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Get Ready for Rome — 100 episodes
Love Among the Castelli Romani
108. From the Cattle Market to the Palatine and from Aeneas to Romulus
107. The Two Temples of the Forum Boarium
106. The Forum Boarium and Rome's Mythical Prehistory
105. The Making of Modern Italy
104. Where are we?
103. A Pope's View of a Modern Problem
102. The Secularism of Modern Rome
101. Michelangelo's Last Judgment
100. The Four Corners of Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling
99. The Subjects Represented on Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling
98. The Design of the Sistine Ceiling
97. Botticelli's Facing Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel
96. Reintroducing the Sistine Chapel
95. The Overlooked Side Walls of the Sistine Chapel
94. Introducing the Sistine Chapel
93. The Disappearance of Ancient Rome (Part II Lanciani)
92. D-Day and the Liberation of Rome, June 1944
91. The Destruction of Ancient Rome (Part I Gibbon)
90. Edward Gibbon on the Destruction of Paganism
89. Edward Gibbon on the Christianization of Rome
88. Constantine and the Christianization of Rome
87. Trailer: Season 2 of Get Ready for Rome
86. Looking Ahead at Get Ready for Rome
85. A Lesson from Venice
84. Five Little Lessons from my Recent Return to Rome Mini Pod
83. On Returning from Rome, Part II
82. Stepping Outside of Central Rome
81. On Returning from Rome
80. Getting Ready for the Vatican and Trastevere
79. Exploring Rome's Campus Martius
78. Three More Hills! Mini Pod
77. Getting to know the "Capitoline Zone" of Rome
76. Planning a Visit to Rome
75. Navigating Rome Mini Pod
74. Raphael's Hall of Constantine: History, Myth, or Propaganda?
73. Introducing Raphael's Hall of Constantine
72. On Leaving Raphael's Stanza della Segnatura
71. A Dispute in Raphael's Stanza della Segnatura?
70. A Return Visit to Raphael's "School of Athens"
69. Of Frescoes and a Schedule Change Mini Pod
68. Introducing Raphael's "School of Athens"
67. Of Monks, Friars, and Monasteries Mini Pod
66, Team Della Rovere and the Vatican Museums
65. Pope Julius II: Pro et Contra Mini Pod
64. St Peter in Chains and Moses in Marble
63. Big Questions and a Little Map Mini Pod
62. Culture Wars in Rome
61. Michelangelo, the Warrior Pope, and St. Peter in Chains
60. A War of Ideas in the Vatican Necropolis
59. Augustus's Transformation of the Roman Forum
58. Mussolini's Celebrations of Empire
57. A Visit to the Tombs Buried by St. Peter's Basilica
56. Augustus and the Obelisks of Rome
55. Mussolini's Recasting of Garibaldi on the Janiculum Hill
54. Historical Vertigo in Rome Mini Pod
53. Rome's First Christians and their Catacombs
52. Augustus, Antony, and Apollo's Temple on the Palatine Hill
51. Mussolini and the Piazza of Augustus the Emperor
50. Back to the Borghese, Bernini, and the Baroque
49. Augustus: The Man and His Forum
48. Mussolini's Gutting of Rome in Search of its "Romanness"
47, Bernini Meets Ovid in the Villa Borghese
46. Back to the Beginning: A Quick Review of My Goals Mini Pod
45. Augustus: The Man and His Mausoleum
44. Mazzini and the Power of Ideas Mini Pod
43. Giuseppe Mazzini: The Man and His Monument
42. Bernini, the Baroque, and the Borghese
41. Augustus and His Altar of Peace
40. A Marriage, an Affair, and the Making of Italy Mini Pod
36. The Count of Cavour: The Man and His Monument
35. The Triumph of the Church in St. Peter's Basilica
34. The Arch of Constantine and Reunification of the Roman Empire
33. The Monument to Garibaldi and his "Expedition of the Thousand" in 1860
32. Gian Lorenzo Bernini, the Entrance to St. Peter's Basilica, and the Creation of Europe
31. Tacitus on the Games Held in the Colosseum
30. On Blaming the Romans for their Bloody "Games"
29. The Monument to Garibaldi and the Roman Republic of 1849
28. On Entering the Largest Church in the World
27. The Bloody "Games" of the Roman Amphitheaters
26, A New Statue in an Old Piazza: Angels Unawares Mini Pod
25. Giuseppe Garibaldi: The Man and His Monument
24. Pods in the Pipeline Mini Pod
23. A Second Visit to St. Peter's Basilica: The Piazza and Colonnade
22. Generosity and Violence Behind the Building of the Colosseum Mini Pod
21. A Second Look at the Colosseum: The Structure Itself
20. A Secular Roman Monument Gets Religion Mini Pod
19. Modern Italy's Main Monument to Itself: the Vittoriano
18. Of Barns and Basilicas! Mini Pod
17. A First Visit to Vatican City and Saint Peter's Basilica
16. The Colosseum and the Looting of Jerusalem Mini Pod
15. A First Visit to the Colosseum
14. Fewer Halos, More Nudes Mini Pod
13. Introduction to Modern Rome
12. Going Up! Rome's Changing Ground Levels Mini Pod
11. Introduction to Christian Rome
10. Rome's Talking Statues Mini Pod
9. Introduction to Ancient Rome
8. A First Trip to Castelgandolfo Mini Pod
7. The Three Romes