12-13-2012, 09:23 AM
I will look at that book based upon what you have written!
I would have to say that a recent purchase really grabbed me: 'The Chronicle of Pseudo-Joshua the Stylite', by Liverpool University Press (translated and introduced by Frank R Trombley and John W Watt), published 2000.
I only finished this last week but was really captivated by the detail in the history. It covers the war between Rome and Persia circa 502-506 AD and the writer is very detailed and precise in his descriptions of the military operations both sides enagaged in. As a lover of the Later Roman Empire and an avid reader of Ammianus Marcellinus, it was refreshing to read of the second siege and sack of Amida, for example, along with various scenes and vignettes that brought to life the period for me.
Overall, the Chronicle is packed with detail and description - and for anyone interested in this period, I would thoroughly recommend it!
I would have to say that a recent purchase really grabbed me: 'The Chronicle of Pseudo-Joshua the Stylite', by Liverpool University Press (translated and introduced by Frank R Trombley and John W Watt), published 2000.
I only finished this last week but was really captivated by the detail in the history. It covers the war between Rome and Persia circa 502-506 AD and the writer is very detailed and precise in his descriptions of the military operations both sides enagaged in. As a lover of the Later Roman Empire and an avid reader of Ammianus Marcellinus, it was refreshing to read of the second siege and sack of Amida, for example, along with various scenes and vignettes that brought to life the period for me.
Overall, the Chronicle is packed with detail and description - and for anyone interested in this period, I would thoroughly recommend it!
Francis Hagan
The Barcarii
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