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To rule mankind and make the world obey, a history of ancient Rome, taught by Frances Titchener

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To rule mankind and make the world obey, a history of ancient Rome, taught by Frances Titchener

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Course guide includes bibliographical references following lecture notes

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lectures speeches

Main title

To rule mankind and make the world obey

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55859718

Responsibility statement

taught by Frances Titchener

Series statement

Portable professor. World History

Sub title

a history of ancient Rome

Summary

A series of fourteen lectures discussing the history and accomplishments of ancient Rome, from the early kingdom through the creation of empire and the fall toward chaos. Includes discussion of the continuing influence of ancient Rome on Western culture today

Table Of Contents

Course lectures: 1. Introduction to Rome, Italy, and the Romans, 1200-753 BC -- 2. First there were kings, 753-510 BC -- 3. Internal conflict: the patrician and plebeian orders, 510-287 BC -- 4. Roman expansion in Italy, 510-287 BC -- 5. The first Punic War and the emergence of individuals, 264-241 BC -- 6. Rome's greatest enemy: the second and third Punic Wars -- 7. Plantations and the Gracci brothers --8. The rise of Marius through African and Italian wars, 128-83 BC -- 9. Stong men fight it out, 123-53 BC -- 10. And then there was one: Julius Caesar, 53-44 BC -- 11. Augustus, the father of his country, 43 BC-AD 14 -- 12. The empire's first century: Julio-Claudians and Flavians, AD 14-96 -- 13. Gibbon's golden age and the beginning of the end, AD 96-303 -- 14. Constantine, barbarians, and the great transformation, AD 303-476

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