Alex Tardiff
"History is scarcely capable of preserving the memory of anything except myths." – Gustave Le Bon, The Crowd
History in the Making!
Alex's work-in-progress is a series of branching-plot novels for young readers, which are meant to be both engaging and educational, by allowing the reader to choose the role that they will play in historical events.
Latest News
- Marcus Atilius Regulus: A Historiography and Transformation from Roman History to Legend
Posted on Feb 26, 2010
- April 16, 2007: My Story – Part 1
Posted on Apr 7, 2010
- We will Prevail. We are Virginia Tech.
Posted on Apr 5, 2010
- April 16th, 2007
Posted on Apr 17, 2007
- April 16th, 2007: My Story – Part 2
Posted on Apr 9, 2010
Author Info
Alex Tardiff
Alex attended Virginia Tech, from 2005 until 2010, where he studied History and Classical Studies. While attending college, he spent two years researching Marcus Atilius Regulus, a Roman consul and general, and his family’s impact on Roman history and politics. During his studies, he became intrigued by historians’ changing opinions and treatments of the historical figure, and the mythos that had defined his life and death. Later, through his study of the treatment Marcus Atilius Regulus received by artists, playwrights and poets, he developed a fondness of how the classical world is viewed through modern media, both in our present times, as well as in the past. Read More »
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