The Architecture of Power: Great Palaces of the Ancient World

Explore the nature of political power and cultural tradition around the world through history’s most opulent, breathtaking palaces, accompanied by an expert guide.

Syllabus

01: Palaces Past and Present
02: Malkata Palace: Pharaoh, Foreigners, and Gods
03: Amarna: Palace of the First Sun King
04: Phaistos: Palaces between Asia and Europe
05: Palace of Nestor at Pylos and Bronze Age Greece
06: The Assyrian Palace at Nimrud: Empire in Stone
07: Nineveh: The Architecture of Assyrian Power
08: Persepolis: Palace of the Persians
09: Greek Palaces in Conquered Lands I
10: Greek Palaces in Conquered Lands II
11: Greek Palaces Come to Roman Italy
12: Masada: Herod the Great between East and West
13: Herod the Great’s Summer and Winter Palaces
14: Caligula’s Floating Palaces
15: Nero’s Domus Transitoria at Rome
16: Nero’s Golden House: A Roman Palace Theater
17: Rome’s Great Imperial Palace of Domitian
18: Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli
19: Diocletian’s Retirement Palace, Split
20: Constantine’s Palace, Constantinople
21: China’s Endless Palace: Weiyang Palace
22: The Palace of Montezuma II at Tenochtitlán
23: Renaissance Palaces and the Classical Revival
24: Palaces in a World of Democracies
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Steven L. Tuck, Ph.D.

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