The Course Choice Rubicon
Emily Small's short story shows the difficult process of choosing school subjects, based on an unusual visitation...
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Dries Cuykx
- Apr 7
- 5 min
Pharsalae, on the necessity of Caesar's dictatorship
Dries Cuykx speculates a letter from Aulus Hirtius to the Roman Senate in 48BCE, suggesting dictatorship is the only way forward...
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Alexandra Sills
- Mar 24
- 7 min
The Perfect Modern Gladiator is Tom Hanks (Part One)
Alexandra Sills looks at where the tradition of gladiator combat came from, and what it came to mean.
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Alexandra Sills
- Dec 24, 2022
- 3 min
Eating Rome: Apicius' Festive Pickle
Alexandra Sills (Twitter:
@BelovedOfOizys) returns, just in time for all those festive leftovers...
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Zac Murphy
- Dec 9, 2022
- 5 min
Rome’s Totalitarian Father
Zac Murphy has a look at an emperor's attempts to form the morality of a nation.
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Alexandra Sills
- Oct 21, 2022
- 5 min
Eating Rome: Apicius’ Alexandrian Pumpkins
In the near-future you may have a few pumpkins around the house. Fortunately, Alexandra Sills has come up with something ancient, delicious
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Mike Delayo
- Sep 16, 2022
- 3 min
The Ciceros of Civilization
Mike Delayo takes us through the iterations of Cicero as he is presented in the popular Civilization video game.
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Working Classicist Admin
- Aug 5, 2022
- 6 min
Nobody’s Business but the Gauls? – Total War, the Iron Age and Popular Media
The excellent Ralph Moore takes a look at attempts to make the presentation of "barbarians" a bit better in the Total War: Rome games...
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Alexandra Sills
- Jun 24, 2022
- 3 min
Eating Rome: Moretum
Alexandra Sills takes Virgil's tale of culinary catastrophe, combines it with an offer at Lidl, and produces "something approaching divine".
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Alexandra Sills
- Jun 17, 2022
- 2 min
Eating Rome: Apicius’ Sauce for Lobster Tails
The latest in Alexandra Sills' exploration of Roman cuisine is the sauce your fish and chips has been waiting for...
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Alexandra Sills
- Jun 10, 2022
- 2 min
Eating Rome
Alexandra Sills introduces a new and delicious series of ancient recipes. Stuff your napkin into your collar and tuck in!
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Alexandra Sills
- Jun 10, 2022
- 4 min
Eating Rome: Hypotrimma
In the first of her Eating Rome series, Alexandra Sills takes you through a rather moreish dip...
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Jackson Dugan
- Jun 4, 2022
- 3 min
The Key to Unlocking Classical Architecture: The De Architectura of Vitruvius
Jackson Dugan shines a light on t he debt we have to Vitruvius's cornerstone work on architecture.
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Working Classicist Admin
- May 3, 2022
- 4 min
Barbarian Voices and Ventriloquisms
Ralph Moore has a look at Rome: Total War and the portrayal of historical prejudice and othering in popular media .
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Cora Beth Fraser
- Feb 18, 2022
- 4 min
Taking a Name
A familiar tombstone to Classicists has particular resonance to @drcorabeth
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Andy Roberts
- Feb 4, 2022
- 4 min
Power to the Plebs!
Teacher @EduAndyR gives his pupils some examples of popular protest in ancient Rome.
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Alexandra Sills
- Sep 10, 2021
- 7 min
Thumbs up?
A nuanced look at our perception of Gladiators.
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George Connor
- Jul 16, 2021
- 2 min
Posca and Politics
First things first, this is a post about the end of the Republic and Julius Caesar, and we know that some readers are *sick* of that...
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