How the West Got it - Alumni Weekend

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Professor Richard Jenkyns, Oxford University's Public Orator, looks at where what we call classical antiquity came from, whether it differed from other ancient civilisations and what it can tell us about Western Civilisation now and in the future.

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This episode is 45 minutes long.

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This episode was published on October 17, 2012.

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