It was interesting in the beginning but somewhere in the middle all of the emperors start to run together. Then again my Latin isn't strong enough (and under statement) for me to pick up on the humor of stray passages.
So...I only finished half of Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
- 05/03/2010 02:11:08 AM
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I found it hard to finish
- 05/03/2010 02:10:19 PM
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The emperors tend to run together far before the middle
- 05/03/2010 02:34:55 PM
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My copy is one single book and I can't remember which volume I stopped on
- 05/03/2010 06:06:29 PM
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Ah...you probably have the abridged version.
- 05/03/2010 08:01:57 PM
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Finish it. It's an important piece of literature.
- 05/03/2010 02:22:08 PM
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I own Norwich's History of Venice (Folio Society edition) but haven't read it yet.
- 05/03/2010 02:30:55 PM
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The Dutch Republic takes a while to get into. Too much back story. Far far too long for
- 05/03/2010 04:10:20 PM
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Finish it
- 05/03/2010 04:47:15 PM
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It is well written. Of course, it's hard to stay excited about it.
- 05/03/2010 08:12:21 PM
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I need to get into Byzantium. I'm hoping to do a senior thesis on Byzantine diplomacy. *NM*
- 07/03/2010 06:42:49 AM
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