230 posts tagged Roman Empire

Would-be imperialists beware: You gotta be careful when you go to pick a fight with a country possessed of a 5000-year history, for such a nation will inevitably have in its historical record an... (Read the full post at ProgressiveHistorians.)

Caruba: Living on the Edge of Destruction: Israel’s 60th Anniversary by Alan Caruba “Trusting in the Rock of Israel we now place our signatures in witness to this proclamation, sitting as the Provisional State Council, on the soil of the homeland, in the city of Tel-Aviv, this day, Friday afternoon,

Many people, who consider themselves to be savants on the subject of war, battle, combat strategy, and the small yet telling circumstances and events that changed the tide of battle from defeat to victory, have nevertheless failed to give Attila his due. Surely, he belongs among the top ten “generals” of all time.

The Snooze lumps Rome’s two wars against Jewish rebels with Nazi persecution of Jews in what sets a new low standard for non-political stupidity on the editorial pages of the Snooze. The murder of 6 million European Jews in the 1940s fiercely and urgently showed why Israel was, and is, necessary.

The Snooze lumps Rome’s two wars against Jewish rebels with Nazi persecution of Jews in what sets a new low standard for non-political stupidity on the editorial pages of the Snooze. The murder of 6 million European Jews in the 1940s fiercely and urgently showed why Israel was, and is, necessary.

This is stupid but I will leave it up anyway.

all that 'empire' stuff form last year The Boston Athenaeum has archived lecture series online and I noticed the author of a book I had seen a while ago, Cullen Murphy on his book Are We Rome?. What a better way to get the thrust of the book without having to wait until I wade through the seven other books I'm currently trying to read?

Above : Empire Of Charlemagne Map Some knowledge of the feudal system is necessary in order to understand the new relations which were created between Henry and the Irish, when on the one hand the chiefs acknowledged the supremacy of the King, and on the other hand he professed to give away large tracts of Irish land to his followers.

RPG Empires in Second Life RPG Empires in Second Life is composed of The Roman Empire, The Spartan Empire, Samurai Japan, Medieval England (still being built) and its accompanying surrounding regions. If I counted correctly, it is made up of 12 regions all dedicated to Role Playing.

The Pope Posted on May 10, 2008 Pope Benedict XVI was in the United States last week, the first time a Pope has visited the US since the last time             I know from watching the news that this is a very big deal, but I have yet to hear even one person mention it one way or the other unless they were in front of a TV camera.