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1 online resource (1 audio file (1080 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Garrett G. Fagan. |
| Summary |
What sort of men were the Roman emperors… and were they all men? What background and training, if any, prepared them for their awesome responsibilities? What depravities did they display? And what achievements can they claim? Dive into these questions and more with this introduction to the complex personalities of emperors such as Augustus, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero. These 36 gripping lectures bring to life the many emperors of Rome from the turn of the 1st century to the transition to the Middle Ages. For more than five centuries, these emperors - a checkered mix of the wise, the brutal, and the unhinged - presided over a multi-ethnic empire that was nearly always at war. Professor Garrett Fagan of the Pennsylvania State University takes you deep into ancient Rome. As you witness the reigns of the successive rulers unfold, you will see how the office evolved with the political forces that sustained it, becoming more and more tightly bound to the military. Each step toward despotism was taken with a view toward expedience. But when that step became the new normal, it paved the way for the next step, and so on. You'll also study eyewitness reports, later compilations, archaeological remains, and inscriptions on monuments and coins as you play the role of detective, separating the truth from the legends of this spellbinding era. All Lectures: 1. The Shape of Roman Imperial History 2. The Roman Republic 3. Caesar and the Suicide of the Republic 4. The First Emperor - Augustus 5. The Powers of Augustus 6. Succession Woes 7. Livia Drusilla, Empress of Rome 8. The Early Years of Tiberius 9. The Would-Be Emperor - Sejanus 10. The Mad Emperor? Caligula 11. Killing Caligula, Finding Claudius 12. The Odd Couple - Claudius and Messalina 13. Power and Poison - Agrippina and Claudius 14. Artist and Assassin - Nero 15. The Trouble with Christians 16. Dynasty's End - The Fall of Nero 17. The Long Year, A.D. 69 18. The First Flavian - Vespasian 19. The Last Flavians - Titus and Domitian 20. Pax Augusta - Nerva and Trajan 21. Trajan in Rome and in the East 22. The Eccentric Emperor - Hadrian 23. Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Verus 24. Marcus in the North and Commodus 25. Civil War and Septimius Severus 26. Caracalla and the Severan Dynasty 27. Emperor and City 28. Emperor and Empire 29. Emperor and Elite 30. Emperor and People 31. Emperor and Soldier 32. Chaos 33. Aurelian, Diocletian, and the Tetrarchy 34. Constantine - Rise to Power 35. The Christian Emperor - Constantine 36. Reflections on the Emperors of Rome |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Emperors -- Rome -- Biography.
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Rome -- Biography.
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Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.
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| Added Author |
Fagan, Garrett G..
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781682764336 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1682764338 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT12398340 |
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