tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19748732.post115041020691709270..comments2023-08-14T11:05:03.594+00:00Comments on NoolaBeulah: The Fall of Rome, againNoolaBeulahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02181815160785834692noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19748732.post-1150546541445823492006-06-17T12:15:00.000+00:002006-06-17T12:15:00.000+00:00Thanks for that, homer. It is extraordinary the no...Thanks for that, homer. It is extraordinary the nonsense people will produce because of their dislike of the US. What is good, however, is the passion the Classics arouse now after years of popular neglect. The Greeks and Romans are important again.NoolaBeulahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02181815160785834692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19748732.post-1150529165926835572006-06-17T07:26:00.000+00:002006-06-17T07:26:00.000+00:00Terry Jones has produced a crude piece of anti-Rom...Terry Jones has produced a crude piece of anti-Roman propaganda. The Romans did not call all foreigners "barbarians": this term was seldom applied to the Jews, Carthaginians or Parthians. The barbarians were typically northern tribes who were continually fighting amongst themselves and little concept of the rule of law.<BR/><BR/>His account of Trajan's conquest of Dacia is a travesty, leaving out prior raiding of Roman provinces by King Decebal and his subsequent treachery after accepting a peace treaty.<BR/><BR/>His scorn poured on Roman historians like Tacitus is also an outrage, given that he uses them as sources for Roman misdeeds. He believes Tacitus when he tells us that Roman officials raped Boudicca's daughters, but not when he tells us that the Druids practised human sacrifice!<BR/><BR/>Jones is an emotional neo-Druid riding an anti-imperialist hobby-horse because of his dislike of modern-day America. Those who have a serious interest in this subject should read <I> Romans and Barbarians </I> by Derek Williams.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com