Showing posts with label Rome. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rome. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Guest Post: Was the 'real' St. Valentine a patron of love?

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Lisa Bitel , University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences On Feb. 14, sweethearts of all ages will e...
Wednesday, January 03, 2018

Guest Post: Celebrating Cicero's Birthday

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by Gary M. Galles John Adams said of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BCE) that “All ages of the world have not produced a greater statesman ...
Tuesday, January 02, 2018

Guest Post: The gods behind the days of the week

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Margaret Clunies Ross , University of Sydney The origins of our days of the week lie with the Romans. The Romans named their days of the w...
Monday, January 01, 2018

Guest Post: Who was Janus, the Roman god of beginnings and endings?

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Caillan Davenport , Macquarie University January 1 can be a day of regret and reflection – did I really need that fifth glass of bubbly l...
Thursday, June 15, 2017

Guest Post: A same-sex marriage ceremony in... Renaissance Rome?

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Gary Ferguson , University of Virginia In the late 16th century, the famous French essayist Michel de Montaigne wrote about two marriages...
Sunday, December 25, 2016

Guest Post: Romans needed a mid-winter break too ... it lasted for 24 days

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by Richard Flower , University of Exeter In the Doctor Who Christmas Special from 2010, Michael Gambon’s Scrooge-like character remarks ...