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Caligula (Towseef/ Adobe Stock) — 26 Aug 2019

Rome’s Most Infamous Emperor: Was Caligula Mad or Bad?

By Stephen Dando-C...

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Today, pundits and psychiatrists furiously debate the definition of ‘madness’. Where do narcissism, self-delusion, and an apparent inability to conceive of consequences of actions cross the boundary between childishness and mental derangement?...
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Caligula (Towseef/ Adobe Stock) — 26 Aug 2019

Rome’s Most Infamous Emperor: Was Caligula Mad or Bad?

By Stephen Dando-C...

History & Tradition

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Today, pundits and psychiatrists furiously debate the definition of ‘madness’. Where do narcissism, self-delusion, and an apparent inability to conceive of consequences of actions cross the boundary between childishness and mental derangement?...
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Odysseus and Polyphemus (1896) by Arnold Böcklin: Odysseus and his crew escape the cyclops Polyphemus. (Public Domain) — 23 Aug 2019

Odysseus, Off Course in the Baltic Sea

By Roberto Volterri

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Homer’s Odyssey tells of the adventures of the ancient seasoned mariner, Odysseus, hero of the Trojan War, who offended Poseidon and as a result was cursed to sail the seas and prolong his journey home to the isle of Ithaca and his queen...
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Odysseus and Polyphemus (1896) by Arnold Böcklin: Odysseus and his crew escape the cyclops Polyphemus. (Public Domain) — 23 Aug 2019

Odysseus, Off Course in the Baltic Sea

By Roberto Volterri

History & Tradition

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Homer’s Odyssey tells of the adventures of the ancient seasoned mariner, Odysseus, hero of the Trojan War, who offended Poseidon and as a result was cursed to sail the seas and prolong his journey home to the isle of Ithaca and his queen...
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Christ in the Labyrinth (Image © Giancarlo Pavat) and Knights Templar deriv (Luis Louro / Adobe Stock) — 21 Aug 2019

Christ in the Labyrinth, Pointing to a Sacred Pilgrimage of the Knights’ Templar

By Giancarlo Pavat

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In 1996 during restoration work on a medieval cloister in the ancient city of Alatri, in the southern district of Lazio in Italy, a fresco was discovered with the image of Christ in the centre of an enormous labyrinth. This fresco is unique since...
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Christ in the Labyrinth (Image © Giancarlo Pavat) and Knights Templar deriv (Luis Louro / Adobe Stock) — 21 Aug 2019

Christ in the Labyrinth, Pointing to a Sacred Pilgrimage of the Knights’ Templar

By Giancarlo Pavat

History & Tradition

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In 1996 during restoration work on a medieval cloister in the ancient city of Alatri, in the southern district of Lazio in Italy, a fresco was discovered with the image of Christ in the centre of an enormous labyrinth. This fresco is unique since...
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The Sacrifice of Vestal by Alessandro Marchesini (1710s) Hermitage Museum (Public Domain) — 19 Aug 2019

Keepers of the Sacred Flame from Ancient Rome to India

By MartiniF

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The ability to ignite, maintain and control fire was a dramatic and powerful development in the habits of early humans and changed mankind’s quality of existence forever. Fire generates heat and made it possible for people to cook food, it...
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The Sacrifice of Vestal by Alessandro Marchesini (1710s) Hermitage Museum (Public Domain) — 19 Aug 2019

Keepers of the Sacred Flame from Ancient Rome to India

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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The ability to ignite, maintain and control fire was a dramatic and powerful development in the habits of early humans and changed mankind’s quality of existence forever. Fire generates heat and made it possible for people to cook food, it...
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Running the Family Business of the Roman Empire: Augustus the Founder — 15 Aug 2019

Running the Family Business of the Roman Empire: Augustus the Founder

By Barry Strauss

History & Tradition, Family & Relationships

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Over three and a half centuries the Roman Empire - as seen through the lives of 10 of the most important emperors - gained in splendor and territory, then lost both. Over the ages the emperors Augustus, Tiberius, Nero, Vespasian, Trajan, Hadrian,...
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Running the Family Business of the Roman Empire: Augustus the Founder — 15 Aug 2019

Running the Family Business of the Roman Empire: Augustus the Founder

By Barry Strauss

History & Tradition, Family & Relationships

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Over three and a half centuries the Roman Empire - as seen through the lives of 10 of the most important emperors - gained in splendor and territory, then lost both. Over the ages the emperors Augustus, Tiberius, Nero, Vespasian, Trajan, Hadrian,...
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