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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…
3 years, 1 month 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…
3 years, 1 month 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…
3 years, 1 month 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…
3 years, 1 month 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…
3 years, 1 month 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…
3 years, 1 month 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…
3 years, 1 month 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…
3 years, 2 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…
3 years, 2 months ago
Vedic India to the Fall of the Maurya Empire
Season 1
A sophisticated civilization developed in the Indus River valley, centered on cities such as Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. These cities were abandoned ar…
3 years, 2 months ago