The Ancient City, by Fustel de Coulanges

About The Ancient City, by Fustel de Coulanges

Audiobook of Fustel de Coulanges' The Ancient City (1864). Chapters read, with brief introductions, by Christopher Anadale. Adapted from videos on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPCGA67J8M2JVoH7M4ayFTRDuLteRhL0p Music: Into Oblivion, by Darren Curtis Thumbnail Image: Parthenon. Image by nonbirinonko from Pixabay, https://pixabay.com/photos/greece-parthenon-temple-ruins-1594689/

Publisher

Christopher Anadale

Category

history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Aug 2025

Latest episode

22 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

50 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Dec 2025

   Book 5 Chapter 3: Christianity Changes the Conditions of Government

   The rise of Christianity completed the destruction of the social order based on the ancient religion of ancestor worship. In this final chapter of the book, Fustel catalogs the changes in politics, in worship, in law, and in self-understanding that the new religion produced. --- Based on: https://youtu.be/cEx0tT0jHb4

2. 

   19 Dec 2025

   Book 5 Chapter 2: The Roman Conquest

   In this long chapter Fustel tells the stages of Rome's conquest of the ancient cities. In every city they conquered, the Romans destroyed whatever remained of the municipal system connected to the old religion. --- Based on: https://youtu.be/4YQKkJTnNPM https://youtu.be/U6IMsJWKbI8 https://youtu.be/mKlhPB8S7BQ https://youtu.be/s-sRs_720QI

3. 

   17 Dec 2025

   Book 5 Chapter 1: New Beliefs. Philosophy Changes the Principles and Rules of Politics.

   Book 5, The Municipal Regime Disappears, begins with this chapter on the role philosophy played in social change. With Anaxagoras and others came new ideas of divinity, and new principles and rules for political life. --- Based on: https://youtu.be/78LOM37iv0s

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