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Showing posts with label ancient rome. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ancient rome. Show all posts
20.12.24

Travel Diary: Ancient Roman Port Town of Ostia Antica on a Summer Day in 2004

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Long story short, I visited the ancient Roman ruins of Ostia Antica, once Rome's port city. Today, Ostia Antica is a meticulously preser...
14.2.24

Valentine, Christian Martyr and Saint — Resources for the Middle and High School Humanities and English Language Arts Classroom

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Hey, y'all. I feel like Valentine's Day is such an ingrained part of American school life; however, few of us know the actual, legen...
10.7.23

Exploring Ancient Rome: The Majestic Bust of Marcus Aurelius at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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I've taken to re-visiting some of my favorite works of art. Here's a fantastic piece from Rome — created around the second century C...
7.5.20

Quotation: On the Hoped-for-Hopelessness of Fame (and its Many Counterparts)

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Si post fata venit gloria no propero. * If fame comes after death I am in no hurry for it. — Martial (40-102 C.E.), Roman epigrammatist...
29.4.20

Proverbial Quotation On Doing Something Too Little Too Late

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Proverbs are meant to be short, pithy practical statements. Perhaps the most famous collection of proverbs come from the Hebrew Bible. But h...
9.2.06

Aesthetic Thursday: "Agrippa Fecit": The Pantheon of Rome

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I bookmark a few facts about the Pantheon in Rome in this post. View of the Exterior of the Pantheon Image Credit: Greig Roselli 1. The Pant...