The Foundations of Western Civilization. Episode 21 The Pax Romana

F., Thomas, (actor.). The Great Courses (Firm), (Distributor). Kanopy (Firm), (Distributor).

Summary: When Octavian became Augustus princeps - "First Citizen" - in 31 B.C., he was inaugurating a 200-year period of security, prosperity, and wise rule that Tacitus would nonetheless wryly label "a desert [that we] called peace." Was Tacitus right?

Record details

Physical Description: remote
1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Publisher: The Great Courses, 2002.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from title frames. Film In Process Record.
Participant or Performer Note:	Thomas F. X. Noble
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2002.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.