tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post5961866016250108571..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Eye of the Beholder...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-29434284833598863762011-06-10T11:29:12.899-04:002011-06-10T11:29:12.899-04:00You want La noche triste, read Bernal Diaz for the...You want La noche triste, read <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernal_Diaz" rel="nofollow">Bernal Diaz</a> for the on-the-ground Spanish noncom's view.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-80108723274091509882011-06-09T16:29:59.153-04:002011-06-09T16:29:59.153-04:00MJM,
The tale of La Noche Triste has always remin...MJM,<br /><br />The tale of <i>La Noche Triste</i> has always reminded me of a 16th Century <i>Black Hawk Down</i>.<br /><br />I bet it'd make a helluva movie.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69579997503853712842011-06-09T16:02:24.112-04:002011-06-09T16:02:24.112-04:00I bet you would enjoy W.H. Prescott's "Co...I bet you would enjoy W.H. Prescott's "Conquest of Mexico," published in 1843. It is about Cortez, and it reads like a more ruthless Captain Kirk boldly going with a mere 500 total crew, and burning the Enterprise.MJMhttp://mjm.luckygunner.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-78219922548503281622011-06-09T15:36:01.795-04:002011-06-09T15:36:01.795-04:00I always wonder how a guy like him went around? W...I always wonder how a guy like him went around? Was it as Posi-doni-us (like pois-traction), or as Posidon-us? And you just know he had a nick-name, especially if he was among the Kraut-furters. Damn now I have like five books to read and none about Megasthenes, and one awful book I have to write myself.<br />There's always Alexander the Great in the Punjaub, from Flavius Arrianus...NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-84804595421966674732011-06-09T11:34:59.511-04:002011-06-09T11:34:59.511-04:00If you like that, you will like A.D. 500.If you like that, you will like <a href="http://www.amazon.com/D-500-Journey-Through-Britain/dp/0297848054/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1307633616&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow"><i>A.D. 500</i></a>.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-17162002264972074132011-06-09T10:17:29.592-04:002011-06-09T10:17:29.592-04:00Sure I know where we are going.
Down the TubeSure I know where we are going.<br /><br />Down the TubeWaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584761465957356521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-53031400426121524252011-06-09T08:10:24.507-04:002011-06-09T08:10:24.507-04:00Oh, they did what they could. I've always want...Oh, they did what they could. I've always wanted to be outside, though, and not sitting in a classroom, and when I was a teenager, the call of the wild was stronger by several orders of magnitude than the call of the books. Oddly enough, I became such a voracious reader specifically because of not wanting to be where I was- the escapist aspect of fiction appealed to me first, and most, and still does, occasionally. <br /><br />WV: Hencruc. How did they know? Besides, the statute of limitations is past on that.oghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07551049745184408924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-44585358881131761382011-06-09T07:37:52.482-04:002011-06-09T07:37:52.482-04:00og,
It's always a shame when "educators&...og,<br /><br />It's always a shame when "educators" destroy someone's love of learning.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-17933299548498866292011-06-09T07:31:26.189-04:002011-06-09T07:31:26.189-04:00Procopius "Secret History" is a look beh...Procopius "Secret History" is a look behind the scenes in Justinian's court. Recommended over any fiction; if only for the reflection that "Damn, they are doing the same thing to us!" <br /><br />The more time goes on, the more likely we are to see the time tested screws applied to us. <br /><br />StrangerStrangerhttp://extranosalley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89331038489190296522011-06-09T07:10:50.859-04:002011-06-09T07:10:50.859-04:00Robin,
Yeah. Trying to reconstruct Posidonius is ...Robin,<br /><br />Yeah. Trying to reconstruct Posidonius is like trying to put together Mark Twain's works using only books of quotations and the occasional passage excerpted in a textbook for sources.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-61593860410044262322011-06-08T22:32:51.673-04:002011-06-08T22:32:51.673-04:00I find Roman history quite fascinating myself. Gol...I find Roman history quite fascinating myself. Goldsworthy's bio of Cicero was pretty good IMO. It did a better job of putting one inside Cicero's head than most bio's. Luckily, we have so much of his correspondence to flesh out the bio.Cincinnatushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10424218376882403880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-66874039207382338022011-06-08T22:09:36.141-04:002011-06-08T22:09:36.141-04:00I had all this crap jammed into me in high school,...I had all this crap jammed into me in high school, and i did my ,level best in the 70's and 80's to drink it all out. <br /><br />Eventually i got to the point where I could read some things, like Dante, and Virgil, without being annoyed by the memories. I have doubts as to whether that will ever happen in regards to history, I just can't get interested unless it's technological. Glad someone is buying those books, I guess.oghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07551049745184408924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-24122078353589036252011-06-08T22:04:14.086-04:002011-06-08T22:04:14.086-04:00Is it available as an EPUB download?
I decided to...Is it available as an EPUB download?<br /><br />I decided to try an ereader and I'm hooked on the damned thing. It's lightened my daypack sooooooooo much.<br /><br />BGMBGMillernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-8661663380676869152011-06-08T20:55:00.476-04:002011-06-08T20:55:00.476-04:00Davidwhitewolf,
The End of Empire: Attila the Hun...Davidwhitewolf,<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393338495/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=vifrthpo-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217153&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0393338495" rel="nofollow">The End of Empire: Attila the Hun & the Fall of Rome</a>.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-72237711070829363822011-06-08T20:12:25.769-04:002011-06-08T20:12:25.769-04:00As an anthro-ethnography guy, my money is on Megas...As an anthro-ethnography guy, my money is on Megasthenes...NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-84514740888294271202011-06-08T20:04:12.733-04:002011-06-08T20:04:12.733-04:00Well, I'm certainly looking forward to a world...Well, I'm certainly looking forward to a world in which people willingly accept payment to have their throats cut for others' amusement.<br /><br />What was the first book you mentioned, btw? I only just last week really grokked the Byzantine empire, and now I'm fascinated with the whole thing.Davidwhitewolfhttp://www.softgreenglow.com/wpnoreply@blogger.com