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region-page-title"> <h1 class="page-title"> <span>'End of the Roman Empire' begins MSU humanities speaker series</span> </h1> </div> <div class="region region-highlighted"> <div data-drupal-messages-fallback class="hidden"></div> </div> <div class="region region-content"> <div id="block-msstate-theme-content" class="block block-system block-system-main-block"> <article data-history-node-id="15999" class="node node--article node--view-mode-full"> <div class="node__content"> <div class="js-transform-caption"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em>Contact: <a href="mailto:kbillings@ur.msstate.edu">Kenneth Billings</a></em></p> <p>STARKVILLE, Miss.--Noted British historian and author Adrian Goldsworthy will be guest speaker Wednesday [Oct. 14] when Mississippi State's Institute for the Humanities launches its 2009-10 Distinguished Speaker Series.</p> <p>Free and open to all, Goldworthy's presentation, "End of Empire: The Slow Decay of the Roman Superpower," gets under way at 4 p.m. in the university's McCool Hall atrium. </p> <p>The program is based on his latest book, "How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower" (Yale University Press, 2009).</p> <p>Goldsworthy holds a doctorate from St John's College, Oxford University. Following a two-year research fellowship at Cardiff University, he taught briefly at King's College in London before being named to an assistant professorship at the University of Notre Dame, also in London.</p> <p>In addition to "End of Empire," he has seven other books in print. He appears frequently in documentaries produced for the BBC, and Discovery, History and National Geographic channels.</p> <p>For additional biographical information, visit <a href="http://www.adriangoldsworthy.com/author.htm">www.adriangoldsworthy.com/author.htm</a>. </p> <p>For more information on the Oct. 14 program, telephone 662-325-2646.</p> <p>For more information about Mississippi State University, see <a href="http://www.msstate.edu/">http://www.msstate.edu/</a>.</p> </div> </div> <div class="addthis-container my-5"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=ra-55831ac3d69ee288" async="async"></script> <div class="addthis_sharing_toolbox"></div> </div> <div class="tags border-top mt-5 mb-7 pt-5"> <p class="small text-gray-700"> <span><time datetime="2009-10-06T00:00:00-05:00" title="Tuesday, October 6, 2009 - 00:00">Tue, 10/06/2009 - 00:00</time> </span> </p> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="content-footer" class="row justify-content-center content-footer" role="complementary" aria-label="Main Content Footer"> <div class="col-sm-10 col-md-12 col-lg-12 col-xl-12"> <div class="region region-footer"> <h2 class="display-tiny mt-7">You may also be interested in…</h2> <div class="row sm-gutters"> <div class="col-md-4 mb-4"> <a class="card shadow border-0 h-100" href="/newsroom/article/2005/10/msu-program-examine-modern-women-engineering" aria-labelledby="title--msu-program-to-examine-modern-women-in-engineering"> <div class="card-img card-bg-img h-px-225 bg-maroon" style="background-image: url(//cdn01.its.msstate.edu/i/logos/msstate/SQUARE_WEB_white-300x300.png); background-size: 50% auto;"> <span class="sr-only">Image Alternative Text: No image available.</span> </div> <div class="card-body"> <h3 id="title--msu-program-to-examine-modern-women-in-engineering" class="h4 mb-3">MSU program to examine modern women in engineering</h3> <p class="card-text small"> <date><time datetime="2005-10-13T00:00:00-05:00">Oct 13, 2005</time> </date> </p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-md-4 mb-4"> <a class="card shadow border-0 h-100" href="/newsroom/article/2010/01/us-health-care-reform-topic-local-public-luncheon-next-month" aria-labelledby="title--us-health-care-reform-topic-of-local-public-luncheon-next-month"> <div class="card-img card-bg-img h-px-225 bg-maroon" style="background-image: url(//cdn01.its.msstate.edu/i/logos/msstate/SQUARE_WEB_white-300x300.png); background-size: 50% auto;"> <span class="sr-only">Image Alternative Text: No image available.</span> </div> <div class="card-body"> <h3 id="title--us-health-care-reform-topic-of-local-public-luncheon-next-month" class="h4 mb-3">U.S. health care reform topic of local public luncheon next month</h3> <p class="card-text small"> <date><time datetime="2010-01-27T00:00:00-06:00">Jan 27, 2010</time> </date> </p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-md-4 mb-4"> <a class="card shadow border-0 h-100" href="/newsroom/article/2004/01/receive-msu-alumni-honor" aria-labelledby="title---receive-msu-alumni-honor-"> <div class="card-img card-bg-img h-px-225" style="background-image: url(/sites/www.newsarchive.msstate.edu/files/images/2004_01_29__2004_11_03_120011.jpg);"> <span class="sr-only">Image Alternative Text: Left, Roger R. 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