Interesting piece on Rome -> 'Byzantium'

[Xiahou]

Decadence, Rome and Romania, the Emperors Who Weren't, and Other Reflections on Roman History (http://www.friesian.com/decdenc1.htm#text-6)

I stumbled across this while surfing. Im sure the author makes some controversial statements, but I thought it was a very interesting read (and possibly a good topic for dicussion). http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[ah_dut]

interesting, and informative
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[Basileus]

nice read, im still reading about the roman empire so it was fun to see hes points and views..

[metatron]

Beautiful. It's nice to see I'm not alone, most people won't even admit that Constantinople was the Empire and not some bastard son.

[The Wizard]

Nice article, most of it is true IMO, with some radical suggestions like the comment on Julian the Apostate.



~Wiz

[-Isapostolos-]

Quote[/b] (The Wizard @ June 30 2004,06:43)]Nice article, most of it is true IMO, with some radical suggestions like the comment on Julian the Apostate.



~Wiz
That he tried to return the old religion?

As far as I know that's correct.

Anyway thanks for the article.

[The Wizard]

That is correct, I just don't agree with the rather Christian reaction to Julian's actions.



~Wiz