Here are the lectures for the Oct. 2014 Highlights of Italy Smithsonian Tour:

1. Bay of Naples: the joining of civilizations (PDF, 28 MB)
2. The Rise of Rome (PDF, 33 MB)
3. The Fall of Rome (PDF, 44 MB)
4. Poetry and Plague in Florence (PDF, 5 MB)

Please know that I do not have copyright for many of the images in these lectures; they are shared as a courtesy for educational purposes only. Thanks.