DVD "Course no. 3350." Contains 24 lectures; each lecture is approximately 30 minutes. Course guidebook includes bibliographical references (pages 216-221). Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. Lecturer: Professor Gregory S. Aldrete, University of Wisconsin--Green Bay.
Contents:
Disc 1. The unification of the Italian Peninsula. 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 slavery: cruelty and opportunity. 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. Sulla the dictator and the social war. Roman children, education, 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. Why the Roman Republic collapsed. 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.
Summary:
"From great leaders to everyday citizens, delve into the early days and the dramatic collapse of the Roman Republic"--Container
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