Cities of the Ancient World - Season 1 Episode 20 Ostia—Middle-Class Harbor Town
Season - Episode
1
Season 1 Aug 28, 2014
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1 - 1The Lure of the City Aug 29, 2014 -
1 - 2Çatalhöyük—First Experiment in Urban Living Aug 29, 2014 -
1 - 3Jericho and Its Walls Aug 29, 2014 -
1 - 4Uruk—City of Gilgamesh Aug 29, 2014 -
1 - 5Mysterious Mohenjo-daro Aug 29, 2014 -
1 - 6Kahun—Company Town in the Desert Aug 29, 2014 -
1 - 7Work and Life at Deir el-Medina Aug 29, 2014 -
1 - 8Amarna—Revolutionary Capital Aug 29, 2014 -
1 - 9Knossos—Palace, City, or Temple? Aug 29, 2014 -
1 - 10Akrotiri—Bronze Age Pompeii Aug 29, 2014 -
1 - 11Mycenae, Tiryns, and the Mask of Agamemnon Aug 29, 2014 -
1 - 12Athens—Civic Buildings and Civic Identity Aug 29, 2014 -
1 - 13Athenian Domestic Architecture Aug 29, 2014 -
1 - 14Hippodamian Planning—Miletus and Ephesus Aug 29, 2014 -
1 - 15Olynthus—A Classical Greek City Preserved Aug 29, 2014 -
1 - 16Wonder and Diversity at Alexandria Aug 29, 2014 -
1 - 17Pergamon—The New Theatricality Aug 29, 2014 -
1 - 18The Good Life in Rome Aug 29, 2014 -
1 - 19The Lives of the Poor in Rome Aug 29, 2014 -
1 - 20Ostia—Middle-Class Harbor Town Aug 29, 2014 -
1 - 21Timgad—More Roman Than Rome Aug 29, 2014 -
1 - 22Karanis—On the Fringes of the Empire Aug 29, 2014 -
1 - 23Constantinople—The Last Ancient City Aug 29, 2014 -
1 - 24Lessons and Legacies of Ancient Urban Life Aug 29, 2014
Overview
One of the most intriguing cities in the ancient world is Ostia, a “producer city” that appears to have been comprised solely of middle- and working-class people. Go inside the warehouses and storage buildings to learn about the city’s economy, and then reflect on what it means to have no evidence of the desperately poor or extravagantly wealthy.
Year 2014
Studio Wonderium, The Great Courses
Director Steven L. Tuck
Crew
Popularity 0.8875
Language English
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