part I: lecture 1. Introduction
lecture 2. The sources
lecture 3. Pre-Roman Italy and the Etruscans
lecture 4. The foundation of Rome
lecture 5. The kings of Rome
lecture 6. Regal society
lecture 7. The beginnings of the Republic
lecture 8. The struggle of the orders
lecture 9. Roman expansion in Italy
lecture 10. The Roman Confederation in Italy
lecture 11. The international scene on the eve of Roman expansion
lecture 12. Carthage and the First Punic War
part II: lecture 13. The Second Punic (or Hannibalic) War
lecture 14. Rome in the Eastern Mediterranean
lecture 15. Explaining the rise of the Roman empire
lecture 16. "The Captured Conqueror"; Rome and Hellenism
lecture 17. Governing the Republic, part I
lecture 18. Governing the Republic, part II
lecture 19. The pressures of Empire
lecture 20. The Gracchi brothers
lecture 21. Marius and Sulla
lecture 22. "The Royal Rule of Sulla"
lecture 23. Sulla's reforms undone
lecture 24. Pompey and Crassus
part III: lecture 25. The first Triumvirate
lecture 26. Pompey and Caesar
lecture 27. "The Domination of Caesar"
lecture 28. Social and cultural life in the late Republic
lecture 29. Antony and Octavian
lecture 30. The second Triumvirate
lecture 31. Octavian emerges supreme
lecture 32. The new order of Augustus
lecture 33. The imperial succession
lecture 34. The Julio-Claudian dynasty
lecture 35. The emperor in the Roman world
lecture 36. The third-century crisis
part IV: lecture 37. The shape of Roman society
lecture 38. Roman slavery
lecture 39. The family
lecture 40. Women in Roman society
lecture 41. An empire of cities
lecture 42. Public entertainment I; the Roman baths and chariot racing
lecture 43. Public entertainment II; gladiatorial games
lecture 44. Roman paganism
lecture 45. The rise of Christianity
lecture 46. The restoration of order
lecture 47. Constantine and the late Empire
lecture 48. Thoughts on the "Fall" of the Roman Empire.