pt. 1. From the origins to the empire. Italy before Rome
The formation of Rome: from Romulus to the Tarquins
The young republic: the fifth and fourth centuries BC
The growth of the republic: war and conquest in the third century BC
Consequences of conquest: the second century BC
Crisis of the republic: the first century BC
pt. 2. Rome, master of the world. The Roman world in 31-28 BC
Augustus: the birth of the imperial regime, 29 BC-AD 14
The Julio-Claudians: the system under stress, AD 14-68
The Flavians: consolidating the imperial order, AD 68-96
The Antonine empire, AD 96-192
The African and Syrian emperors, AD 193-235
pt. 3. Another Roman world (third to fifth century). The nature of the times
A disintegrating order, AD 235-284
A different order, AD 284- 361
Different institutions: reorganization
A different socio-economic world: recovery and state control
A different civilization: between paganism and Christianity
The end of the Roman world?
