07-25-2007, 02:58 PM
Book Seven and Book Eight from Herodian's History cover the reign of Maximinus Thrax and the Year of the Six Emperors. They contains shocking and interesting descriptions of streetfights in Rome and the siege of Aquileia. The text is now complete.
My other project, as some of you will remember, is Synesius. His Fourth Letter is now available: a story about a shipwreck, "in which the comic elements are mingled with the tragic ones", as Synesius himself says. He was very young when he wrote this letter, and his fascination for women's breasts suggests that boys will be boys, ancient or modern.
Switching to Bill's site: you will find two of Claudian's Carmina Minora: 21/22 and the delightful 52 (the battle of the giants).
My other project, as some of you will remember, is Synesius. His Fourth Letter is now available: a story about a shipwreck, "in which the comic elements are mingled with the tragic ones", as Synesius himself says. He was very young when he wrote this letter, and his fascination for women's breasts suggests that boys will be boys, ancient or modern.
Switching to Bill's site: you will find two of Claudian's Carmina Minora: 21/22 and the delightful 52 (the battle of the giants).
