Thomas L. Dynneson

SOCIAL STUDIES DIARY

King and Tribes

April 11, 2014

Tags: civism, Roman Republic, Kings, and Tribes

Late this after noon we (Barbara and I) finished editing Chapter Eight. Early, about two seeks ago I finished Chapter Seven on the Roman Kings. Chapter Eight is especially important as it described the transformation from kinship, or tribal, relationships, to citizenship relationships. All of these chapter contain a Discussion section at the end Read More

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Roman Republic Civism - Update

April 1, 2014

Tags: civism, Ancient History, Roman Republic

This week I completed my draft of Chapter Seven entitled: Kings of the Sacred City. This chapter tells the story of the six mythological kings of Rome from Romulus through Lucius Tarquinius - Superbus. This Kings were mainly the invention of the ancient sources in attempting to explain the reasons why the aristocrats revolted Read More

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Is the Norwegian Tragedy a Trend?

July 25, 2011

Tags: Terror, Political Ideology, civism, The Tea Party Movement

Terror associated with political ideology is a growing trend suggesting that individuals are willing to strike out against their own society in an attempt to influence the mindset to change a commonly held outlook. In the case of Anders Behring Breivik, the 32 year old Norwegian with a Serbian background, apparently had developed an anti-Muslim 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.