For me, the first wave of tedium set in when he decided to talk about the barbarians in detail or shortly thereafter. The second wave set in after the Justinian restoration, and lasted pretty much through the rest of the work.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Thoughts after reading Gibbon's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vol. I
- 31/10/2010 09:57:56 PM
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Let me know your thoughts when you get farther into the series.
- 01/11/2010 03:08:56 PM
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I will, as I am aiming to review a volume a week or so
- 01/11/2010 10:22:10 PM
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Yes, Norwich is excellent.
- 02/11/2010 02:19:07 AM
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I wasn't aware that "wie es eigentlich gewesen ist" was a historical term. 
- 01/11/2010 03:44:17 PM
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I'm guessing you aren't too familiar with Leopold von Ranke? 
- 01/11/2010 10:23:09 PM
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I'm afraid not, no.
- 01/11/2010 10:38:34 PM
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Ranke founded the Historicist school; I was trained in part by a member of that school
- 01/11/2010 10:49:09 PM
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