Online Seminar Series: The Decline / Roman Empire
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Date & Time
Sun, May 22 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Address (map)
1129 Maricopa Highway #156
Online Seminar Series
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
by Edward Gibbon – Chapter XV
Sunday, May 22, 2022
This six-volume work by the English historian Edward Gibbon traces Western civilization from the height of the Roman Empire to the fall of Byzantium in the fifteenth century. These texts cover the history, from 98 to 1,590AD, of the Roman Empire, the history of early Christianity and then of the Roman Church, and the general history of Europe. According to the author, the Roman Empire succumbed to barbarian invasions in large part due to the gradual loss of civic virtue among its citizens. We invite you to join this series as we explore this influential text in monthly online seminars, exploring a few chapters at a time.
May 22 Reading:
Chapter XV (pages 121-188 in the Penguin Classics edition)
Schedule:
12:00-2:00PM PDT
Tutor:
David Appleby
Location:
Online. Register to receive the link.