Lecture 09: Constantinople and the Fragmentation of Empire

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The ninth lecture in Doug Allen's History of Urban Form series concludes the early history of Rome and addresses how the city becomes a filter through which later Western civilization are formed. The lecture begins with the development of late Republican Rome — the Palatine palaces, fora, markets, and theaters — and then explores the Imperial era and fragmentation of the Roman empire. The lecture concludes with an examination of Roman Constantinople and the rise of Islamic cultures.

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