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Jul 52 min read

Won't somebody think of the children?

Childhood as we know it is only a recent invention. The French historian Philippe Ariès, in his 1960 book Centuries of Childhood, argued...

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Mar 9, 20232 min read

Fast food in Ancient Rome

Sometimes, when we look at an ancient culture, so much of it seems so totally foreign to us that it can be difficult to see that we have...

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Oct 29, 20222 min read

Obscure Roman gods, and Happy Halloween!

I love ancient polytheism. A god for every occasion. If I ever start a cult based on the ancient Roman model, I will have T-shirts made...

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Sep 28, 20222 min read

Ancient Rome is Ruder than you think

A million years ago I had a blogspot blog, which was terrible. But to kick off this new one, which (fingers crossed) will be much, much...

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