03-29-2010, 05:45 PM
Quote:I have found Bachrach to be very unreliable - I caution anyone using him to check (and then double check) his sources, because he often plays fast and loose with the facts.Chris, you are overreacting. I think your comment is a bit unfair towards Bachrach, who is a great scholar of the early Middle Ages. You should mention that Bachrach wrote this when the attitude towards primary sources was more 'loose' than it was after David Dumville et al turned the tide the other way.
Btw, I took your point on Vortimer on 'the other forum', and altered my page once more. I guess I relied far too much on secondary sources, which is a mistake for a historian. :oops:
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
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MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
