Supplemental: A Day In The Life Of A Roman

This supplement takes a closer look at everyday life in Rome under Emperor Augustus. We will explore commerce, how people lived, where they lived, what they ate, who they congregated with, and what they did for fun.

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A fast-moving history of the western world from the ancient world to the present day. Examine how the emergence of the western world as a global dominant power was not something that should ever have been taken for granted. This podcast traces the development of western civilization starting in the ancient Near East, through Greece and Rome, past the collapse of the Western Roman Empire into the Dark Ages, and then follows European and, ultimately, American history as the western world moved into a dominant world position.