Part 1. Disc 1. Lecture 1. Rome; a spectacular civilization
Lecture 2. A brief survey of the Roman Empire
Lecture 3. Power, conquest, and Romanization
Lecture 4. Triumphal processions; victory parades
Lecture 5. Imperial palaces
Lecture 6. The Roman house; space and decoration
Disc 2. Lecture 7. Roman houses as Greek palaces
Lecture 8. Pompeian houses and Greek myth
Lecture 9. Ritual, sacrifice, vows, and prayers
Lecture 10. Sanctuaries, temples, and religious ritual
Lecture 11. Roman elite funerals
Lecture 12. Forum Romanum; the core of the city.
Part 2. Disc 3. Lecture 13. Death on Display I; amphitheaters
Lecture 14. Death on display II; gladiators
Lecture 15. Death on display III; gladiatorial combat
Lecture 16. Death on display IV; animal hunts
Lecture 17. Death on display V; prisoner executions
Lecture 18. Death on display VI; Christian martyrdom
Disc 4. Lecture 19. Small town spectacle; games at Pompeii
Lecture 20. Aquatic display
Lecture 21. Roman circuses; arenas for chariot racing
Lecture 22. A day at the races
Lecture 23. Theaters and plays
Lecture 24. Emperors as performers.
Part 3. Disc 5. Lecture 25. Imperial forums; power and policy in Rome
Lecture 26. Imperial arches, columns, and monuments
Lecture 27. Imperial baths in rome; spas for the masses
Lecture 28. Roman engineering; linking the world
Lecture 29. Roman military forts and fortifications
Lecture 30. Images of warfare; Roman military monuments
Disc 6. Lecture 31. Roman colonies; small Romes
Lecture 32. Local baths and Roman bathing culture
Lecture 33. Roman harbors; liminal monuments
Lecture 34. Putting it all together I; a day in Pompeii
Lecture 35. Putting it all together II; a day in Rome
Lecture 36. Conclusions and the images of empire.
