Thomas L. Dynneson

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Where is Love?

February 13, 2011

Where is Love?

Love is always hiding and seems hard to find
But it’s all around if we weren’t so blind

Love takes many forms from the essence of life
Its never found in the dark side of strife

Love is like music that favors the ear
It’s calling softly and Read More

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Rise of the Roman Empire: The Will to Endure

Rise of the Roman Empire: The Will to Endure is a daring interpretation of the ways and means that the Roman Empire became the greatest military power of the ancient world, and how the vastness of this empire engulfed the entire Mediterranean world, as well as most of Europe. I the second century BCE, the Greek historian Polybius (200-118 BCE), after arriving in Rome in 168 BCE, asked in his Histories: "How did the Romans succeed in building a world empire in such a short span of time?" This book takes the perspective Polybius's question was mistaken, in the sense that the fromation of the Roman Empire, took a very long time--indeed, centuries. The formation of the Roman Empire began in 390 BCE whan the Gauls burned Rome; and even before that time, as this book demonstrates, the kings of Rome were some of the first empire builders.

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