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Recommend me some books on classical antiquity (Rome and Greece)

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  • #31
    BTW Are you from mainland China? We don't see many Chinese posters here, there was a joke that the PRC blocks apolyton.
    No. I'm from Hong Kong, but am starting university in America this fall.

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    • #32
      ^^ NGR is a stray that somehow wandered into Eventis last year, looks like he finally found his way to Poly
      The Wizard of AAHZ

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      • #33
        WTF is Eventis?
        Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road “change.”
        The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense.
        The simple suggestion of a true change scandalizes and terrifies modern man. -Nicolás Gómez Dávila

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        • #34
          I vote for the 1970's novel Pillar of Iron by Taylor Caldwell. It's the novelization of the life of Cicero, boyhood friend and later political opponent of Caesar.

          It really takes you into the lives of the ancient Romans at a critical time in their history.

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          • #35
            Originally posted by Heraclitus
            WTF is Eventis?
            It's another message board, I came from there too!

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            • #36
              Originally posted by AngieC


              It's another message board, I came from there too!
              Your ruined it!

              Next people will start answering "WTF is CFC?" questions.
              Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road “change.”
              The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense.
              The simple suggestion of a true change scandalizes and terrifies modern man. -Nicolás Gómez Dávila

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                • #38
                  Hellada Krolow by prof. Swiderkowna. It was amazing book for me, mostly because diadoch history is not often covered.

                  I kept my books of Swiderkowna in Warsaw, with me, for a couple of years now to go to her and ask her to sign them for me. But she passed away a week or two ago It was an amazing woman. World-reknown specialist of hellenic history, turned to Bible studies. She was veeeery old and looked even older, horrible in fact. They were saying "not only did she write the Bible herself, she is now commenting on it!", she barely walked, but her voice was strong, and so was her mind. I attended her lectures and it was interesting. She told something very nice about the difference of revelation between christianity, islam and judaism. I don't remember judaism, but in christianity, there's a doctrine of inspiration. "Word of God" is not really word of God, but word inspired by God, humans' word influenced by Him. For muslims it is very different.

                  Sadly, I don't know if Hellada Krolow is translated into english
                  "I realise I hold the key to freedom,
                  I cannot let my life be ruled by threads" The Web Frogs
                  Middle East!

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                  • #39
                    Hellada Krolow by prof. Swiderkowna. It was amazing book for me, mostly because diadoch history is not often covered.

                    I kept my books of Swiderkowna in Warsaw, with me, for a couple of years now to go to her and ask her to sign them for me. But she passed away a week or two ago It was an amazing woman. World-reknown specialist of hellenic history, turned to Bible studies. She was veeeery old and looked even older, horrible in fact. They were saying "not only did she write the Bible herself, she is now commenting on it!", she barely walked, but her voice was strong, and so was her mind. I attended her lectures and it was interesting. She told something very nice about the difference of revelation between christianity, islam and judaism. I don't remember judaism, but in christianity, there's a doctrine of inspiration. "Word of God" is not really word of God, but word inspired by God, humans' word influenced by Him. For muslims it is very different.

                    Sadly, I don't know if Hellada Krolow is translated into english
                    "I realise I hold the key to freedom,
                    I cannot let my life be ruled by threads" The Web Frogs
                    Middle East!

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