Tracklist

  • 1
    Introduction
  • 2
    The Sources
  • 3
    Pre-Roman Italy and the Etruscans
  • 4
    The Foundation of Rome
  • 5
    The Kings of Rome
  • 6
    Regal Society
  • 7
    The Beginnings of the Republic
  • 8
    The Struggle of the Orders
  • 9
    Roman Expansion in Italy
  • 10
    The Roman Confederation in Italy
  • 11
    The International Scene on the Eve of Roman Expansion
  • 12
    Carthage and the First Punic War
  • 13
    The Second Punic (Or Hannibalic) War
  • 14
    Rome in the Eastern Mediterranean
  • 15
    Explaining the Rise of the Roman Empire
  • 16
    “the Captured Conqueror” — Rome and Hellenism
  • 17
    Governing the Roman Republic, Part I: — Senate and Magistrates
  • 18
    Governing the Roman Republic, Part II: — Popular Assemblies and Provincial Administration
  • 19
    The Pressures of Empire
  • 20
    The Gracchi Brothers
  • 21
    Marius and Sulla
  • 22
    "The Royal Rule of Sulla"
  • 23
    Sulla's Reforms Undone
  • 24
    Pompey and Crassus
  • 25
    The First Triumvirate
  • 26
    Pompey and Caesar
  • 27
    "The Domination of Caesar"
  • 28
    Social and Cultural Life in the Late Republic
  • 29
    Antony and Octavian
  • 30
    The Second Triumvirate
  • 31
    Octavian Emerges Supreme
  • 32
    The New Order of Augustus
  • 33
    The Imperial Succession
  • 34
    The Julio-Claudian Dynasty
  • 35
    The Emperor in the Roman World
  • 36
    The Third-Century Crisis
  • 37
    The Shape of Roman Society
  • 38
    Roman Slavery
  • 39
    The Family
  • 40
    Women in Roman Society
  • 41
    An Empire of Cities
  • 42
    Public Entertainment, Part I: — The Roman Baths and Chariot Racing
  • 43
    Public Entertainment, Part II: — Gladiatorial Games
  • 44
    Roman Paganism
  • 45
    The Rise of Christianity
  • 46
    The Restoration of Order
  • 47
    Constantine and the Late Empire
  • 48
    Thoughts on the "Fall" of the Roman Empire

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