Splash Biography
MATTHEW CASON, Future-looking student and history lover
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Major: Economics College/Employer: UChicago Year of Graduation: 2015 |
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Brief Biographical Sketch:
Matthew Cason is a second-year student at the University of Chicago. He is currently majoring in economics and political science, while considering a minor in computer science. Typically, he has involved himself in various political and advocacy organizations. However, due to the urging of a friend, he has recently decided to teach at Splash! Chicago for the first time. Matthew is a committed history enthusiast with a breadth of impressive, and often incredibly random, information about the whole of history. One of his historical strengths is the classical era, hence the topic of his class here at Splash. Matthew hopes to impart some of his knowledge of classical history and spur new history enthusiasts here at Splash! 2012. Past Classes(Clicking a class title will bring you to the course's section of the corresponding course catalog)C1030: The Twilight of Greatness: The Crisis of Third Century of the Roman Empire in Splash! Fall 2012 (Oct. 06, 2012)
Do you know of the glorious days of old? The age of Imperial Rome, the greatest of all European empires, that all Europeans since have sought to rebuild. You may know of their greatness, their accomplishments, and their golden age, but do you know of their decline? It began with a great crisis that led to them on a path to their eventual demise.From the seeds of their destruction, modern Europe was born. Do you know how all this happened? It all began with Crisis of the Third Century.
In the third century A.D., the glory days of the Roman Empire had passed. A series of foreign invasions and internal crises pushed the Roman Empire into chaos. In a mere half century, nearly 50 emperors and two new empires rose and fell and the fundamental character of the Empire forever changed. Struck by numerous migrations, economic collapse, and popular strife, the foundations of the Roman Empire were forever shaken. Ultimately, the Crisis of the Third Century was the beginning of the end of the Roman Empire and laid the foundations of medieval and Modern Europe.
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