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Tom Holland: Lessons from the Roman Empire
"UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Tom Holland. Read the accompanying article: https://unherd.com/2023/07/the-deprav.' from video introduction
The Shadow of Pax Romana
The fragility of the greatest empire haunts us
To his army of ardent followers, Tom Holland has a unique ability to bring antiquity alive. An award-winning British historian, biographer and broadcaster, his thrilling accounts offer more than a mere snapshot of life in Ancient Greece and Rome. In Pax — the third in his encyclopaedic trilogy of best-sellers narrating the rise of the Roman Empire — Holland establishes how peace was finally achieved during the Golden Age, with a forensic recreation of key lives within the civilisation, from emperors to slaves.
This week, Holland came to the UnHerd club to talk about Roman sex lives, Christian morality, and the rise and fall of empires. Below is an edited transcript of the conversation..
from the article: The Shadow of Pax Romana
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