Books That Matter : The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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The length of each lecture is: ca. 30 min. The entire program consists of 24 lectures.
The greatness of Gibbon's Decline and fall -- The making of Gibbon the historian -- The Empire at its beginning -- The theory and practice of history -- The golden age of the Antoines -- The hidden poison begins to work -- Diocletian and the triumph of Constantine -- Enlightenment skepticism -- The rise of Christianity -- Constantine and Athanaius -- Julian and the return to paganism -- Barbarian advances and Theodosius -- East and west divided -- Huns and vandals -- Theodoric and Justinian -- The breakup of the empire -- The Byzantine Empire and Charlemagne -- The rise of Islam -- The Byzantine Empire in the 10th century -- The Crusades -- Genghis Khan and Tamerlane -- The fall of Constantinople -- The end of Gibbon's work -- Decline and fall in modern perspective.
Lecturer: Professor Leo Damrosch.
Unravel Gibbon's seminal Decline and Fall with an award-winning Harvard professor.
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SERIES
The great courses. Philosophy. Intellectual history.
PUBLISHED
Chantilly, VA : Teaching Company, c2017.
Year Published: 2017
Description: 4 videodiscs (ca. 12 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781501965449
1501965441
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Teaching Company.
Recorded Books, Inc.
SUBJECTS
Gibbon, Edward, -- 1737-1794.
Rome -- Historiography. -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
Byzantine Empire -- Historiography. -- To 527
Filmed lectures.
Educational films.
Nonfiction films.