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slavery to serfdom: the empire strikes black
There were some hairsplitting decisions in slavery such as between the general flow of human cargo and sub-categories such as the commercial transactions regarding eunuchs for example. But distinctions have to be drawn. The ancient world was in many respects … Continue reading
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how much is that slave in the window?
As a commodity, slaves created peculiar problems for the merchant. Apparently in the larger cities there were a few shops where slaves could be bought: in Rome in Nero’s time they were concentrated near the temple of Castor in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Capua slave market, Cicero, Don Nardo, Edward Gibbon, F.R. Cowell, Florentinus Roman Jurist, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean Leon Gerome, Josephus Flavius, Lionel Casson, Michael Grant, Robert C. Davis, Roman slave markets, Roman slave revolts, Sarah Pomeroy, Seneca, Seneca Greek stoic, Slavery Ancient Rome
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NO ACCOUNT TO SETTLE IN THE AFTERLIFE: Dionysus Banking System
“In the first place, let me treat of the nature of man and what has happened to it; for the original human nature was not like the present, but different. The sexes were not two as they are now, but … Continue reading
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THE DODGY MASTER: PSST… ITS EROTIC ABSOLUTISM
“Besides foreshadowing Warhol, Rubens amounted to the Walt Disney of his day—a hardworking industrialist of standardized pleasures. He not only ran his studio as a virtual assembly line; he oversaw the mass production of prints, based on his paintings, and … Continue reading
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KEEPING THE DRAMA UNDER CONTROL
His father’s life had been filled with scandal and he spent time in prison. In contrast, Rubens was a devoted family man and led a peaceful life. Sir Dudley Carlton, one of his admirers, described Rubens as “prince of painters and … Continue reading
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BLONDE AMBITION & SEDITION: THE WHITE VEIL
The woman’s legs seemed to go on forever. It was hard to tell exactly whom they belonged to, or what she was thinking, but their purpose was clear, dominating a billboard for a new condo…. drawing the eyes of admirers … Continue reading
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