Rome's Gothic Wars provides new slant on late Roman history- March 13, 2007 I was recently asked by Cambridge University Press to review "Rome's Gothic Wars: From the Third Century to Alaric (Key Conflicts of Classical Antiquity) by Michael Kulikowski. I finally got a chance to begin reading it and find it clearly written and thankfully devoid of the stilted academic jargon that pervades many history texts. As mostof my studies have focused on the Roman Republic, I am learning all kinds of fascinating things about this later period.For example, I did not realize that..http://uoregon.edu/~mharrsch/2007/03/romes-gothic-wars-provides-new-slant-on.html Searching for the Silures by Raymond Howell- March 11, 2007 Abstract of Review by Sam Burson"A HARDY band of Welshmen in red, who took on the might of the Italians 2,000 years ago, could prove inspirational for tomorrow's Welsh Six Nations warriors.A leading historian has documented the exploits of the ancient Silures tribe, who fought a long campaign against the Romans two millennia ago.Dr Ray Howell from the University of Wales, Newport, even says our penchant for wearing red may spring from the tribe's favourite battle colour.Dr Howell, a reader at...http://uoregon.edu/~mharrsch/2007/03/searching-for-silures-by-raymond-howell.html |