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DTSTART:20161025T220000Z
DTEND:20161025T233000Z
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SUMMARY:Decrepit Rome\, your morals disintegrate\, your walls collapse!
DESCRIPTION:This talk will address the persistent late antique and ear
 ly medieval hagiographical and historiographical perception of Rome as
  a city too burdened by its monumental pagan and imperial past and wor
 ldly distractions to be a sacred city. The title\, “Decrepit Rome\, 
 your morals disintegrate\, your walls collapse!” is a loose translat
 ion of the line “moribus et muris\, Roma vetusta\, caedes,” from a
  satirical poem arguably dating to the late 9th century\, the so-calle
 d Versus Romae. The poem is unusual for its vehemence\, but\, as this 
 talk will demonstrate\, the complaints against the city of Rome it exp
 resses were deep-seated.
LOCATION:ISAW Lecture Hall
PRIORITY:3
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