5. Tyranny and democracy

Fifth lecture of Professor Dame Mary Beard's Gifford Lecture series

Event details

Date: Tuesday 28 May 2019, 5.30 - 6.30pm

The lecture may be followed by questions.  Latest finishing time is 7pm.

Venue: The Gordon Aikman Lecture Theatre, George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LH 

Lecture abstract

This lecture is about politics ancient and modern. What political inheritance do we imagine we can trace back to the ancient world? On what does our admiration for Athenian democracy rest, or our hatred of Roman autocrats?

Lecture video

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