tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12283119.post3997264169325742898..comments2024-03-08T12:19:01.827+02:00Comments on Fascinating History: Clodius of the People: The Patrician Leader of the PlebsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12283119.post-12059028848086203972008-08-24T21:26:00.000+03:002008-08-24T21:26:00.000+03:00Joe90, thanks for all the support! I will update ...Joe90, thanks for all the support! I will update the Books sections with more book recommendations to reflect some new favorites in my ever-growing collection. No problem about the books you mentioned at L's T by the way. <BR/>I also went to the Hadrian exhibition at the British Museum in London. I have to admit the best part was the books on sale in the museum shop which is on your way out of the exhibition. I found it a bit disappointing as I expected more after all the hype. However, the fact that I am more interested in the Late Republic rather than Hadrian's era (great though it was) may have quite a bit to do with influencing my opinion. It is worth going to but certainly not unmissable. There is an excellent bust of Augustus in his 30s there though which is worth starring at (even though I dislike the man and tend to agree with Neil Faulkner's assessment of him in his book Empire of the Eagles...<BR/><BR/>PS: Perhaps enabling Javascript will help you see the Books I Love list.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07204175067582755757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12283119.post-63739794075811520992008-08-22T15:31:00.000+03:002008-08-22T15:31:00.000+03:00I have just realised,that some of the books I may ...I have just realised,<BR/>that some of the books I may have mentioned on Lenin's Tomb comments are actually on HF's <I>Books I Love</I> and <I>Miscellaneous Books</I> lists.<BR/><BR/>My apolgies if it seems I have been rude in not taking the opinions of FH into consideration when I made my book recommendations.<BR/><BR/>It's just that I can't see either of FH's book recommendation lists due to all the anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-malware and ad-blocking sofware I have installed on my PC.<BR/><BR/>It's a bit of a nightmare trying to work out what bit of security software is actually preventing FH's booklists from appearing - and still haven't managed to suss out what's blocking the <I>Books I Love</I> list!<BR/><BR/>all the best FH!joe90 kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15925893894108250518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12283119.post-61755485541177785592008-08-21T22:31:00.000+03:002008-08-21T22:31:00.000+03:00anna mate,don't listen to some of those bitter and...anna mate,<BR/>don't listen to some of those bitter and twisted leftie's over on Lenin's Tomb. <BR/><BR/>I actually meant to say to Lara she was talking mince.<BR/><BR/>As a matter of fact, I would actually say it is a 'strength' and one of the noteworthy features about your estimable blog, the that fact of your backgound doesn't seem to be related to the subject of the blog. <BR/><BR/>Just in passing,<BR/>there was a bloke working on the oil-rigs who was some kind of acknowledged expert in some aspect of British-Roman archaelogy. I can't remember his name, though.<BR/><BR/>This is a great blog anna, <BR/>and I'm looking forward to reading through your archive.<BR/><BR/>all the best!<BR/><BR/>ps<BR/>I think lenin did a quick review of the current Hadrian's Wall exhibition, on at the moment somewhere in the cultural backwater of London.joe90 kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15925893894108250518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12283119.post-78085966047588488552008-08-19T03:30:00.000+03:002008-08-19T03:30:00.000+03:00Great blog Anna. I know he's not an ancient histor...Great blog Anna. I know he's not an ancient historian, but all of Mike Davis' books make for "fascinating history" and are great reads. <BR/><BR/>Cheers, SeanSean Purdyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13084268730174766898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12283119.post-59418515041532696212008-08-18T20:56:00.000+03:002008-08-18T20:56:00.000+03:00Thank you Rosa and thank you for opting to read th...Thank you Rosa and thank you for opting to read through my post (Lara at Lenin's Tomb seems to have been put off reading my post because of the industry I work in). <BR/><BR/>I loved Parenti's book! In fact it inspired me to write this post.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07204175067582755757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12283119.post-38148729412028052952008-08-18T01:51:00.000+03:002008-08-18T01:51:00.000+03:00Nice blog, Anna!Heather's book is excellent, I agr...Nice blog, Anna!<BR/><BR/>Heather's book is excellent, I agree.<BR/><BR/>What do you think of 'The Assassination Julius Caesar' by Michael Parenti?Rosa Lichtensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04387902582543223474noreply@blogger.com