Ancient World Studies

YOU choose the next Lecture Series:
1. The Ancient Irish
2. Northern Europe - The Voyage of Pytheas
3. Rome and the Distant East - Rome, India, China

[drraoulmclaughlin]

VOTE - Lecture Series Option 2 – The ancient people of Northern Europe and the discoveries of a Greek explorer named Pythias. This course considers the Celts, Britons, Germans and Scythians.

[drraoulmclaughlin]

VOTE - Lecture Series Option 3 - Rome and the Distant East. Contacts between the Roman Empire and Eastern Civilisations.

[karl]

Hi, Dr McLaughlin! I'm a fan from Norway. I think your committment is admirable in disseminating invaluable knowledge about the interconnected state of Rome and related civilizations. Recently I've become acquainted with the work of Walter Scheidel, Moses Finley, Peter Temin etc. whose particular area of specialization is actually economic and social/demographic history in the ancient world. Could you recommend any scholars of ancient global history? Or scholars of antiquity in general and where it's possible to find their work online? I'd really like to access academic articles written by them. Tremendous thanks in advance!

[justinianflux]

Thanks so much for creating these vids Dr McLaughlin! Always love your presentations.

[ricardocanestraro]

Excellent might cover more peoples than the other subject

[Fiddling_while_Rome_burns]

Definitely Pytheas, read the Cunliffe book, would love to find out more.

[DidWeFail]

1 - The Ancient Irish. Have read one of your books on Ancient Roman Eastern trade and would love to get your insights into Ireland as you haven't covered this in detail previously. Thank you for all your efforts in producing this publicly accessible work for a global audience.

[drraoulmclaughlin]

VOTE – Lecture Series Option 1 –Ancient Ireland – the identity, beliefs - philosophy and culture of the early Irish.

[mh]

2. Northern Europe - The Voyage of Pytheas

[HebaruSan]

They all sound interesting, I'll be watching however the vote turns out! I like 2, then 1, then 3.

[Brianf]

I'll go with option 2, Pytheas. My second would be ancient Ireland.

[fulminatus]

Option 2 for me, although option 1 is also very interesting.

[graves]

Would love to see Option 2 but I'll have to go with Option 3 since it's relevant to my thesis

[quietkiwi]

Option 1 and thanks for the vids anyways.

[MrAaaaazzzzz]

You look so terrifying
Edit: Option 1 would be my preference

[fsfds]

I think Pytheas would be the most interesting, though Iverni would be my second choice.

[richardlongues]

My choice is Pytheas, part 2. Thank you !

[elgranlugus]

:(
I wanted to know about Ancient Ireland, i know nothing about it except from Early Medieval to Modern Times.
Please, Doctor, would love to see you touch some subjects about Ireland in ancient times.

[stefanatliorvaldsson]

3. Rome and the Distant East - Rome, India, China




I'm very interested in what they traded, how did they communicate and and what did the Romans think of the from outside the empire and and what did people outside the Empire think of the Romans

[marcoswoortmann]

Invernii. Then all else you wish to share. Thanks for such awesome content and knowledge