11-11-2006, 10:44 PM
Today, I put online the final installment of what I plan to put online from Synesius, the Catastasis, an account of the destruction of the Cyrenaica by Libyan tribesman. It is a shocking text about a group of people abandoned by their government; without mentioning the horrors of war too explicitly, the bishop of Ptolemais shows how little hope is left for him and his flock. It was apparently written in the spring of 412, after (in the preceding year) a group of Unnigardae cavalrymen had postponed the end of the Cyrenaica. It is not known what happened in the summer of 412. There are no indications that the tribal warriors captured Ptolemais, but they may have been bought off, or a unit called "Alexandrians" may have arrived just in time.
Meanwhile, Bill has put online a little article on the Roman game of talus.
Meanwhile, Bill has put online a little article on the Roman game of talus.
