Category Archives: Hist2125

When I first read this, I imagined for a moment that 1204 and 1453 had been nothing but bad dreams. Reality dawing on me felt like a fist in my guts

By terje | Published: November 21, 2008
“Constantinople was an impregnable city …” — Robert B. Kebric, Roman People (4th edition), epilogue.
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The priorities of the people

By terje | Published: November 19, 2008
“In the year of his tribunate (58 B.C.), Clodius made the ordinary people of the city of Rome (plebs urbana) a significant power in politics for the first time. By comparison, the exile and return of Cicero (58/57 B.C.) was a second-rate phenomenon that was of primary concern only to Cicero himself, who had a [...]
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Consequences of the Middle Republic Wars — lecture #4

By terje | Published: September 17, 2008
Inner Strife and the Dynasts of the Late Republic. (This post is based on a lecture held by Jan Frode Hatlen at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, September 11 2008, but any factual errors in the text are strictly my responsibility.) (Also, lecture #3 was a discussion lecture where we were given extracts from the [...]
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The Punic Wars and Expansion — Lecture #2

By terje | Published: September 2, 2008
2nd lecture — The Punic Wars: From Village to Mediterranean Empire. (This post is based on a lecture held by Jan Frode Hatlen at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology on August 28 2008. However, any factual errors in the text is strictly my responsibility.)
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Introduction and Overview — Lecture #1

By terje | Published: September 2, 2008
Lecture #1 — A General Introduction and Overview. (This post is based on a lecture held by Jan Frode Hatlen at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, August 21 2008. However, any factual errors in the text is strictly my responsibility.) It is hard to be precise about what Rome was like before approximately 500 BCE, [...]
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