'Books' Category
The Empire Falls
Waiting for Mikey at the hospital I finished the book. So here is the end. C17: 450AD. Attila the Hun is bad news. Drives Goths into Western Empire. Kicks butt in East & West. Emperors too busy fighting each other. C18: 450AD. Britain first to go. West too weak to support. Local leaders form local [...]
Half Century To Go
Here are the next two chapters in Twitter form. Only 50 years to go and things are starting to look bad. C15: 408AD.Honorius emperor in West. Stilicho his general. Goths revolt under Alaric. Stilicho pays them off with gold and then killed. C16: 425AD. Goths sack Rome in 410AD. Work for or against Western empire [...]
How Rome Fell – Last of the 4th
Here are the next two chapters in Twitter form. We have reached about 395 AD. Chapter 14 was a wrap-up of the 4th Century, comparing the empire of 300AD with the empire of 400AD. Only 80 years left. C13: 395AD. Valens next emperor. Lets Goths in but treats poorly. They launch war. Valens killed. Theodosius [...]
How Rome Fell – Chapters 11 and 12
Here are the next two chapters in Twitter form. We have reached about 375 AD. Only 100 years left. C11: 360AD: Nephew Julian named heir. Two control barbarians. Julian declares himself emperor. Constantius dies before battle with Julian. C12: 375AD. Julian last pagan emperor. Bit of a nut. Gets himself killed. Jovian then Valentinian rule. [...]
Chapters 8 and 9 and 10
Here are the next three chapters in Twitter form. We have reached about 350 AD. Only 125 years left. C8: Late 3rd. Diocletian takes over and makes things better. Brings in 2nd emperor and 2 juniors (Tetrarchy). 20 years and then retires. C9: 330 AD. Tetrarchy crumbles as Constantine kills the rest. Makes Christianity legal [...]
Chapter 7 Tweeted
Here is chapter seven in Twitter form. It was a wrap up of 200 AD to 285 AD. C7: 3rd century was rough. 60 emperors. Civil wars. Senators lose power. City of Rome loses power. But empire survives. Better days ahead.
Another Chapter Tweeted
Here is the next chapter in Twitter form. Things are getting better. Still 150 years until the fall. C6: 285AD: Two good emperors, Aurelian and Diocletian. Busy fighting and winning border wars. Civil wars too. Things looking up a bit.
The Tweeting Continues
Here is the next chapter in Twitter form. Things aren’t going well for Rome. C5: 275AD: Civil Wars mean weaker army. Stronger barbarians mean more border wars. Together mean deeper incursions, more raids, more dead.
More Tweeting about Falling Rome
Here are the next three chapters in Twitter form: C2: 210AD. Emperors get power with army/civil war. Emperor Severus to sons, “Live in harmony, enrich the soldiers, despise everyone else.” C3: 235AD: Soldiers are easily bribed so emperors aren’t living very long. But 14 year olds make lousy emperors. So do 13 year olds. C4: [...]
Tweet, Tweet, Tweeting a Book.
I had tried this once before with another book and failed but I decided to try it again. I just started reading, “How Rome Fell” by Adrian Goldsworthy, a Christmas gift from my brother-in-law Jim and his family. My plan is to Twitter (is that the proper term) each chapter of the book. I thought [...]
