People who are anonymous and whose lives are usually ignored in traditional historical accounts are no less important than more prominent individuals in influencing the flow of events. These ordinary, but often heroic, people are the focus of this course. Each lecture looks at history from a nontraditional perspective, that of the weak and marginalized-- the poor, sick, disabled, and elderly, as well as the refugees, slaves, serfs, women, children, and common soldiers.

Compact discs. Volume number from container. "12 lectures"--Container. "Course No. 3810"--Disc surface.

Lecture 13. Being a Greek soldier or sailor -- lecture 14. Being a Greek woman -- lecture 15. Relaxing Greek style -- lecture 16. Being a Greek refugee -- lecture 17. Being a sick or disabled Greek -- lecture 18. Practicing Greek religion -- lecture 19. Being an old Greek -- lecture 20. Being a dead Greek -- lecture 21. Being Persian -- lecture 22. Living in Hellenistic Egypt -- lecture 23. Being Roman -- lecture 24. Being a Roman slave.