Caesar I: Fifty Talents — Caesar I: Fifty Talents (Kidnapped by pirates, hunted by a dictator, drowning in debt: how young Caesar started out with an empty purse and a great name.) — lesson 1 of the course: 4 parts, about 12 min of reading.
Caesar II: Rome on Credit — Caesar II: Rome on Credit (A quaestor sighs before a statue of Alexander, an aedile stages three hundred and twenty pairs of gladiators on credit, a wife must be above suspicion, and the consul Bibulus gets a basket of dung dumped on his head. How a debtor reached the threshold of Gaul.) — lesson 2 of the course: 4 parts, about 14 min of reading.
Caesar III: The Ides of March — Caesar III: The Ides of March (Alesia, the Rubicon, Pharsalus and a queen in a bedding sack. Caesar wins everything there is to win. One last day remains: the Ides of March.) — lesson 3 of the course: 7 parts, about 30 min of reading.
Octavian, Antony and Cleopatra: The War for the World — Octavian, Antony and Cleopatra: The War for the World (An eighteen-year-old with a borrowed name, Antony and Cleopatra. Three victors divide the world after Caesar, but only one will win. What does a man do when he already has everything?) — lesson 4 of the course: 6 parts, about 26 min of reading.
Augustus: He Found Rome Brick and Left It Marble — Augustus: He Found Rome Brick and Left It Marble (He gave up the state in order to keep it. He built a marble Rome, but at home he lost his heirs one after another. Who will be left when Augustus closes his eyes?) — lesson 5 of the course: 6 parts, about 28 min of reading.
Tiberius: Capri and Paranoia — Tiberius: Capri and Paranoia (An emperor who said he did not want power. He flees to an island and rules by letters, while in Rome the man he trusts grows ever stronger. One letter from Capri changes everything.) — lesson 6 of the course: 6 parts, about 26 min of reading.
Caligula: The Horse in the Senate — Caligula: The Horse in the Senate (A horse in the Senate, a bridge of ships and seashells on the shore of the Ocean. Truth or myth? From the beloved Little Boot of the legions to a corridor on the Palatine.) — lesson 7 of the course: 6 parts, about 26 min of reading.
Claudius: Found Behind a Curtain, Poisoned With Mushrooms? — Claudius: Found Behind a Curtain, Poisoned With Mushrooms? (Found behind a curtain, poisoned with mushrooms by his wife? What in this story is certain and what was only told, and how a sixteen-year-old got the throne.) — lesson 8 of the course: 7 parts, about 35 min of reading.
Nero: Artist on the Throne, Rome in Flames — Nero: Artist on the Throne, Rome in Flames (A sixteen-year-old on the throne, a mother who knows he will be her death, the fire of Rome and the words of his last night: what an artist dies in me. Seven chapters, films and decisions to make.) — lesson 9 of the course: 7 parts, about 33 min of reading.
AD 69 I: You Don’t Buy Soldiers — AD 69 I: You Don’t Buy Soldiers (An old man from Hispania refuses the Guard its money, and Nero’s friend pays for the throne. Seven chapters on the first half of the Year of the Four Emperors, with decisions to make and films.) — lesson 10 of the course: 7 parts, about 21 min of reading.
AD 69 II: The Capitol in Flames — AD 69 II: The Capitol in Flames (The emperor dines while the Capitol burns. Seven chapters on Vitellius: the feast, the East says no, the night at Cremona, the dagger no one wanted and the Gemonian Stairs. Questions, games and films.) — lesson 11 of the course: 7 parts, about 23 min of reading.
Vespasian: Money Doesn’t Stink — Vespasian: Money Doesn’t Stink (The son of a tax collector, whom Caligula had covered in mud and Nero threw out for dozing at a concert. A prisoner foretold him the throne, Egypt gave him grain, and his son gave him Jerusalem. Seven chapters, four films and a treasury to fill.) — lesson 12 of the course: 7 parts, about 33 min of reading.
Titus: A Cloud Like a Pine Tree — Titus: A Cloud Like a Pine Tree (From the boy at Britannicus’s table to the emperor who, as he lay dying, regretted one thing — and never told anyone what it was.) — lesson 13 of the course: 6 parts, about 19 min of reading.
Domitian: Lord and God — Domitian: Lord and God (The younger brother who stood in the shadow all his life. For fifteen years he rules efficiently and ever more alone. He knows the hour he is to die, and waits for it.) — lesson 14 of the course: 7 parts, about 21 min of reading.