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Reviving Two Old Series
Posted on 11/27/2002 4:15:06 PM PST by A.J.Armitage
I used to do two series of threads. One was about politics and government in the Greco-Roman civilization, and the other was my own columns. Here's a list of them:
Ancient Politics and Government
The American Constitutionalist
-In Defense of "Underage" Drinking
-Anarchy vs. the Right to Life
-Calling a Spade a Spade
-Enumerated Powers and National I.D. Cards
-Objectively Pro-Terrorist Pacifists
-Government Against the People
-Their Feet Run to Evil, and Make Haste to Shed Blood
-Sue Them Blind
-Centralization vs. Checks and Balances
-The Forgotten Perspective on Stem Cell Research
-Religious Liberty Suffers Defeat
-The Roots of Government Corruption
As you can see by looking at the dates, it was erratic, and eventually I stopped. I recently got a Freepmail asking if I could start again. If there's something gratifying to a writer, it's people complaining when you don't write.
So I'm going to start it again. If you'd like me to add you to the ping list, tell me.
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Miscellaneous; Philosophy; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: archaeology; aristotle; athens; augustus; bja; caligula; catiline; cicero; civilization; claudius; constitution; deeds; emperorgaius; epigraphyandlanguage; galba; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; graecoroman; grecoroman; greece; greek; history; historylist; julius; libertarians; nero; otho; paleolist; plutarch; polybius; roman; romanempire; rome; sallust; suetonius; tiberius
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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.
To: Pistias
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.
To: A.J.Armitage
Keep me on the list A.J.:)
To: A.J.Armitage
Please add me to your list of enjoyable read pings.
Stay Safe !
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posted on
11/27/2002 7:48:54 PM PST
by
Squantos
To: A.J.Armitage
Quite good though. Please keep me on the list, if you would.
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posted on
11/27/2002 8:03:55 PM PST
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Pistias
To: A.J.Armitage
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.
To: A.J.Armitage
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.
To: A.J.Armitage
Good stuff, AJ. Could you please add me to your list? Much obliged.
To: A.J.Armitage
Thanks for the heads up!
To: A.J.Armitage
Thanks for the ping.
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posted on
11/27/2002 11:34:33 PM PST
by
mafree
To: A.J.Armitage
Thanks a heap. Your help is much appreciated.
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posted on
11/28/2002 3:06:52 AM PST
by
scouse
To: A.J.Armitage
BTTT!!!!!!
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posted on
11/28/2002 3:11:01 AM PST
by
E.G.C.
To: A.J.Armitage
Bump for later reading.
Comment #34 Removed by Moderator
To: A.J.Armitage
Thanks for the ping and the links!
To: A.J.Armitage
'It is better to light a single candle'...bump.
Thanks for the ping.
To: A.J.Armitage
By all means, please do add me to the lists and include me on your future pings!
-archy-/-
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posted on
11/29/2002 1:07:21 PM PST
by
archy
To: A.J.Armitage
Hi A.J., nice to hear from you. What are your forums of choice these days?
To: A.J.Armitage
Please keep me on your ping list. Thanx!
To: A.J.Armitage
Please add me to your ping list. Thanks ...
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posted on
11/30/2002 8:36:22 AM PST
by
manna
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