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Garrett G. Fagan

Autor von The History of Ancient Rome

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Garrett G. Fagan is Associate Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies and History at Pennsylvania State University where he teaches courses in Roman and Greek history, Latin, and ancient warfare. He is the author, co-author, or editor of four books including Bathing in Public in the mehr anzeigen Roman World (1999), Archaeological Fantasies (2006), and New Perspectives on Ancient Warfare (2010), as well as numerous scholarly articles. weniger anzeigen
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The History of Ancient Rome (1999) 142 Exemplare
Emperors of Rome (1813) 36 Exemplare
New Perspectives on Ancient Warfare (2010) — Herausgeber — 10 Exemplare
The Topography of Violence in the Greco-Roman World (2016) — Herausgeber — 9 Exemplare
The Great Book Swap (2005) 8 Exemplare

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Excellent detail about ancient warfare and an astonishing level of expertise on the subject. Fagan also spoke eloquently about the nature of war and to some degree the political uses of it. Very well spoken and an excellent lecturist.
 
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jsmick | Nov 1, 2022 |
The Great Courses are hit or miss, not because of the quality of the information, but because of the listenability of the professors involved. I thought THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT ROME was loaded with interesting information, but the professor seemed constantly pressed for time. Constant repetition of phrases like "we don't have time to go into that" or "that's a topic for another course" became monotonous.

This is a decent overview of Ancient Rome, particularly those interested in the military history of the civilization. Topics were skated over quickly, but if something interested me I could note it and dig deeper on my own. For the most part, the materials in chronological order, but there were a few lectures at the end where he went into broad overviews of a handful of culturally significant aspects of roman life. Each of these were in a single lecture - women, the Coliseum, Paganism, Christianity - before returning to the last handful of emperors.

All in all, this hasn't been my favorite. I could listen to the individual lectures, but nothing inspired me. And I'm deeply interested in ancient Rome, so I don't think it was the subject matter so much as it was the dismissive delivery. Definitely not my favorite.
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Morteana | 3 weitere Rezensionen | Nov 20, 2020 |
An excellent lecture series on the History of Ancient Rome. I could do without the canned applause at the beginning and ending of each lecture. That gets surprisingly annoying.
 
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ffifield | 3 weitere Rezensionen | Nov 4, 2018 |
After laboring to get through this long course, I went to The Great Courses website to try and figure out from the reviews how to pick a better history course for me. What stuck from the reviews was "Kings, battles and dates." And it's so true if you love kings, battles and dates, and are already familiar with, or not need the greater context, Garrett is your man. Should you want a lecturer with more energy and presence, and/or a bit of culture, art, society and context to round out the kings, battles and dates then I'd recommend [[Kenneth W. Harl]] and [[Jeremy McInerney]].… (mehr)
 
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jwk | 3 weitere Rezensionen | May 2, 2017 |

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