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Description: Discussion of ancient Greece and Rome.
 

The Seven Basic Plots 
  ...[Christopher] Booker believes we tell stories as a mechanism of passing a model for life from generation to generation; that in essence, all stories are archetypal family dramas, and that their core message is that we must resist selfish evil (Booker doesn’t use this term, preferring ‘ego-centred’, according to his Jungian framework).... more »
By Immortalist  - Nov 17 - 16 new of 16 messages    

Thomas Chance, just curious if you still lurk here. . . 
  . . . been a long time since I read or posted to this group and a late night curious webcrawl led me back. Jack
By Jack Forster  - Oct 25 - 2 new of 2 messages    

Claudius wrote a book on Dice 
  The emperor Claudius wrote a funny book on playing dice. I first heard about it in Grave's _Claudius the God_ While I can find mention of it online, I don't know where to find the actual book. Are any of you familiar with it? Have any idea what I should search for in my library or anything?
By slowLearner  - Sep 14 - 3 new of 3 messages    

Who was the first king of Rome? Romulus? 
  read on... [link] Myths or Facts in Feminist Scholarship? Christina Hoff Sommers, in her essay "Persistent Myths in Feminist Scholarship" (The Chronicle Review, online edition, June 29), criticized Nancy K.D. Lemon, a lecturer in domestic-violence law at... more »
By Michel  - Aug 12 - 2 new of 2 messages    

Latin reverse dictionary 
  Dear all, gibt es im Internet ein rückläufiges Wörterbuch oder eine rückläufige Wortliste der lateinischen Sprache ? / Is there a Latin reverse dictionary or word-list available on the Internet ? Best wishes from Marburg, Axel
By Dr. Axel Bergmann  - Aug 11 - 14 new of 14 messages    

"...The great and mighty Roman empire of old fell in large part because it refused to respond positively to the changes forced upon it." 
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By aesthete8  - Aug 2 - 4 new of 4 messages    

New Rosetta Stone: Nubian Hieroglyphics give Phoenician & Western alphabets? 
  If you cannot see web magazine article below, click the following link: [link] Marc Washington AFRICANA WEB MAGAZINE: numerous topics and over 300 pages like the above, [link] MAGAZINE PURPOSE AND NAVIGATION: based on physical... more »
By mw  - Jul 30 - 1 new of 1 message    

ROMÂNA este ÎNRUDITĂ cu TOATE limbie EUROPENE. 
  ROMÂNA este ÎNRUDITĂ cu TOATE limbile EUROPENE. Româna este foarte înrudită cu latina romană, dar şi cu „gotica” (getica) ori greaca. Precum se afirmă că lexicul român este generat de alte limbi, se poate demonstra şi că el stă la originea altor limbi europene. Românii sunt cel mai vechi popor antic sedentar din Europa.... more »
By hangeonos  - Jul 29 - 1 new of 1 message    

GERMENII extraromani ai LATINEI. 
  GERMENII extraromani ai LATINEI. Prestigiul Romei a pus toate limbile romanice, inclusiv româna, în umbra Cetăţii Eterne, mai mault sau mai puţin justificat, dar germenii limbii latine au existat înainte şi în afara Romei. Această temă este prea puţin studiată, dintr-un motiv necunoscut,... more »
By hangeonos  - Jul 25 - 1 new of 1 message    

"Edward Gibbon famously wrote that RomeˇŻs downfall was in large part because the nation had outsourced its military to the barbarians." 
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By aesthete8  - Jul 19 - 1 new of 1 message    

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