Emperors of Rome

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Presents a series of biographic portraits of the Roman emperors from Augustus to Constantine. Abstract: Presents a series of biographic portraits of the Roman emperors from Augustus to Constantine Content: pt. 1. Disc 1. Lecture 1. The shape of Roman imperial history -- Lecture 2. The Roman Republic -- Lecture 3. Caesar and the suicide of the Republic -- Lecture 4. The first emperor--Augustus -- Lecture 5. The powers of Augustus -- Lecture 6. Succession woes -- pt. 1. Disc 2. Lecture 7. Livia Drusilla, empress of Rome. -- Lecture 8. The early years of Tiberius -- Lecture 9. The would-be-emperor--Sejanus -- Lecture 10. The mad emperor? Caligula -- Lecture 11. Killing Caligula, finding Claudius -- Lecture 12. The odd couple : Cladius and Messalina -- pt. 2. Disc 3. Lecture 13. Power and poison : Agrippina and Claudius -- Lecture 14. Artist and assassin : Nero -- Lecture 15. The trouble with Christians -- Lecture 16. Dynasty's end : the fall of Nero -- Lecture 17. The long year, A.D. 69 -- Lecture 18. The first Flavian : Vespasian -- pt. 2. Disc 4. Lecture 19. The last Flavians : Titus and Domitian -- Lecture 20. Pax Augusta : Nerva and Trajan -- Lecture 21. Trajan in Rome and in the East -- Lecture 22. The eccentric emperor : Hadrian -- Lecture 23. Antonius Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Verus -- Lecture 24. Marcus in the North and Commodus -- pt. 3. Disc 5. Lecture 25. Civil war and Septimius Severus -- Lecture 26. Caracalla and the Severan dynasty -- Lecture 27. Emperor and city -- Lecture 28. Emperor and empire -- Lecture 29. Emperor and elite -- Lecture 30. Emperor and people -- pt. 3. Disc 6. Lecture 31. Emperor and soldier -- Lecture 32. Chaos. -- Lecture 33. Aurelian, Diocletian, and the Tetrarchy -- Lecture 34. Constantine : rise to power -- Lecture 35. The Christian emperor : Constantine -- Lecture 36. Reflections on the emperors of Rome.