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SUMMARY:“Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: Why the Western Roman Empire Fell and the Ea
stern Empire Survived”
DESCRIPTION:Over the course of just a generation in the fifth century AD
\, the western Roman empire fragmented into multiple small kingdoms\, wh
ile the Eastern empire\, centered on the great city of Constantinople\,
not only survived but prospered. What accounts for Eastern strength and
Western weakness? Why were politics in the West so much more divisive an
d destructive than in the East? What allowed western systemic collapse t
o happen so fast? The answer to those questions may surprise you and wil
l certainly give you something to think about in our current\, rapidly f
ragmenting era.\n\nMichael Kulikowski\, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of H
istory and Classics\, will present as part of the College of the Liberal
Arts’ Moments of Change: Fragmentation theme. Fragmentation is the late
st theme in the college’s year-long Moments of Change series\, which exp
lores pivotal ideas and moments that shape society.\n\nFor more details:
https://events.la.psu.edu/event/breaking-up/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Over the course of just a generation in the fifth century AD, th
e western Roman empire fragmented into multiple small kingdoms, while th
e Eastern empire, centered on the great city of Constantinople, not only
survived but prospered. What accounts for Eastern strength and Western
weakness? Why were politics in the West so much more divisive and destru
ctive than in the East? What allowed western systemic collapse to happen
so fast? The answer to those questions may surprise you and will certai
nly give you something to think about in our current, rapidly fragmentin
g era.
Michael Kulikowski, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of History
and Classics, will present as part of the College of the Liberal Arts’ M
oments of Change: Fragmentation theme. Fragmentation is the latest theme
in the college’s year-long Moments of Change series, which explores piv
otal ideas and moments that shape society.
For more details: https://events.la.psu.
edu/event/breaking-up/
LOCATION:062 Willard Building
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