About Cincinnati, Bob Dylan and the classical tradition, and lessons from the fall of the Roman Republic for the American people.
Thomas Strunk is an Associate Professor of Classics and Director of the Classics and Philosophy Honors Bachelor of Arts Program at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. He received a B.A. in Classical Studies and History from Pennsylvania State University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Classical Studies from Loyola University Chicago. His research interests include Tacitus, Cato the Younger, the politics of the late Roman Republic, and Bob Dylan and the classical tradition. His most recent book is On the Fall of the Roman Republic: Lessons for the American People, published by Anthem Press in 2022.
Recorded in July of 2023.
Quintilian is supported by a Bridge Initiative Grant from the Committee for the Promotion of Latin and Greek, a division of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South.
Music: "Echo Canyon Instrumental" by Clive Romney
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