Cities of the Ancient World
tv show

24 total episodes
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1 seasons
First Aired August 29, 2014
Genres:
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.

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.