I own Norwich's History of Venice (Folio Society edition) but haven't read it yet.
Tom Send a noteboard - 05/03/2010 02:30:55 PM
It's on my short list of non-fiction, along with Jonathan Israel's The Dutch Republic. Of course, as both are fairly long books I'm likely to take a break with one of the books on my short list (see profile info) of "must-reads" in 2009 first after finishing Gibbon. Yes, I suppose I'll finish it.
I was encouraged by the untranslated Greek footnote about Theodora's lament that she only had three usable orifices. In an age when women were vying with each other to be more chaste, I can fully understand and approve of Justinian's choice for a wife.
I was encouraged by the untranslated Greek footnote about Theodora's lament that she only had three usable orifices. In an age when women were vying with each other to be more chaste, I can fully understand and approve of Justinian's choice for a wife.
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*
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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