Are man’s activities altering the climate? Despite having an environmental science degree and a deep interest in environmental issues, bizarrely enough I have never really got around to forming an opinion on the matter. It is certainly true that the consensus among scientists is that man made climate change is a fact and that we
I promised a fuller review of this paper at the beginning of the month when I just pulled out the currency data (See http://historybooksreview.blogspot.com/2010/11/quantitative-easing-roman-way.html). Did Rome fall because it was too complicated? But interesting as that was there is rather more to Professor Tainter’s work that is worth looking at. His paper was published in
Peter Hennessy is having an exciting year. Not only has one of his books been reviewed here on the History Books Review, yesterday he also became a member of the House of Lords. Congratulations your Honour, and hopefully this will give you more time to write more books. See the review of The Secret State
So the senate was now resolved to do battle with the upstart Maximin. Everyone’s hopes were invested in the Gordians, who they felt represented the best of the trhttp://historybooksreview.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/multiethnic-team-using-green-screen-tablet-to-over-MVKF9J9.jpgions of Rome. Envoys to the rest of Italy had quickly established a high level of support in the heart of the empire. The problem was Maximin
Empress Theodora in a Byzantine Mosaic This series ran on UK television a couple of years ago. The photography is truly stunning. I am going to be reminding myself with this YouTube edition, which by my calculation must sadly be missing some of the footage that was originally screened. It is probably not going to
When someone finds a Roman coin in a field, they often imagine that they have stumbled across something of great value. It is after all old, rare and made of a precious metal. The reality is that only the first of those things is true. Roman coins can be bought on Ebay for a pound