The Rise of Rome

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Professor Biography Table of Contents Course Scope Lecture 1 • The City on the Tiber Lecture 2 • The Monarchy and the Etruscans Lecture 3 • Roman Values and Heroes Lecture 4 • The Early Republic and Rural Life Lecture 5 • The Constitution of the Roman Republic Lecture 6 • The Unification of the Italian Peninsula Lecture 7 • Roman Religion: Sacrifice, Augury, and Magic Lecture 8 • The First Punic War: A War at Sea Lecture 9 • The Second Punic War: Rome versus Hannibal Lecture 10 • Rome Conquers Greece Lecture 11 • The Consequences of Roman Imperialism Lecture 12 • Roman Slavery: Cruelty and Opportunity Lecture 13 • Roman Women and Marriage Lecture 14 • Roman Children, Education, and Timekeeping Lecture 15 • Food, Housing, and Employment in Rome Lecture 16 • The Gracchi Attempt Reform Lecture 17 • Gaius Marius the Novus Homo Lecture 18 • Sulla the Dictator and the Social War Lecture 19 • The Era of Pompey the Great Lecture 20 • The Rise of Julius Caesar Lecture 21 • Civil War and the Assassination of Caesar Lecture 22 • Cicero and the Art of Roman Oratory Lecture 23 • Octavian, Antony, and Cleopatra Lecture 24 • Why the Roman Republic Collapsed Bibliography Image credits