World History
Was Justa Grata Honoria responsible for the fall of the Western Roman Empire? I highly doubt it but this claim is made by Mark S. Longo in an article titled Scheming princess behind Empire's fall.
Clearly, the princess was not well behaved in trying to have her brother the Emperor killed. She also committed treason by offering to marry Attila the Hun and give half the empire to him as a wedding present. However, the Western Roman Empire was already well on its way to collapse long before Honoria was born. And Attila would have invaded anyway...
However, this is still an entertaining read. Longo's writing makes me wish someone would make a good movie about Justa Grata Honoria. This is a great story which also happens to be true.
From the article:
Everyone goes through a rebellious phase. And, if you're lucky, you'll be able to look back on those years and laugh. If you're less lucky, you spent those years on a reality show, so for the rest of time, millions of strangers can look back on them and laugh instead.
But, hey, it could be worse. You could be responsible for the fall of Western Civilization, just like Justa Grata Honoria, the Roman princess whose wild ways and (literally) naked ambition set off a chain reaction that culminated in the destruction of the Roman Empire.
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World History
Justa Grata Honoria, Roman Brat Princess
Was Justa Grata Honoria responsible for the fall of the Western Roman Empire? I highly doubt it but this claim is made by Mark S. Longo in an article titled Scheming princess behind Empire's fall.
Clearly, the princess was not well behaved in trying to have her brother the Emperor killed. She also committed treason by offering to marry Attila the Hun and give half the empire to him as a wedding present. However, the Western Roman Empire was already well on its way to collapse long before Honoria was born. And Attila would have invaded anyway...
However, this is still an entertaining read. Longo's writing makes me wish someone would make a good movie about Justa Grata Honoria. This is a great story which also happens to be true.
From the article:
Everyone goes through a rebellious phase. And, if you're lucky, you'll be able to look back on those years and laugh. If you're less lucky, you spent those years on a reality show, so for the rest of time, millions of strangers can look back on them and laugh instead.
But, hey, it could be worse. You could be responsible for the fall of Western Civilization, just like Justa Grata Honoria, the Roman princess whose wild ways and (literally) naked ambition set off a chain reaction that culminated in the destruction of the Roman Empire.
- Requiem For Rome
Alternate history can take many forms. Sometimes it can be simple (What if Lincoln had lived?) to the unbelievable such as Harry Turtledove's accounts of aliens invading during World War Two. I recently read a role playing game supplement that goes...
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Immigration is of course an old issue. The history of mankind is a story of people moving from one area to another. And often, the people living in an area are not too happy to see newcomers arrive. The was the case in the second century Roman Empire....
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Missing HBO Rome? So am I. I can not wait until the next season comes out. I also hope the first season is released on DVD soon. Want to read about Roman history while we wait? Here are some suggestions: Roman History - This is a category at the Open...
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Ancient World Battles - This site has short accounts of ancient Greek and Roman battles, starting with Marathon in 490BC. This site has not been updated in some time (since 2001) and it is biased towards Greek and Roman battles, but it is still a nice...
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Byzantine Empire. This is a nice essay on the history of the Eastern Roman Empire. It is from Wikinfo. From the site: The Byzantine Empire or Eastern Roman Empire was the eastern section of the Roman Empire which remained in existence after the...