Books that Matter: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 24, Decline and Fall in Modern Perspective Episode 24, Decline and Fall in Modern Perspective.

Streaming video - 2017

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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[San Francisco, California, USA] : The Great Courses 2017.
2019.
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English
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Leo Damrosch (actor)
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