Re: A history of the Roman Empire from 565 to 1960 -- done!
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 3:45 am
Well, thanks.
As for the 'culture never changes' part.. well, a recent book with alt-Romans had a modicum of success in France, and frankly it was so awful that it got me enraged enough to write all that stuff![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif)
The terminology is but a sad shadow of the baroque extravaganza that were Byzantine court titles, really... Though, to be honest, modern corporate life comes close.
Re: the Bush reference... The funny thing is, if we Westerners think of ourselves as continuators of the Romans (which we are) then we've been fighting pretty much the same war in Iraq for two millenia now. And we're still at war with the Persians / Iran. Pretty sobering.
As for the 'culture never changes' part.. well, a recent book with alt-Romans had a modicum of success in France, and frankly it was so awful that it got me enraged enough to write all that stuff
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif)
The terminology is but a sad shadow of the baroque extravaganza that were Byzantine court titles, really... Though, to be honest, modern corporate life comes close.
Re: the Bush reference... The funny thing is, if we Westerners think of ourselves as continuators of the Romans (which we are) then we've been fighting pretty much the same war in Iraq for two millenia now. And we're still at war with the Persians / Iran. Pretty sobering.