Lecture Outlines


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 Introduction (see my notes on the importance of Roman history)
 The Roman Monarchy
 The Roman Republic
 The Beginnings of the Roman Revolution: The Gracchi
 Plautus
 The War with Jugurtha
 Marius and Sulla

 The Overthrow of the Sullan Settlement: Crassus, Pompey, and Caesar
 Julius Caesar (See also my notes on Caesar)
 The Second Triumvirate
 Augustus and the Julio-Claudians
 Roman Poets

 Year of the Four Emperors, Flavians, Good Emperors
 Commodus, Severans, Soldier Emperors
 Christianity in the Roman Empire
 Diocletian and Constantine (See also my notes on Diocletian and Constantine)
 Rome in the 4th, 5th, and 6th Centuries (See also my notes on 4th century Rome)