Roman Love Thread

[Antoine de Lasalle]

Pompey for one

Hahaha.

I've ordered "commentarii de bello gallico" have you read it?

[Colonel Howe]

Pompey for one

Hahaha.

I've ordered "commentarii de bello gallico" have you read it?

I have it, haven't read it yet

[joer5835]

If you want to read Roman philosophy, I can recommend Quintilianus (Quintillian in plain English) or Seneca.

I especially like Quintillianus, he writes primarily about how to decept and convince people of something through well written speeches.

[Shredder]

I've read Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Am I cool yet?

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[Colonel Howe]

I've read Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Am I cool yet?

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All the sweg is urs now

I loved Julius Caesar

[Antoine de Lasalle]

If you want to read Roman philosophy, I can recommend Quintilianus (Quintillian in plain English) or Seneca.

I especially like Quintillianus, he writes primarily about how to decept and convince people of something through well written speeches.

As Napoleon said, "History is the true philosophy."

[Colonel Howe]

Because I can. I'm listing off the books I own about Rome :3

The Spartacus War by Barry Strauss

The War With Hannibal by Livy

Ghosts of Cannae

Commentaries of the Gallic Wars, The Civil War by Caesar

Speeches from Cicero by Cicero

The Legions of Rome (history of every Roman legion)

The Fall of the Roman Empire: A History of Rome and the Barbarians

The Roman Army by Adrian Goldsworthy (name is around that)

Spartacus by Howard Fast

Battles of the Ancient World (name is around that)

Books I really want:
The Masters of Rome series by a Scottish woman

[Antoine de Lasalle]

This isn't Roman but technically the Byzantine Empire was "Roman," so i'll post it anyway

Have any of you read "The Alexiad"? By Anna Komnenos.

It's seriously amazing.  I really recommend it.

It's about Alexious Komnenos when takes over the empire with his Coup d'état, his military campaigns against the Turks and the Westerners.  His involvement with the Crusades etc.

[Nipplestockings]

This isn't Roman but technically the Byzantine Empire was "Roman," so i'll post it anyway

Have any of you read "The Alexiad"? By Anna Komnenos.

It's seriously amazing.  I really recommend it.

I've been meaning to for quite a while - it looks extremely interesting. But eh, I wouldn't really lump it in with Roman stuff. It was written around 1148, and The Byzantine empire was hardly Roman by that point. Everyone spoke Greek, and there were so many other ethnicities and cultures infused within the empire that it had lost many aspects of "Latinness" that had defined it centuries earlier.

[Antoine de Lasalle]

This isn't Roman but technically the Byzantine Empire was "Roman," so i'll post it anyway

Have any of you read "The Alexiad"? By Anna Komnenos.

It's seriously amazing.  I really recommend it.

I've been meaning to for quite a while - it looks extremely interesting. But eh, I wouldn't really lump it in with Roman stuff. It was written around 1148, and The Byzantine empire was hardly Roman by that point. Everyone spoke Greek, and there were so many other ethnicities and cultures infused within the empire that it had lost many aspects of "Latinness" that had defined it centuries earlier.

I know, I know, I know. It's just something I wanted to bring up.

[joer5835]

I wanted to start getting into I, Claudius. Does anybody know if it's any good? (I'm talking about the books)

[Allasaphore]

Well, the New Testament was written primarily by Roman citizens (if my memory is correct, anyway).

On a non-theological note, everybody loves their stoicism. Stoicism is great, with Marcus Aurelius and Seneca writing interesting books/essays.

[Antoine de Lasalle]

Well, the New Testament was written primarily by Roman citizens (if my memory is correct, anyway).

On a non-theological note, everybody loves their stoicism. Stoicism is great, with Marcus Aurelius and Seneca writing interesting books/essays.

I'm a Christian, read the Bible many times, technically most of them were Jews. Paul was a Jew, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. All jews.  Some might have became Romans, but they were Jews

[Killington]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExWfh6sGyso[/YouTube]

[Colonel Howe]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExWfh6sGyso[/YouTube]

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My favorite teacher ever showed me that video. We both actively called a teacher a cunt for cutting Roman history from the West Euro curriculum. In her words, it wasn't relevant and a waste of time.