history written as it should be

library read belisarius II an omnibus of two alternate history novels destinys shield fortunes stroke by eric flint and david drake the belisarius series these are the middle two out of the six novels are set in an east roman empire where wars are fought with armoured lancers, guns and rockets against an alien controlled indian empire the malwa c530AD setting aside the out of time technology and that belisarius is aided by an alien it is your typical romo war novel with set piece battles
likewise master of rome the third novel of the masters of sea series by john stack set during the first punic war i have previously read his ship of rome and captain of rome in the last year and this continued the story of the greek sailor atticus fighting for rome as usual with stack people and events are combined for narrative purposes ie the multiple hannos and hamilicars on the carthaginian side combined as one
the novel seemed to pick up in the middle from the usual leisurely campaigns of the first two book masters of rome starting in 255BC with the sicilian campaigns i suppose one rammimg and rowing naval battle is the same as another by now as if to prove this the events rushed on to the end of the war in 241BC where it all ended happily read that stack is now working on spanish armada series
story of archeology starting with first discoveries of the past and moving on chronologically
complete world of greek mythology i first read this in 2004 but only ever wrote one classically inspired poem Bewailing Actaeon in 1999 ........Circe she waits upon him and serves him fattened for the swine....Zeus, truth in marble.descent of the perfect circle the buttocks bared, face of an angel.