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End of the 1300 Year Run of the Roman Senate and Final Victory in Italy
Day 708 – Ken here (M)(8-22-2011) (DEF II, v.4 Ch.43 pp.750-760)(pages read: 1810) Worn-out and zonked (a medieval Latin word for eyelid-draggingly tired), but on the mend – so onto the gr… more →
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Defining the image of Catiline
wrote 1 month ago: Of the images which have come to define Catiline, the increasingly sympathetic standpoint which seek … more →
Senate Inactivity.
wrote 1 month ago: Although the outcome of the Catiline Conspiracy can in large part be attributed to the orations and … more →
Caligula
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wrote 2 months ago: Portrait bust of Caligula, 37-41 CE, marble, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Photo credit: The Metro … more →
“Et Tu Brute” Beware of the Ides of March
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wrote 2 months ago: Et tu Mitch? I mean Brute Well it is March 15th, the Ides of March according to the Ancient Romans. … more →
Friday Fiction #11: Beware the Ides of March
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wrote 2 months ago: created by Kelly DeBie It’s Fiction Friday; every week the members of the Friday Fiction Femme … more →
Station Friday after Ash Wednesday: Statio ad Ss Ioannem et Paulum
wrote 3 months ago: Statio ad Ss Ioannem et Paulum Let Thy gracious kindness, Lord, accompany the fast we have begun. St … more →
Death of a Warrior 5
wrote 6 months ago: “You will do as I say or you will be executed,” General Vespasian said. His red face, beaded with sw … more →
The Case for Two Presidents as heads of state
wrote 9 months ago: How about two heads of state in The Case for Two Presidents from opposing parties for the sake of b … more →
subjects of objectivity and control
wrote 9 months ago: Enlarged from the original owned by G. N. Olcott. A silver denarius of the Second Triumvirate. The p … more →
August-ive Month
wrote 9 months ago: What’s in the Name? According to the dictionaries, it means inspiring reverence or admiration, … more →
The Problem of Plenty
wrote 10 months ago: At the dawn of 21 century I felt that there was bit of everything technological in excessive quantit … more →
Cicero Denounces Catiline
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wrote 10 months ago: Representation of a sitting of the Roman Senate: Cicero attacks Catiline, from a 19th century fresco … more →
Julius Caesar Roald Smeets
wrote 10 months ago: Roald smeets, Gaius Julius Caesar (Classical Latin: [ˈɡaː.i.ʊs ˈjuː.lɪ.ʊs ˈkaj.sar], July 100 BC – 1 … more →
DAYS
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wrote 10 months ago: “Today is a Day that will go down in Infamy” Then President FDR speaking in reference to the … more →
And You, Senate?
wrote 1 year ago: A short commentary on the past sounds very current. The article, I think, gave the impression that t … more →
Fighting Fire with . . . Prayer?.
wrote 1 year ago: Think about the daunting challenge the church of the first century faced. They had no political base … more →
Government tax scam works since days of ancient Rome
wrote 1 year ago: Tacitus, the gabby Roman historian of 1 A.D., reported a new scam making the rounds in ancient comme … more →
44 BC-Caesar's Bad Day-Almanac of Absurdities Flashback for 3.15.2012
wrote 1 year ago: It’s the ides of March, Bad day for Julius Caesar back in 44 BC, as members of the Roman Senate had … more →
Today in History: 15 March 44 BC
wrote 1 year ago: Assassination of Julius Caesar On this day in 44 BC, Julius Caesar was stabbed to death by a number … more →
