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.