Emerging Socieities: Ancient Rome

Our first theme explores the emergence of societies, starting with Ancient Rome. In this episode we explore what we know about the beginnings of this society including their connection to Ancient Greece, what archaeological evidence remains, and the importance of their founding myth in interpreting the evidence we have prior to written history. The events of the myth may not be real, but there is truth in it and we'll see how it applies both archaeologically and to the Ancient Romans as a society.