The History of Ancient Rome
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Garrett G. Fagan
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Even today, the influence of Ancient Rome is indelible, with Europe and the world owing this extraordinary empire a huge cultural debt in almost every important category of human endeavor, including art, architecture, engineering, language, literature, law, and religion. At the peak of its power, Rome's span was vast. In the regional, restless, and shifting history of continental Europe, the Roman Empire stands as a towering monument to scale and stability, unified in politics and law, stretching from the sands of Syria to the moors of Scotland. And it stood for almost 700 years.
In this series of 48 spirited lectures, you'll see how a small village of shepherds and farmers rose to tower over the civilized world of its day and left a permanent mark on history. In telling Rome's riveting story, Professor Fagan draws on a wealth of primary and secondary sources, including recent historical and archaeological scholarship, to introduce the fascinating tale of Rome's rise and decline, including the famous events and personalities that have become so familiar:
- Horatius at the bridge
- Hannibal crossing the Alps during Rome's life-or-death war with Carthage
- Caesar being assassinated before a statue of his archrival Pompey
- The doomed lovers Antony and Cleopatra
- The mad and venal emperors Nero and Caligula
- The conversion of Constantine.
The course also addresses one of history's greatest questions: Why did the Roman Empire fall? And you'll learn why most modern scholars believe that the empire did not "fall" at all, but, rather, changed into something very different - the less urbanized, more rural, early medieval world.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
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- Michael
- 29-01-2018
Absolute masterpiece!
A must have for anyone who enjoys Ancient Roman history. Very well structure and detailed lectures that covers all the major topics while still presenting them in an engaging manner. The lecturers accent does take a while to get used to however.
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- K-2
- 16-04-2020
Good course with some issues.
In general terms, this is a good course but it bothered me that the lecturer kept saying he didn't have time to cover "x" subject in depth. To be honest, you don't expect that from an audiobook even if it is similar to a course in an university. Sometimes the lecturer made pauses that made me check whether the app had an issue. However, the course was a pretty good introduction to Roman history, covering a long time, from the foundation to the third century crisis.
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- Jasia Hawkins
- 11-02-2023
Very good indeed
A difficult subject to deliver in 22hrs. I enjoyed it and learnt lots. Thank you
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- Ben
- 25-08-2021
Epic detail and content.
The narration, detail and content is amazing. Unfortunately, it is detracted from by the gaudy strangled-cat music into to each lesson and the appalling fake into and exit applause. Otherwise, this would rate a 6 out 5.
Don't doze off to this because you will be woken by the obscene screeching of murderous feline from hell.
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- Val
- 30-06-2021
Extremely informative
A very enjoyable trip through the history of the Roman Empire. Informative and well presented. Only disappointment was, the lectures ended. Extremely interesting.
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- Jonathan D
- 12-12-2018
Simply magnificent
Garrett fagan is an awesome source of historical information, entertaining, illuminating, articulate and always informative. For anyone with even the slightest interest in Rome I highly recommend journeying with Garrett upon the history of this stupendous culture.
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- Sasha
- 20-07-2014
Riveting
Professor Fagan's lectures are brilliant if you are looking for an overview of the history of Ancient Rome. Each topic is covered well enough to provide a basic time-line of Roman history and includes information about the main primary sources for each period.
The content is mainly political and chronological and Professor Fagan diverges from the chronological narrative to provide information about aspects of Roman life-how the army was organised, what the political structure looked like, Hellenisation (the influence of Greek culture) architecture.
Each lecture is perfectly paced and Professor Fagan's voice is very pleasant to listen to. Last, but not least, he has a gentle sense of humour, which shines through from time to time.
Highly recommend this series if you're keen to gain a broad brush overview of Roman History.
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- Tom
- 27-11-2020
Fantastic
This is easily one of the best lecture series about Rome. I found that these lectures contained a lot of nuance and explanations that answered questions I didn't know I had or ones I hadn't found answers for elsewhere. A+. Rest in Peace Professor Fagan.
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- Mark Henwood
- 09-04-2024
Loved it
Epic history of an incredible city. I was captivated all throughout. Definitely need to plan a visit to Rome. This is well worth a listen for anyone interested in the topic.
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- Garyfmp
- 19-06-2015
Enjoyable, engaging and informative
The professor has a refreshing way of lecturing, clear outlines of how, who, why and what made Rome and Romans tick all derived from know evidence not pseudo archeology.
I'm now hooked on these courses.
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