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Date/Time: Monday, 27 October 2008, 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm Location: Hughes Lecture Theatre, Level 3 Cost: Free More information: Visit website Final lecture of the Classical Association's centenary year, titled: The fall of the Roman Empire: when and why. A recently published book is entitled "Are We (i.e. the USA) Rome?" The why and when of the fall of Rome has always fascinated people, often people anxious to draw some moral that can be applied to the present. Was it "bad luck", an unfortunate combination of factors that crippled an organism that was very much alive and punching its weight? Or was it because Rome had truly become lazy, flabby, complacent, even, gasp, decadent? Add this event to my electronic calendar |
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