Why do we know what we know about the Roman Empire? We’ll find out this hour with historian Lars Brownworth, author of “Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization” (Crown, 2009).
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Why do we know what we know about the Roman Empire? We’ll find out this hour with historian Lars Brownworth, author of “Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization” (Crown, 2009).