Reviving Two Old Series

[A.J.Armitage]

How accurate is Suetonius? And what's your verdict on the Romans? I can respect their belief in law and their role in spreading civilization, but if they were as bad as Suetonius says, it's hard not to have some mistrust and dislike for them.

Hmmm, interesting. I'm not as familiar as I should be with Livy, ect, so I'm probably not qualified to say how accurate he was. A lot of what he says seems tabloid-esque, but as we've seen in the last administration, that doesn't necessarily mean it isn't true.

Suppose we made a Kennedy emperor. The results would be very unpretty. I don't know how much of that could be taken to represent the civilization as a whole. Maybe you could assign blame for failing to throw off the debased emperors, but considering what Rome went through before Julius took over, and between Julius and Augustus, an aversion to civil conflict is understandable.

[A.J.Armitage]

Glad to see you'll continue, AJ--though I'm suprised to see that you've left out Aurelius, Plato, and Xenophon.

Remember that it's very partial and sporadic.

[constitutiongirl]

Keep me on the list A.J.:)

[Squantos]

Please add me to your list of enjoyable read pings.

Stay Safe !

[Pistias]

Quite good though. Please keep me on the list, if you would.

[Verginius Rufus]

I had forgotten to check Appian--he does give a longer account of Antony's speech than Plutarch does, with some sentences in direct quotation (Civil Wars, Book II, sections 144-146). I don't know if Shakespeare had access to Appian in a language he could read--there doesn't seem to be a close correspondence between Appian's version and Shakespeare's. How close Appian's version is to what Antony actually said at Caesar's funeral is another question.

[Bedford Forrest]

Good to see you back. The old dogs around here appreciate and look forward to your efforts; historical literacy is one of the strongest[along with economic literacy]counters against all forms of commie/liberal agitprop and sleazy leftist psycho-babble.

[stainlessbanner]

Good stuff, AJ. Could you please add me to your list? Much obliged.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!

[mafree]

Thanks for the ping.

[scouse]

Thanks a heap. Your help is much appreciated.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!

[ActionNewsBill]

Bump for later reading.

[sheltonmac]

Thanks for the ping and the links!

[headsonpikes]

'It is better to light a single candle'...bump.

Thanks for the ping.

[archy]

By all means, please do add me to the lists and include me on your future pings!

-archy-/-

[UnBlinkingEye]

Hi A.J., nice to hear from you. What are your forums of choice these days?

[Mortimer Snavely]

Please keep me on your ping list. Thanx!

[manna]

Please add me to your ping list. Thanks ...