Hypocrisy is a common weapon of power. p. 358, SPQR
Month: March 2017
Mary Beard: How To Lose an Election Campaign
In early Roman times, campaigns used public debate and canvassing to win elections. The debates were “semi-formal meetings,” at which loud “political passion” was so involved that… Read more “Mary Beard: How To Lose an Election Campaign”
#amreadingpoetry: James Merrill
Fed Up so long and variously by Our age’s fancy narrative concoctions, I yearned for the kind of unseasoned telling found In legends, fairy tales, a tone… Read more “#amreadingpoetry: James Merrill”
Dense 3: Annaghmakerrig
“A walk in the woods presented so many different textures bumping into each other . . . thick, bright, impenetrable.” — Ben Huberman, The Daily Post Three… Read more “Dense 3: Annaghmakerrig”
Beautiful Day in Annaghmakerrig
#amwriting #TyroneGuthrieCentre #Annaghmakerrig
Dense 2: At the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Annaghmakerrig
Texture. Texture. Texture. That’s what she thinks about, when she thinks of this week’s Daily Post Photo Challenge: DENSE. Self loves stone, and exposed brick, and rough… Read more “Dense 2: At the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Annaghmakerrig”
More From Mary Beard
Self just loves writing that name so much: Mary Beard. Mary Beard. It’s a wonderful name for a writer. Maybe if self was a man, she would… Read more “More From Mary Beard”
The Emperor Claudiues, 48 CE
Claudius knew a good deal about Etruscan history. Among his many learned researches he had written a 20-volume study of the Etruscans, in Greek, as well as… Read more “The Emperor Claudiues, 48 CE”
Dense: The Daily Post Photo Challenge, 29 March 2017
This week, let’s get into the thick of things. — Ben Huberman, The Daily Post Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
212 CE: Emperor Caracalla Grants Full Rights of Citizenship to Every Member of the Roman Empire
The Roman Senate gradually became what we might now describe as a decidedly multicultural body, and the full list of Roman emperors contains many whose origins lay… Read more “212 CE: Emperor Caracalla Grants Full Rights of Citizenship to Every Member of the Roman Empire”
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