Tag Archives: Plutarch

grotto of iniquity

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Dave

The end of the innocence. Monotheism completely changed the aesthetics of the Roman Empire and art in general. Tiberius was at the cusp of those changes, but even he could not foresee its impact… It began as a construction project … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Cave of Tiberius Sperlonga, Gustave Courbet, Hannibal campaign, Laocoon priest of Thymbraean, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marcel Duchamp, Odysseus Sirens' Song, Pliny Natural History, Plutarch, Second Punic War, Seutonius, Tacitus Roman Historian, Tacitus The Annals, Tiberius Caesar grotto | Leave a comment

slave : everything but free them

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Dave

The Old Ways. The peculiar institution of the Roman Empire known as slavery. The Greeks and later the Romans practiced slavery and condoned it for reasons of war, luxury and business, and even the jolt of Christianity could little dent … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Cicero, Don Nardo, Eddie Cantor, Edward Gibbon, F.R. Cowell, Herodotus, Lionel Casson, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Michael Grant, Plutarch, Roman slave markets, Roman slave trade, Sarah Pomeroy, Seneca Greek stoic, Slavery Greek history, Slavery in Roman Empire | Leave a comment

the loser

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Dave

M. Licinius Crassus. Loser. This Roman general took fifty thousand disciplined, well-equipped troops, marched them into an Oriental desert, and then made every military mistake possible. The result was unprecedented disaster. Maybe a case of rising to the level of … Continue reading →