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Old 04-09-17, 02:47 PM   #2548
Dowly
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And isn'T it ironic that you accuse me - in parts correctly - to not have a deep knowledge on Roman history so that I could not - so you claim - assess Engel'S description (Engels seems to be seen as an academic heavyweight and is professor for Roman, Greek and Seleukide history, so what does he know...) - but you imply you know that his descriptions are misled although you do not know his book?
You're correct, I don't own the book, but from what you've explained I can draw some sort of picture of his arguments. And honestly, they don't seem very convincing to me.

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(Engels seems to be seen as an academic heavyweight and is professor for Roman, Greek and Seleukide history, so what does he know...)
His credentials doesn't interest me, only the content of his arguments.

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You only understood that he criticises the EU, sees it way of forming up critical - and that is before anything else what triggered your appearance here, Dowly.
You will be hard pressed to find many posts by me about the EU. I am quite indifferent about it.
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