| Description |
6 videodiscs (18 hours) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 3 course guidebooks (22 cm) |
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Great courses. History |
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Ancient & medieval history |
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Great courses (DVD). Ancient & medieval history.
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Performer |
Taught by Prof. Robert Garland, Colgate University. |
| Contents |
1. Who were the Greeks? Who were the Romans? -- 2. Trade and travel in the Mediterranean -- 3. Democratic or republican -- 4. Law and order -- 5. Less than fully human -- 6. Close encounters, 750-272 B.C. -- 7. The velvet glove, 272-190 B.C. -- 8. How the two polytheisms (almost) merged -- 9. The iron fist, 190-146 B.C. -- 10. The last Hellenistic dynasts, 146-31 B.C. -- 11. Why the Greeks lost; why the Romans won -- 12. Philhellenism and Hellenophobia -- 13. The two languages -- 14. Leisure and entertainment -- 15. Sex and sexuality -- 16. Death and the afterlife -- 17. From mystery religion to ruler cult -- 18. Greek cities under Roman rule -- 19. Greeks in Rome; Romans in Greece -- 20. The Hellenism of Augustus -- 21. Art, looting, and reproductions -- 22. Architecture, sacred and secular -- 23. Science and technology -- 24. Disease, medical care, and physicians25. The Greek epic and its Roman echo -- 26. Tragedy and comedy -- 27. Love poetry, satire, history, the novel -- 28. Greek influences on Roman education -- 29. Greek philosophy and its Roman advocates -- 30. Hellenomania, from Nero to Hadrian -- 31. Jews, Greeks, and Romans -- 32. Christianity's debt to Greece and Rome -- 33. The apotheosis of Athens -- 34. The decline of the West -- 35. The survival of the East -- 36. The enduring duo |
| Note |
For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Subject |
Mediterranean Region -- History -- To 476 -- Videodiscs.
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Rome -- Civilization -- Videodiscs.
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Rome -- Civilization -- Greek influences -- Videodiscs.
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Greece -- Civilization -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Instructional films.
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Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
1598034189 |
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9781598034189 |
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