Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Bent: Familiar Short Sayings of Great Men
Familiar Short Sayings of Great Men by Samuel Arthur Bent (1887)
As the subtitle of the book explains, it comes "with historical and explanatory notes." The sayings are arranged alphabetically by the author or speaker. The historical notes are extremely interesting, giving a context for the sayings - but the sayings are all in English, without any of the original languages being cited consistently. So, the book is a great read, extremely educational - but to have the actual Latin or Greek quotes, you will have to work with another book that you can coordinate with this one.
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Sunday, January 2, 2011
Merivale: History of the Romans under the Empire
History of the Romans under the Empire, by Charles Merivale.
- GoogleBooks - V1 - V2 - V3 - V4 - V5 - V6 - V7 - V8
- GoogleBookstore - V1 - V2 - V3 - V4 - V5 - V6 - V7 - V8
And that is the last set of items for the Roman agenda. Whoosh. It's a big agenda!
** UPDATED ** The link here to Volume 1 is to an edition that contains Chapter 11.
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Mommsen: The Provinces, from Caesar to Diocletian
The History of Rome: The Provinces, from Caesar to Diocletian, by Theodore Mommsen, trans. W.P. Dickson.
Yet more Roman history for 2011!
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Gibbon: History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (7-vol. Bohn edition)
Another collection of materials for a possible Roman history adventury in 2011!
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Mommsen: History of Rome
The History of Rome by Theodor Mommsen, trans. by W. P. Dickson
I'm seriously contemplating this notion of spending 2011 reading Roman history!
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