Lecture on the Roman Empire by Professor Lisa M. Lane, MiraCosta College. CC 2008. (Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike licensed.)

1. The Roman Empire Lisa M. Lane History 103

4. imperial power, insanity and the lead theory

6. Technology: roads http://www.dl.ket.org/latin3/mores/techno/roads/map_color.htm

7. Via Appia http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Ring/5382/appian.html

8. city streets David Macauley’s “Rome”

10. Rome, the city Crassus’ fire department

11. Rome, the city bread and circuses http://karenswhimsy.com/roman-gladiators.shtm

12. Civilized Romans http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/752/805629.JPG Braun & Schneider Historyic Costume in Pictures (NY: Dover 19

13. Barbarians Braun & Schneider Historyic Costume in Pictures (NY: Dover 19 75)

14. Migration, not invasion

15. Sol (December 25) Mithraism Plato Stoicism Hellenized Judaism Hellenized Egypt Resistance to Rome Adapted Zoroastrianism Paul Masada