Steven Saylor is certainly a gifted and well informed writer. Like any good writer of historical fiction, he has done his research in the primary sources as well as good secondary ones. This novel completes the trilogy with Roma and Empire preceding it. It begins where the second one leaves off, taking us from Marcus Aurelius in the latter half of the second century A.D. to the time of Constantine, in about 326 after the Council of Nicaea and before... Read more
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After all the wars are over, And all the battles won, After all the blood’s been spilt From here to kingdom come, Do you think it really matters In the larger scheme of things That this nation took the prize And that one got no rings? So what if one endured longer, Outlasting all their foes While another bit the dust And sooner tasted woes? All empires rise and fall Not a one endures forever Every nation has a... Read more
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What exactly is happiness? Is it the same thing as ‘godliness with contentment’? I don’t think so. Neither is it the same thing as joy, at least not the joy that Galatians says is part of the fruit of the Spirit. John Lennon ominously and famously said ‘happiness is a warm gun’ but of course he was being his usual sarcastic self. Why exactly would the Founding Fathers put our then fledgling nation on a quest for happiness? And believe... Read more
There has been a lot of loose talk in the past few years about freedom, well, at least certain kinds of freedom. The emphasis has been almost entirely on individual freedoms and individual rights, with no corresponding discussion of individual responsibilities, or the freedom of the communities we live in. Janis Joplin once said ‘freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose’. In one sense at least she was right. When one is not encumbered with all sorts of... Read more
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