The Architecture of Power: Great Palaces of the Ancient World

The Architecture of Power: Great Palaces of the Ancient World

Series from 2018

Series from 2018

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Genres: Documentary

Get an insider’s look at some of history’s most awe-inspiring structures in these 24 lectures presented by Professor of Classics Steven L. Tuck.

As you make your way through storied sights like Persepolis, Hadrian’s Villa, Weiyang Palace, and the Palace of Montezuma II, you’ll explore the meaning of power and the ways it operated in societies across the globe.

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Palaces Past and Present

Malkata Palace: Pharaoh, Foreigners, and Gods

Amarna: Palace of the First Sun King

Phaistos: Palaces between Asia and Europe

Palace of Nestor at Pylos and Bronze Age Greece

The Assyrian Palace at Nimrud: Empire in Stone

Nineveh: The Architecture of Assyrian Power

Persepolis: Palace of the Persians

Greek Palaces in Conquered Lands I

Greek Palaces in Conquered Lands II

Greek Palaces Come to Roman Italy

Masada: Herod the Great between East and West

Herod the Great's Summer and Winter Palaces

Caligula's Floating Palaces

Nero's Domus Transitoria at Rome

Nero's Golden House: A Roman Palace Theater

Rome's Great Imperial Palace of Domitian

Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli

Diocletian's Retirement Palace, Split

Constantine's Palace, Constantinople

China's Endless Palace: Weiyang Palace

The Palace of Montezuma II at Tenochtitlán

Renaissance Palaces and the Classical Revival

Palaces in a World of Democracies