Cities of the Ancient World

tv show

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24 total episodes

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1 seasons

First Aired August 29, 2014

Overview

People live in a world of cities; reflecting on ancient models of the city as a human phenomenon offers important lessons about today's culture; an opportunity to survey the breadth of the ancient world through the context of its urban development.

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Ostia—Middle-Class Harbor Town

Season 1 - Episode 20 - 0h 0m

Air Date

August 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.