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Augustan Culture by Karl Galinsky
May 31, 2006
Another review has been completed for our Roman Books section, thanks to community member Ursus.
Galinsky believes scholars and scholarship are the product of their times. Augustan scholarship was held captive in the 1930’s when Syme likened Augustus as the intellectual archetype of the ruthless one-party state leaders spreading through Europe. The “Roman Revolution” of his imagining was Augustus’ ruthless extermination of the Republican Old Guard and its replacement with imperial sycophants. Augustus was, in so many words, a thug with a prodigious propaganda machine....
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Roman Siegecraft
May 28, 2006
This article was brought to us by forum member Caldrail
When Rome went to war an enemy fortress was nothing more than an obstacle to be overcome. Legions carried with them field artillery which meant they were well equipped to deal with opposing fortications. Their policy of having artisans and sappers in the ranks meant that any unit could build defenses and attack those of the enemy. It seems their greatest enemy was time.
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Generalissimos of the Western Roman Empire by J.M O'Flynn
May 25, 2006
Another review has been completed for our Roman Books section, thanks to community member Neos Dionysos.
The purpose of this book is to examine the changing aspects of the Western Roman Empire after the death of Valentinian until the arrival of Theodoric the Great. Using this, the focus falls on the 'generalissimos' of the Western Roman Empire which, for lack of a better term, is all you could call them. The men who took the position of patrician and magister militum assumed a whole new power base and influence...
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The Fourth Good Emperor
May 22, 2006
Fourth Good Emperor
With the passing of Hadrian, Antoninus (whatever the true nature of the relationship between Hadrian and Antoninus may have been) immediately played the part of loyal adopted son. Antoninus accompanied the body of the largely despised former emperor (at least in the view of the aristocracy) from Baiae to Rome and saw to its placement within Hadrian’s new tomb in the Gardens of Domitian...
The Roman Empire At Bay by David S. Potter
May 19, 2006
Another review has been completed for our Roman Books section, thanks to community member Ursus.
David S. Potter surveys the political, military and cultural events of the Empire from CE 180-395. His work is thorough, incorporating and elucidating various strains of primary evidence. The author then places the evidence into a central thesis which he echoes consistently throughout the work – the dangers of centralization, and its effect on narratives...
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Pillar of Iron by Taylor Caldwell
May 16, 2006
Another review has been completed for our Roman Books section, thanks to community member Lost_Warrior.
Taylor Caldwell's A Pillar of Iron is a historical fiction novel based on the life of Marcus Tullius Cicero. The way Caldwell tells this story is highly sympathetic towards Cicero, however that does not in any way lessen the novel’s merit. In fact, I was able to appreciate Caldwell’s view all the more for it is different than most such stories, told from the point of view of the well known Julius Caesar. Caldwell begins her story in the days before Cicero’s birth, recanting his life in immense detail up until his violent death...
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Ask The Expert - Dr. Arthur Keaveney
May 11, 2006
We are happy to announce that Dr. Arthur Keaveney has agreed to answer questions from our forum members. Every forum member can ask one question only (to make you consider what you would like discussed carefully), no follow up replies to keep the thread clean and to make it easier for the Professor to go through the questions. We also would like to point out to stick to your question to the area of his expertise, which is the period of the roman republic. After a week or two (depending how many questions we have) Dr. Keaveney will answer those which he thinks are the most interesting or applicable...
Dr Arthur Keaveney is senior lecturer in Classical Studies at the Univeristy of Kent. He is teaching and researching in ancient history, Greek & Roman, particularly the Roman republic and Achaemenid Persia. Publications include Rome and the Unification of Italy, Lucullus; A Life and Sulla; The Last Republican...
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Roman Games By Alison Futrell
May 09, 2006
Another excellent review has been completed for our Roman Books section, thanks to community member Skarr.
Throughout Alison Futrell’s excellent book of sources on the Roman games, the author provides invaluable commentary to the various snippets of information, represented by blocked out gray text quoting ancient authors from Cicero to Juvenal to Ovid. Each source is categorized into appropriate sections in this book, which should be of primary interest not only to the student seeking to enhance their knowledge on the ancient games but also scholars who want to quickly reference a particular subject with a narrow focus on a certain aspect relating the games...
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Justin I
May 04, 2006
Justin was by his choosing a career-soldier. He knew little of politics and was not the wisest statesman when he became Emperor. However, through accepting the counsel of trusted advisors and applying a soldier’s common sense, he was not an incompetent Emperor, and contrary to popular belief, he was not illiterate....
Forum member Tobias provided us with this very nice overview about Justin I.
Roman Britain by Guy de la Bedoyere
May 01, 2006
Another excellent review has been completed for our Roman Books section, thanks to community member Pertinax. Not only are relevant items available for further research throughout the site, but our books section includes an ever growing list of Roman related Fiction and Non-Fiction books, Movies and Games.
Roman Britain by Guy de la Bedoyere
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