Mr. Autodidact Is Asked : Where to Begin?
An academic friend about go on a sabbatical in England, writes to ask how he should remedy his deficiency in Greek and Roman history and wonders if it is not the sort of question I frequently receive.
Tagged: ancient history
The Revenge of the Woke
On rare occasions the pop news stream accidentally allows a slight glimmer of light to shine through a small chink in its masonic, demonic armor.
Tuscan Histories III: Imperial Rule and Collapse
The immediate burdens of empire are born by the conquered subjects, but in the long run it has the people of the imperial nation that find themselves overtaxed to support the endless wars and swamped by subject peoples, allies, or just about anyone who can get to the frontier.
