Sugar Land Branch Library’s “Ancient Empires” Series Focuses On Rome

---

Fort Bend County Libraries’ Sugar Land Branch Library will have an educational series focusing on “Ancient Empires” this summer. The next program in the series, “Ancient Empires: Rome,” will take place on Saturday, June 2nd, from 2 to 4 pm, in the Meeting Room of the library, located at 550 Eldridge.

In this segment of the Ancient Empires series, former architecture professor Sheba Akhtar will talk about the Roman Republic and the assassination of Julius Caesar, the Roman Empire and Augustus Caesar, and Emperor Constantine and the rise of Christianity. Learn about different Roman achievements, such as city-planning and government, art and literature, engineering and architecture and military and cultural conquests.

Akhtar received her Master of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania and taught art and architecture history for 20 years. She has practiced as an architect in the United States, England, Scotland, Jordan and Pakistan. She is the author of Of Colour and Form and numerous articles on art and architecture.

The program is free and open to the public. For more information, call the Sugar Land Branch Library at 281-238-2140 or the library system’s Communications Office at 281-633-4734.

---

Submit newsworthy items to Patti@absolutelyfocusmedia.com