38 days ago by djelloul

If there is a bigger turnoff than the persistent misogyny of the Abrahamic religions I haven’t stumbled on it. Without the slightest evidence, the testament of my intuition is that it’s at the heart of the American obsession with being right. Being right is to me the second biggest turnoff. It won’t ...

46 days ago by Patrick Shrier

The Battle of Zama, fought in 202 B.C., was the culminating battle of the Second Punic War between Carthage and Rome. The short story of the battle is that a Roman army under Scipio met and destroyed the Carthaginian Army … Continue reading →

83 days ago by Patrick Shrier

// I thought this book would be more than it turned out to be, unfortunately, I was mistaken. The author states in the forward that it is an expansion of his doctoral dissertation and it is obvious throughout that … Continue reading →

115 days ago by mharrsch

Lacedaemonian furniture appliqué depicting a nude swordsman 550 - 525 BCE, Bronze. Photographed at the Getty Villa in Malibu, CA by Mary Harrsch. While doing some housekeeping up on Blogger I happened to notice a post by historian Helen P. Schrader entitled " Sparta's Happy Helots: A Closer Look at ...

130 days ago by ricardo

preparations I have been making so as to be able to blog when in Iran, and details of a paper I am going to give at the Persepolis conference at Edinburgh University...

143 days ago by Carolyn McDowall

Aphrodite, Adonis, Apollo, Artemis…are about ennoblement of form in Ancient Greece. Its visual remains, its architecture, ceramics, and most especially the statues of male and female bodies are for many aesthetically beautiful. But how can so many things be beautiful in Ancient Greece when they are ...

149 days ago by Patrick Shrier

I cannot remember why I bought The Penguin History of Europe by J.M. Roberts several years ago, no doubt it was as a resource for an undergrad paper I wrote although I cannot find it used as a cite in … Continue reading →

193 days ago by uoncc

The New Greek Temple at Apollonia: Excavations of a New Greek Temple: The Bonjakët Hamlet near Illyrian Apollonia By Professor Jack Davis Free Public Seminar – Tuesday 9 August 2011 Cultural Collections, Auchmuty Library 1pm Jack Davis completed his undergraduate education at the University of Akron ...

232 days ago by Patrick Shrier

I recently re-watched the movie Gladiator and was struck again by the lack of historical accuracy in films. This is the scene of which I am writing about. What strikes me about this scene is the way the Romans stood … Continue reading →