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Alexander the Mediocre

May 13, 2018 / Leave a Comment

by Philip Freeman As with most events that happened a really long time ago, Alexander’s life as we know it is based on accounts of accounts (Plutarch, Arrian) that read like a mix of tall tale and fact. Freeman’s obsequious narrating would leave one with the impression that Alexander alone conquered the persians. Certainly, Alexander’s … [Read more…]

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Attila: The barbarian king…

May 5, 2018 / Leave a Comment

…who challenged Rome by John Man Not much is known is about the Huns or their greatest leader, Attila: we don’t know their language, we don’t know their origins, nor their belief system. But John Man valiantly attempts to reconstruct their motives as well as their path of destruction, from the few diaries and artifacts … [Read more…]

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