I Do This All The Time

Ways that Classics has ruined me as a normal person Number 187:
When I walk, sit, dance, lounge, amble or saunter anywhere, I imagine what the place would look like if it was being excavated by archaeologists thousands of years later. The best part is using different disaster scenarios which would result in the  ”fixing” of [...]

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You’re Welcome

As a self-appointed Classics ambassador, I obviously feel it my duty to defend my subject whenever the opportunity arises. Most of the time, this is in situations when the “use” of my subject is questioned. Admittedly, Classics has very few practical applications outside of academia, just like quantum physics or advanced mathematics. However, sometimes I [...]

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In Defense of ‘Gladiator’

Recently I read on this website that Commodus, the emperor most famous for being killed by Russell Crowe in the film ‘Gladiator’, hardly resembled his film persona. Here’s what the site says:
Commodus, the hare-lipped Roman Emperor who lusted after his sister in the film, was in real life held in high esteem by the senate and [...]

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The Joys Of Complexity

I was thinking as I was on the train this morning: Life is so wonderful. Life in general as well as my life in particular. We live in such an amazing, complex world, and I adore the complexity of it all. Not just the biological complexity, though of course that is also astounding- how do [...]

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A Funny Story

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