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The first chapter was great. The second chapter wasn't great.

"Some journalistic instinct struck me and I took a couple of quick pictures as the wounded were carried toward us. I got one shot of a grunt carrying a severed foot when I realized what I was doing. I stopped. It seemed like the ultimate violation of privacy. I never took another picture of wounded or dead."

His evidence that Galerius was probably born in 257/258 is convincing.

Austrian economics vindicate Lactantius' narrative. Diocletians massive building projects may be impressive to look at, but such grandiose projects don't need to reflect a strong economy or a strong ruler at all.

"Daisy thought of himself as a war historian. He was always the most vocal in the late-night discussions about how the war should be fought. As a matter of fact, I agreed with his premise that we should be taking real estate instead of bouncing all over the place in hit-and-run exercises. But except for the bullshit of our late-night strategy sessions, we had little in common."