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The Teaching Company
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48 lectures on the history of ancient Rome beginning with pre-Roman Italy and ending with the fall of Rome.
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LibraryThing member jwk
After laboring to get through this long course, I went to The Great Courses website to try and figure out from the reviews how to pick a better history course for me. What stuck from the reviews was "Kings, battles and dates." And it's so true if you love kings, battles and dates, and are already
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familiar with, or not need the greater context, Garrett is your man. Should you want a lecturer with more energy and presence, and/or a bit of culture, art, society and context to round out the kings, battles and dates then I'd recommend [[Kenneth W. Harl]] and [[Jeremy McInerney]]. Show Less
LibraryThing member ffifield
An excellent lecture series on the History of Ancient Rome. I could do without the canned applause at the beginning and ending of each lecture. That gets surprisingly annoying.