As we prepare for our upcoming chat on The Beginnings of Rome: Italy From the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars (Circa 1,000 to 264 B.C.), Chapters 12 (holdover from last chat), 13, and maybe in to 14, N.S. Gill is way ahead of me with blogging:
Cornell 12, Part I
In chapter 12 of The Beginnings of Rome,
T.J. Cornell covers the military and expansionist period of from 509 to
345 B.C. in Italy. Although Cornell as always makes choices between
theories of modern historians and Roman legends/history whenever there
is a conflict, he makes few new astounding choices in at least the
sections up to the Gallic invasion … read on
The Gallic Invasion (Cornell 12, Part II)
The last major event in Cornell's chapter "Wars and External Relations, 509-345 B.C." is the Gallic invasion of 387/6 B.C. Cornell says there is no real doubt that it happened and was a humiliating event for the Romans, but says there is a puzzle, anyway: what were the Gauls doing so far south? … read on
The last major event in Cornell's chapter "Wars and External Relations, 509-345 B.C." is the Gallic invasion of 387/6 B.C. Cornell says there is no real doubt that it happened and was a humiliating event for the Romans, but says there is a puzzle, anyway: what were the Gauls doing so far south? … read on
Cornell 13 - Emancipation of the Plebs
Sitting at home on a proverbial January day means doing my reading a bit differently. There's no coffee shop table-surface to insert margin notes and then summarize, but on the other side of the balance, there is no one besides Twitter to disturb/distract, so I'm going straight from the book in sequence. Usually, I like to see themes and whether there are answers later that explain early puzzles, but that won't work today on Cornell Chapter 13, The Emancipation of the Plebs … read on
Sitting at home on a proverbial January day means doing my reading a bit differently. There's no coffee shop table-surface to insert margin notes and then summarize, but on the other side of the balance, there is no one besides Twitter to disturb/distract, so I'm going straight from the book in sequence. Usually, I like to see themes and whether there are answers later that explain early puzzles, but that won't work today on Cornell Chapter 13, The Emancipation of the Plebs … read on
