> an odd mistake for a historian to make. [final footnote, wrong temple] Well, the text also swaps eastern for western when referring to an emperor ... I don

> an odd mistake for a historian to make. [final footnote, wrong temple] Well, the text also swaps eastern for western when referring to an emperor ... I don't think I ever read a text so ambiguous about its own declared thesis - the good writing bit - when it makes abundantly clear how much the writer's prejudices flawed the result.