Reviews for The History of Ancient Rome (The Great Courses)

The average rating for The History of Ancient Rome (The Great Courses) based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-07-20 00:00:00 Eric Boyd This is a survey course (audio download) about the (ancient) history of Rome and not intended as an in depth study of all of ancient Rome's very complicated history. Dr Fagan presents a no-nonsense series of lectures that provides the basis for understanding the social, political and military evolution of possibly the most important and successful civilization of the western world. From monarchy to republic to empire the Roman models have been repeated...mostly by the 'bad guys'...in efforts to achieve the glory Rome had attained. And the Romans did indeed know how to be the bad guys. They conquered the world, but did they ever truly conquer themselves...or just survive from one civil war to the next? The US has had but one civil war in our 200+ years, and we continue reliving parts of that tradegy to this day. How must it have been for the Romans? I will not provide here a rehash of the lectures...it has already been done. But what I will provide is a recommendation for these lectures, especially if you can follow along in the notes. The DVD format may be a better choice, if you can afford it. Hope that helps.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-07-28 00:00:00 B.L. Walker Excellent lecture series. Not a boring moment in the series. Highly recommend it if you're interested in Roman History. It's not as good as reading the ancient texts but it's much better & more informative than any current book on Roman History.