How the brilliant city-states of Classical Greece became an unremarkable Roman province.

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:00 Theories, ancient and modern
1:39 The influence of
2:03 The agora of Thasos
2:35 Political economies
3:32 The forum of Philippi
4:20 Oligarchies
4:49 Cultural inertia
5:20 The theater of Philippi
6:09 A completed culture
7:04 What happened to Athens?