From the Archives: Reading My Way Through Roman Britain, Pt. 1

The places I hang out on line are having a lot of fun theses days with the question of how often men think about the Roman Empire. The answer apparently being, a lot.  (Really?) I have no idea who started it, or why.  But it’s a natural for history nerds being nerdy.  It has spawned…

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From the Archives: When Paris Went Dark

Another post from the past, in this case 2014, related to the stuff I’m working on today. New stuff soon, I promise. When Nazi troops marched into Paris in June, 1940, the city surrendered without firing a shot.* In When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light Under German Occupation, 1940-1944 , historian Ronald C.…

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