Why You Shouldn't Read OId History
The lay person doesn't need to read ancient history books
I’m still stuck with writers block so you’re getting another weird one from me this week.
A year ago or so, a colleague asked me if he should read Gibbon. I hadn’t read Gibbon in nearly 20 years but I told him “absolutely not.” But I don’t think I gave a particularly good set of reasons why he shouldn’t.
Somehow that came up today and I just thought I wou…
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