On Parade

[Salvianus]

Laudes to you: I like a dual system of free circulation of summaries, articles, bibliographies, updates - anything which will promote and facilitate further research in the community of enquiry - which then make it easier for students (whether professional or amateur) to locate the more detailed nitty gritty scholarship they really need to advance their own, which then can be the focus of their invariably restricted research funds, thus helping to provide an income for the authors and artists.

Authors often seem to be treated very badly by publishers. In short, and as a teacher, I believe knowledge must be shared freely, but the worker deserves their wage: thus I encourage all to read your (very useful) article, but make sure they save up for, or request as a gift, Roman Military Equipment!