What it meant to me Roman
I’m watching a series of lectures on the Middle Ages, one of which covers late antiquity as the immediate predecessor of that era. So...
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This article is timely. Sad but true: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/rome-senators-republic-augustus/682469/
Carrara marble
The Romans called it Luna marble, and they used it to clad the Pantheon and Trajan's Column. I'll soon have a slab of my own, and my...
Self-healing concrete
The title says it all. NPR recently reported the findings from this team that explains why so many Roman structures remain standing....
Now, and then.
Sept. 15: I am in Paestum. After I arrived earlier, I explored the Greek and Roman ruins. Tomorrow I will return there to see more....
Johnson, Cincinnatus, Sulla and King Charles III
I began writing this post yesterday morning. I had been inspired to write about Lucius Cornelius Sulla by a comment made by former...
Salvaging the Appian Way
As I'm making final adjustments to my trip along the Via Appia Antica, I keep finding more spots to visit. There are too many to see in...
Pompeii just keeps on giving
Always a little macabre, the ruins and preserved skeletal remains intrigue and inform year after year after year... Recently, it was...
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