neither of them are the most accurate things to read as history in 2020, both of them are the best things to read as entertainment, you certainly *could* read Suetonius first but then there's 600-odd years of Roman history before the Caesars so it's still not the whole empire. i think the Decline makes sense on its own, Gibbon sets out his terms at the beginning and in the title.
― Children of Bo-Dom (Noodle Vague), Monday, 25 May 2020 14:02 (four years ago) link
Got it, Ty.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 25 May 2020 14:03 (four years ago) link
Iggy Pop on Gibbon’s Decline and Fall is the most poignant thing I’ve read all week. https://t.co/jksAqwnpAQ pic.twitter.com/sG5aW5gN9h— Mary Harrington (@moveincircles) January 3, 2021
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 January 2021 11:28 (three years ago) link
I've seen that before but it is great
― Uptown Top Scamping (Noodle Vague), Monday, 4 January 2021 13:18 (three years ago) link
"I feel less tyrannized by the present day"
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 January 2021 17:43 (three years ago) link
Iggy's frequenting the bookstore at which I worked in the early '90s was a delight.
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 4 January 2021 17:45 (three years ago) link
Ha, was wondering when that was going to get mentioned.
― Dog Heavy Manners (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 4 January 2021 17:47 (three years ago) link
did he ever come into the bookstore shirtless?
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Monday, 4 January 2021 21:20 (three years ago) link
Barefoot.
― meticulously crafted, socially responsible, morally upsta (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 5 January 2021 03:19 (three years ago) link