2.5 The Destruction of Ancient Rome (Part I Gibbon)
Get Ready for Rome
English - June 02, 2022 16:00 - 21 minutes - 16.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture rome colosseum eternalcity sistinechapel stpetersbasilica Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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We have taken an introductory look at the reasons Paganism was replaced Christianity, but why have so many of the magnificent buildings the pagans built simply disappeared? Was it simply the work of time? We begin today with Gibbon's answer to this question.