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What books don\'t you want to see?
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Sonic Wrote:Is there any historical person where, if a new 'biography' was available, you'd just ignore it completely?
How about Cleopatra VII?
Quote:I don't think I've finished any book on Constatine yet (hope I don't shock anyone!!).
Quote:They do get to be a bit of a trudge once you reach the Christian doctinal controversies...

Agreed, Nathan. The ones I've read tend to focus or reduce his 30 year reign to two events - his conversion to/ legalization of Christianity and his founding of Constantinople.
Too many books about Constantine, Theodosius, perhaps evn Julian.. or 'the fall of the Roman empire', or even 'Late Antiquity' in general! Why not a book about 'Late Roman Gaul', or any such a region. Or books about Licninius, Magnentius, Valentinian I? Ian, I suppose you have your eyes set on Magnus Maximus? ;-)
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What books don\'t you want to see? - by sonic - 07-24-2012, 11:09 PM
Re: What books don\'t you want to see? - by sonic - 07-31-2012, 12:10 AM
Re: What books don\'t you want to see? - by Robert Vermaat - 08-01-2012, 03:13 PM
Re: What books don\'t you want to see? - by sonic - 08-01-2012, 03:50 PM
Re: What books don\'t you want to see? - by sonic - 09-07-2012, 10:20 PM

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