Category Archives: toga

The Cicero You Never Knew

Posted on December 10, 2015 by 100swallows

Name me a great Roman. Julius Caesar. Good.  Name me another one. Um.  Some gladiator—no, I know: Pontius Pilate. And Cicero?  Do you know what one scholar says about him? “The influence of Cicero upon the history of European literature … Continue reading →

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A Spanish Pompeii?

Posted on August 17, 2013 by 100swallows

Sort of. At least it was a real Roman city with all the fixings and it was buried and lost to history for a thousand years. The difference is that Pompeii was covered up all at once by volcanic dust … Continue reading →

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What Did Caesar Look Like?

Posted on May 19, 2008 by 100swallows

This portrait bust of Julius Caesar has been found at the bottom of the Rhone River at Arles, France.   Photo from the CBC NEWS Archaeologists believe it was sculpted while he was still alive, perhaps two years before his … Continue reading →

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