pt. 1. 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.
pt. 2. 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.
pt. 3. 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.
pt. 4. 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.
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