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How the West Got it

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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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Series
Alumni Weekend
People
Richard Jenkyns
Keywords
oxford
alumni
classics
civilisation
orator
Department: Alumni Office
Date Added: 17/10/2012
Duration: 00:45:57

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