Directed by The Great Courses

Darius Arya

Marvel at the glorious cities of the ancient Mediterranean, their wonders of architecture, art, engineering, culture, and history, in this fascinating video tour of the great urban centers of a world-shaping region

Rated TVPG

Mode of access: World Wide Web

Episode 1

The Phoenicians: Byblos, Sidon, and Tyre

Episode 2

Crete, Knossos, and the Minoans

Episode 3

Athens, Piraeus, and the Rise of Greece

Episode 4

Magna Graecia: Taras and Syracuse

Episode 5

Republican Rome: Rise of a Naval Power

Episode 6

Imperial Rome and Ostia Antica

Episode 7

Sacred Cities: Delphi, Delos, and Olympia

Episode 8

Asia Minor: Miletus and Pergamon

Episode 9

Ephesus and the Hellenic Golden Age

Episode 10

The Rise and Fall of Carthage

Episode 11

Iberia: Gadir, Carthago Nova, and Tarraco

Episode 12

Alexandria and Ptolemaic Egypt

Episode 13

Cyrene, Leptis Magna, and Ancient Libya

Episode 14

Epirus and the Gateways to Greece

Episode 15

Earliest Trade: Sardinia, Corsica, and Malta

Episode 16

Massalia, Narbo, and Southern Gaul

Episode 17

Innovative Islands: Rhodes, Samos, and Kos

Episode 18

Jerusalem, Petra, and the Desert Trade

Episode 19

Antioch and the Journeys of Paul

Episode 20

Desert Cities of Numidia and Mauretania

Episode 21

Aquileia and the Dalmatian Coast

Episode 22

Constantinople, Straddling Europe and Asia

Episode 23

Ravenna and the Rise of Christianity

Episode 24

Thessaloníki and the End of Antiquity