Books that Matter: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Episode 24
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Books that Matter: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Episode 24
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Books that Matter: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2017
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End by considering why some historians reject the term "fall" in favor of "transformation," together with the insistence by recent specialists that there truly was a fall; and also three major blind spots Gibbon exhibits in his history: religion, Byzantine civilization, and the persistence of deep cultural rhythms as contrasted with political and military events
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