Author: David Chart
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The Later Roman Empire (AD 354-378)
This book is the Penguin Classics translation of the Res Gestae by Ammianus Marcellinus, the most important primary source for the fourth century in the Roman Empire. As you may notice from the title, it only covers about a quarter of the century, and it spends a lot of time on Julian. Part of the…
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The Last Pagan
As I mentioned when talking about The Later Roman Empire, historians of the fourth century spend an inordinate amount of time on the emperor Julian, because the sources for his life are unusually good. This book is a good example: it’s a biography of Julian. Of course, the other reason that Julian is interesting is…
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The Later Roman Empire
Recently, I’ve been reading a bit about the later Roman Empire, essentially the fourth century (284 to 430). This is a period I didn’t know much about before, so I started with this book, which is a general introduction. As far as I can tell, it’s a pretty good general introduction, too. It starts with…
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Yudetamago’s Sex
We went to the ob/gyn clinic again today. It was really, really busy; we had to wait for about two hours to see the doctor. (Japanese clinics generally don’t do appointments.) When we did see him, it was very briefly, as I suspect he was trying to get through everyone quickly. We did get some…
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New Book
My latest book has now been announced. I contributed to Monster Manual V for Dungeons and Dragons. On the one had, this is just a handful of monsters in a big monster book; it’s not a book by me in any reasonable sense, just one I contributed to. On the other, I have now written…
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Diary Entry
A new diary entry is online, covering the rest of our holiday.
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Diary Entry
A new diary entry is online, covering our trip to Lake Tazawa.
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Diary Entry
A new diary entry is online, covering our visit to Tsuru no Yu onsen.
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Diary Entry
A new diary entry is online, covering the start of the holiday.