08-16-2006, 03:21 PM
Quote:Anyway…what it shows, I think, is this:Ah, the voice of reason! And right again! Another laudes!
1. make a difference between the facts uncovered, and the interpretations slapped on top of them by the author(s), no matter how respected the scholar.
2. so always try to get your hands on the original papers, read them and try to understand them, no matter how technical the stuff gets (and at times, Montgomery’s work was very technical).
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)