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08-25-2014, 02:23 PM
Quote:Even if the text was completely fabricated from start to finish, it is still a primary source and we can still get useful information from it.

Yep. The panegyrici latini present an entirely slanted picture of their age, but the details of events and attitudes contained within them (and originally presented, for the most part, directly to those concerned or involved) make them invaluable.


Quote: ancient history provides an excellent training for dealing with (and interpreting) modern media.

Which reminds me of this post from Guy Halsall's blog back in 2010: "...the most important thing about an historical education is not the accumulation of knowledge about facts about the past; it is the training to think critically about what you are being told; to be ‘radically sceptical’ about everything, about each and every truth claim."
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Primary Sources - by Nathan Ross - 08-24-2014, 03:17 PM
Primary Sources - by Lyceum - 08-24-2014, 06:12 PM
Primary Sources - by Vindex - 08-24-2014, 08:46 PM
Primary Sources - by D B Campbell - 08-24-2014, 09:27 PM
Primary Sources - by Gunthamund Hasding - 08-25-2014, 10:48 AM
Primary Sources - by Nathan Ross - 08-25-2014, 11:21 AM
Primary Sources - by antiochus - 08-25-2014, 11:26 AM
Primary Sources - by Dan Howard - 08-25-2014, 01:54 PM
Primary Sources - by mcbishop - 08-25-2014, 02:03 PM
Primary Sources - by Renatus - 08-25-2014, 02:21 PM
Primary Sources - by Nathan Ross - 08-25-2014, 02:23 PM
Primary Sources - by Nathan Ross - 08-25-2014, 02:35 PM
Primary Sources - by Dan Howard - 08-25-2014, 02:58 PM
Primary Sources - by Renatus - 08-25-2014, 04:18 PM
Primary Sources - by D B Campbell - 08-25-2014, 09:14 PM
Primary Sources - by Flavivs Aetivs - 08-25-2014, 10:05 PM
Primary Sources - by Renatus - 08-25-2014, 10:24 PM
Primary Sources - by Nathan Ross - 08-25-2014, 11:39 PM
Primary Sources - by mcbishop - 08-26-2014, 06:31 AM
Primary Sources - by Renatus - 08-26-2014, 06:44 AM
Primary Sources - by Nathan Ross - 08-26-2014, 10:43 AM
Primary Sources - by Urselius - 08-26-2014, 11:25 AM
Primary Sources - by Renatus - 08-26-2014, 11:38 AM
Primary Sources - by Nathan Ross - 08-26-2014, 11:56 AM
Primary Sources - by Lyceum - 08-26-2014, 12:10 PM
Primary Sources - by Nathan Ross - 08-26-2014, 02:11 PM
Primary Sources - by mcbishop - 08-26-2014, 02:47 PM
Primary Sources - by Nathan Ross - 08-26-2014, 03:17 PM
Primary Sources - by Sean Manning - 08-26-2014, 04:40 PM
Primary Sources - by Renatus - 08-26-2014, 08:30 PM
Primary Sources - by Nathan Ross - 08-26-2014, 09:08 PM
Primary Sources - by Sean Manning - 08-27-2014, 06:43 AM
Primary Sources - by Nathan Ross - 08-28-2014, 12:29 PM
Primary Sources - by Sean Manning - 08-29-2014, 04:39 PM
Primary Sources - by Justin I - 08-30-2014, 06:44 AM

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