Day 82 – Ken here (DEF v.1, ch.16, pp.550-560) The Story The 10 Persecutions (a suspicious number – very biblical, and smacking of later monastic historical fiddling to get it to jive with… more →
2guysreadinggibbon's Blog2guysreadinggibbon wrote 13 hours ago: Day 82 – Ken here (DEF v.1, ch.16, pp.550-560) The Story The 10 Persecutions (a suspicious num … more →
2guysreadinggibbon wrote 1 month ago: Day 32 – Ken here We end Chapter 11, and begin Chapter 12 The Triumph of Aurelian Aurelian … more →
2guysreadinggibbon wrote 1 month ago: Aurelian’s Walls There are 2 sets of famous walls around Rome – The Servian (300’s … more →
2guysreadinggibbon wrote 1 month ago: Day 29 – Ken here Meanwhile, back in Chapter 10… Claudius Claudius II (Claudius Gothicus … more →
2guysreadinggibbon wrote 1 month ago: Day 29 Ken here Still plowing through Chapter 10 - Goths Temple of Diana Ephesus - miniature reconst … more →
Max wrote 2 months ago: …at least as far as I am concerned, is that he’s simply too controversial for something … more →
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Lola wrote 9 months ago: I’ve been loving Edith/Edie for a good while now and have come up with a good dozen or so comb … more →
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