks and Romans.
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