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Religion in the Roman Empire
Season 1
Traditional Roman religion had both public and private elements. In the public sphere, the imperial cult that worshipped deified emperors was a repre…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Roman Economy: Trade, Taxes, and Conquest
Season 1
The Roman Empire produced, imported, and exported a variety of goods. The government attempted to control this trade through several means, including…
2 years, 8 months ago
Slavery in the Roman Empire
Season 1
Rome relied on the labor of enslaved individuals who were mostly war captives but who might also have been born into slavery, kidnapped, or abandoned…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Daily Life of a Roman Family
Season 1
The family unit was the cornerstone of Roman life. Since the father held the ultimate authority to dispense justice within a family, its members soug…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Age of Augustus
Season 1
The Age of Augustus United by their opposition to the optimates, in 60 BCE, Pompey, Crassus, and Julius Caesar formed a political alliance, the First…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Roman Republic
The Romans overthrew the Etruscan dynasty at the close of the sixth century BCE and became a republic. The Struggle of the Orders ended with the pleb…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Hellenistic Era
Season 1
By 338 BCE, King Philip II’s empire of Macedon had become the ruling power in Greece. Philip’s son Alexander the Great adopted his father’s plan to u…
2 years, 9 months ago
Ancient Greece: Part 2, The Classical Period of Greece
Season 1
The Classical period of Greece was marked by increased creativity and innovation, especially in Athens. The philosophical schools of Plato and Aristo…
2 years, 9 months ago
Ancient Greece: Part 1, Archaic Greece, Sparta and Athens
Season 1
During the Archaic period that began the Greek renaissance, the city-state, or polis, developed its defining characteristic—self-government. Sparta w…
2 years, 9 months ago
Early Mediterranean Peoples
Season 1
The Late Bronze Age witnessed the development of a common culture that linked the diverse states of the eastern Mediterranean from Asia to the Aegean…
2 years, 9 months ago