Bibliograph

Greece and Rome, an integrated history of the ancient Mediterranean, Robert Garland

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Greece and Rome, an integrated history of the ancient Mediterranean, Robert Garland

Language

eng

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bibliographyhistorical information

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Literary text for sound recordings

lectures speeches

Main title

Greece and Rome

Medium

sound recording

Oclc number

224023834

Responsibility statement

Robert Garland

Series statement

The great courses

Sub title

an integrated history of the ancient Mediterranean

Table Of Contents

pt. 1. 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 -- pt. 2. 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 physicians -- pt. 3. 25. 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

Target audience

adult

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