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| Film Description: | Dr. Brian Rose, Curator-in-Charge, Mediterranean Section, Penn Museum. Often referred to as “the Eternal City,” Rome was both a city and an empire, already exercising dominion over the Mediterranean by the second century BCE and continuing as a center of power until the establishment of Constantinople in the 4th c. CE. Topics to be considered in this lecture include when Rome became a city as we would define it; how the city center was transformed by the advent of democracy and the creation of an empire; the impact of religion on the city’s development; and the concept of ancient Rome as an ideal city in subsequent centuries. |
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| Video Category: | Lecture |
| Video Date: | 04/04/2018 |
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Join us on first Wednesdays at 6:00 pm from October 2021 through June 2022 for our "Great Revolutionaries" lecture series.