02-18-2004, 01:00 AM
Dan,<br>
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Tim already answered most of this. Of course Tolkien was aware of real history and archaeology! He was a professor at Oxford, for cryin' out loud! Give the man some credit.<br>
Sinister agenda? He started out with a children's story which got out of hand a bit, that's all. All the northern bias came mostly from his own field, being the English language and culture. Like Tim said, Rome echoes very strongly through his work, and most of the time not at all bad!<br>
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I bet you are just jealous of him, writing about dragons.. Or is it because he makes all dragons bad?<br>
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Trollery indeed - cavemen at the time of the mediterranean cultures? Stonehenge was, after all, merely a bunch of silly stones, randomly erected by cavemen with nothing better to do..<br>
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Valete,<br>
Valerius/Robert <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=vortigernstudies>Vortigern Studies</A> at: 2/18/04 2:01 am<br></i>
<br>
Tim already answered most of this. Of course Tolkien was aware of real history and archaeology! He was a professor at Oxford, for cryin' out loud! Give the man some credit.<br>
Sinister agenda? He started out with a children's story which got out of hand a bit, that's all. All the northern bias came mostly from his own field, being the English language and culture. Like Tim said, Rome echoes very strongly through his work, and most of the time not at all bad!<br>
<br>
I bet you are just jealous of him, writing about dragons.. Or is it because he makes all dragons bad?<br>
<br>
Trollery indeed - cavemen at the time of the mediterranean cultures? Stonehenge was, after all, merely a bunch of silly stones, randomly erected by cavemen with nothing better to do..<br>
<br>
Valete,<br>
Valerius/Robert <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=vortigernstudies>Vortigern Studies</A> at: 2/18/04 2:01 am<br></i>
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
