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Let's just say that compared to Erasmus, Luther is a dullard (and Luther was pretty smart). As to how much of an influence Erasmus had, hard to say. Luther definitely had more influence on how things turned out than Erasmus did for sure. Theologically, Luther was a Catholic except on a few things, which he could not reconcile. If he could have found common ground with the Pope, he would never have left the Church to begin with. But that is another story.
I have made my defense of anthropology in other threads but yes it was a good way to avoid sociology, psyc, or more poli-sci. ;D Everyone know geography is the only real science.
I loves me some Geography. That's why I minored in it.
Have you shared this view with an Anthropologist? What was his response?
I don't think I have. I can only imagine what his response would be. But I could at least comfort him by saying at least he didn't totally waste his time by studying Sociology. I'm bad, I know I am.
I was referring to diseases that likely hit. Here are some circumstances from "The Early Middle Ages" (Philip Daileader): "1. Archaeology has revealed a gradual decay in Roman towns and cities from perhaps as early as 200 A.D. Century after century, the inhabited area in most Roman town and cities grew smaller and smaller. ... B. The origins of depopulation are still somewhat mysterious. Climatic changes and the barbarian invasions probably played a role. However, the most important factor would appear to be epidemiological, given that new diseases entered the Roman disease pool from the 2nd century onward."
So why didn't these diseases affect the barbarian hordes as well?
For future reference, if you post an excerpt from an online article, please provide the link so that posters can click on it. Also, this allows the article site to have the reciprocal traffic they deserve.
I had trouble a few minutes ago getting the index to load at all. It timed out. But I tried again and it loaded fine. I suspect it's server side, and the twitter mod isn't affecting my forums…..yet. If it does, I'll disable it as well.
But don't you think the barbarians were already divided quite a bit as it was? We know that the Romans and barbarians engaged in some trade as it was - for example, with the Visigoths. Are you suggesting something on a larger scale that would them to be more reliant on a stable Roman economy?
I'm not sure anything would have worked beyond brute force, but the Romans galvanized the barbarian hatred for them with each expansion campaign. It was not the barbarians that did in Rome, it was Rome who did it to itself. But your question is valid, especially since once the barbarians broke through and conquered Rome, the transition didn't seem to be that drastic (well to me anyway).
The front on the northeastern part of the empire was so huge that the difficulty in maintaining it, and Rome must have spent considerable time and resources in defending itself against invading barbarians. In retrospect, was there anything that Rome could have done better to defend itself so that its defense was more efficient or more effective?
Yes, use diplomacy and share their technology with them. Eventually they would have been able to have commerce with the barbarians, or at the very least divided them enough to where they couldn't threaten the empire itself.
Well okay, stereotyping aside, I'm not an Ivory Tower snob. I believe we reward the folks who pay their dues at the highest levels. They are the standard bearers we all must live up to in the profession.
I believe b) is the crux of History, but historians have to be more selective given the limited space they have to publish. So the use of “great men” in History becomes necessary in order to focus things down to a more ascertainable level.
Donald Baker--OPtion 2!!!!Then he need not write anything and all those who have given us wonderful History books--but do notteach and earn lots of bucks by their writing are not professional historians? With all due respect I beseech you to reconsider your choice as I believe it to be wrong or at least not quite right.
As everyone knows, I'm an Ivory Tower snob. Bwahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!:)
