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WHO SPIKED THE PUNCH
When discussing the fall of Rome, there is a desire to latch onto the shortest, the most accessible, and the most direct and dramatic answer to the question lurking in many minds: mind: what does it actually mean for a … Continue reading
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HAIL TO THE CHIEF:THE EMPEROR WEARS GOLD & HAS NO CLOTHES
”The prevailing soft multiculturalism of our times has made the phrase “the fall of Rome” a surprisingly controversial one. It’s much preferred to talk about “transformation” rather than “decline and fall.” In this “transformationist” view, the High Classical period of … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Goldsworthy, Alaric the Goth, Alec Guinness, Alexander Knights, Anthony Mann The fall of the Roman Empire, Attila the Hun, Augustine The City of God, Bryan Ward Perkins, Caravaggio, Dante Alighieri, David Frum, Edward Gibbon, frumforum.com, Gothic historian Jordanes, James mason, Jean-Jacques Aillagon, John Landis, Jon Landis, Jordanes, Late Antiquity, Peter Heather, Priskos, Saint Augustine, Saint Jerome, Sam Bronston, Sophia Loren, Stilicho the Vandal
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