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"Tigran the Great, King of Kings" - Giusto Traina

The Vahe and Armine Meghrouni Lecture Series in Armenian Studies

presents

"Tigran the Great, King of Kings"

with

Giusto Traina
Italian historian and Professor of Roman history
University of Paris-Sorbonne, France.

Tuesday, May 28
6:30 p.m.
Humanities Gateway 1030

Giusto Traina is an Italian historian and professor of Roman and Byzantine history at the Paris-Sorbonne University. He is interested in the study of ancient landscapes and techniques and is currently conducting long-term research on ancient Armenia. In his most
recent book, 428 AD An Ordinary Year at the End of the Roman Empire, the narrative focuses on a single year, 428 CE, the year that the Kingdom of Armenia fell. Traina’s narrative illuminates the breadth of the late Roman Empire in transition from its Classical past to its Medieval and Byzantine future.

Complimentary parking available in Lot 7

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

** Professor Traina will be giving a talk at 11:00 a.m. on May 28th titled, “Ardashir I: The Armenian Files” in Humanities Gateway 1010. This talk is presented by the Department of History.