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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3644146, member: 19463"]On any history we have to address the possibility of throwing out the baby with the bathwater. HA and a bunch of Roman sources have faults but they remain all we have in some cases. Major works like Cassius Dio have definite prejudices and major lacunae which we must consider when studying. When you read any writer from the fourth century it is usually easy to separate the Christians from the Pagans. In another 2000 years imagine the situation if the only works that survive are the Tweets of Donald Trump and the emails of Hillary Clinton. We do what we can do with what we have.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3644146, member: 19463"]On any history we have to address the possibility of throwing out the baby with the bathwater. HA and a bunch of Roman sources have faults but they remain all we have in some cases. Major works like Cassius Dio have definite prejudices and major lacunae which we must consider when studying. When you read any writer from the fourth century it is usually easy to separate the Christians from the Pagans. In another 2000 years imagine the situation if the only works that survive are the Tweets of Donald Trump and the emails of Hillary Clinton. We do what we can do with what we have.[/QUOTE]
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