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          Caroline Alexander’s argument is well-taken. The Iliad is not a glorification of warfare as often purported to be. Rather it is a sorrowful account of the battle between the Achaeans (the Greeks of Mycenae) and the Trojans (most likely an Indo-European folk related to the Hittites). Based on archeological evidence, the siege of ancient [...]

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          James O’Donnell, like all historians of the later Roman Empire, must address the issue Edward Gibbons posed so many years ago in his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Stating the question somewhat differently: When did the Mediterranean cease to be Roman? Much longer than generally assumed; Rome was mostly successful in dealing [...]

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