Photo: Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, May 6, 2009
Wed May 6, 10:56 AM ET
A Muslim man walks past the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, ahead of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit in Israel Wednesday, May 6, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI will visit Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories during his eight-day Holy Land tour that begins Friday, May 8. It’s only the second official papal visit to the Jewish state and comes nine years after a groundbreaking trip by Pope John Paul II. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Edward Campbell, aside from being a reporter, and having written extensively on a great number of contemporary topics, is a former foreign language student, a Classicist, and is the author of several manuscripts on Roman history.
Works by E. H. Campbell
- Discontents at Rome: 63 B.C.: Class struggle and social praxis in republican Rome (a magnum opus)
- Sallust’s Bellum Catilinae: A new translation with text and commentary
- The Spartacus Rebellion, from Appian’s Civil Wars: A new translation with text and commentary
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