The incarnation of decadence in Western tradition is Nero, the emperor who plays while Rome burns. Caroline Vout researcher at Cambridge talks about decadence and eroticism in Rome.
Historian Faramerz Dabhoiwala at the University of Oxford has studied the depths of decade. His book on the sexual revolution between the years 1600 and 1800, "The Origins of Sex", is a bestseller.
The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche had an original interpretation of the concept of decadence, which was central to his view of culture. PhD Andrew Huddleston at the University of London tell us about Nietzsche.
Few cultures have such a decadent history as the British. The early 19th century was such a period, when internal tensions made this small island the center of the world. Historian Saul David at Buckingham University.
How decadence and virtue have shaped the United States through the centuries, especially American foreign policy. Our guide is the historian Andrew Preston at the University of Cambridge.
