Thomas L. Dynneson

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Ancient History Encyclopedia

April 14, 2017

Tags: citizenship, civism, Political commentary, Ancient Rome

In the future look for my posts on the Ancient History Encyclopedia site. In the meantime I am working on a new manuscript entitled: The Making of the Roman Empire.

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Climate Warming Poem

June 7, 2009

Tags: Political commentary, Poetry, propaganda

Global Warming

If the cold weather is getting you down
Remember global warming is coming around

Al Gore will tell what you should do
He has invented something called the stay at home flu

If it’s cold and cloudy and not so nice
The world is spinning on very thin ice

Global warming means winter is no more
Put on your shorts and open the front door Read More

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Rise of the Roman Empire: The Will to Endure

Rise of the Roman Empire: The Will to Endure is a daring interpretation of the ways and means that the Roman Empire became the greatest military power of the ancient world, and how the vastness of this empire engulfed the entire Mediterranean world, as well as most of Europe. I the second century BCE, the Greek historian Polybius (200-118 BCE), after arriving in Rome in 168 BCE, asked in his Histories: "How did the Romans succeed in building a world empire in such a short span of time?" This book takes the perspective Polybius's question was mistaken, in the sense that the fromation of the Roman Empire, took a very long time--indeed, centuries. The formation of the Roman Empire began in 390 BCE whan the Gauls burned Rome; and even before that time, as this book demonstrates, the kings of Rome were some of the first empire builders.

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