A Collection of Unimitigated Pedantry

[jimmy olsen]

Thanks for reporting it. I love his articles.

You're welcome. 

[jimmy olsen]

Bret has begun another cool collection on the twighlight of the Hellenistic way of war and the rise of the manipular legion.

https://acoup.blog/2024/01/19/collections-phalanxs-twilight-legions-triumph-part-ia-heirs-of-alexander/

https://acoup.blog/2024/01/26/collections-phalanxs-twilight-legions-triumph-part-ib-subjects-of-the-successors/

More chapters to come

The latest updates

https://acoup.blog/2024/02/09/collections-phalanxs-twilight-legions-triumph-part-iia-how-a-legion-fights/

https://acoup.blog/2024/02/16/collections-phalanxs-twilight-legions-triump-part-iib-handfuls-of-maniples/

[jimmy olsen]

I had to post this one given the title. 

On the Use and Abuse of Malthus
https://acoup.blog/2025/09/19/fireside-friday-september-19-2025-on-the-use-and-abuse-of-malthus/

[HisMajestyBOB]

I really wish people wouldn't use and abuse Malthus. He's a good poster.

[crazy canuck]

And he is busy working to pay off the stroller mortgage

[jimmy olsen]

Bret just wrapped up a 10 part collection on "Life, Work, Death and the Peasant"

https://acoup.blog/2025/07/11/collections-life-work-death-and-the-peasant-part-i-households/

He also give his first impression of EUV

https://acoup.blog/2025/10/31/miscellania-europa-universalis-v-confirmed-first-impressions/

[HisMajestyBOB]

The peasant life series is some good stuff.

[The Minsky Moment]

Crone's book is a must read.

[crazy canuck]

Thank you for the EU V blog post link, that was very helpful