Category: History

July 26, 2023 No Comments

3 The Kings of Rome A list of the Roman kings is given: 1) Romulus 2) Numa Pompilius- peaceful character who developed most of Rome’s

July 25, 2023 No Comments

2 In the BeginningCicero convened the Senate in the Temple of Jupiter. This was the site where Romulus prayed to Jupiter that the Romans would

July 24, 2023 No Comments

These next posts constitute my note taking on SPQR- A History of Ancient Rome, by Mary Beard. 1 Cicero’s Finest HourCicero vs Catiline 63 BC

July 1, 2023 No Comments

I won’t bother to give a recap of each of the twelve Caesars. But I will note the pattern the book reveals. Rome went from

December 9, 2021 No Comments

This post covers another chapter: Character and History, in The Lessons of History, by Will and Ariel Durant. Society is founded not on the ideals

December 7, 2021 No Comments

Years ago I needed to do some research for something on Napoleon. I asked my dad if he had anything and he lent me the

June 24, 2021 No Comments

I have been listening to a bunch of round table discussions, with panelists on both sides, about Critical Race Theory, because I want to hear

June 22, 2021 No Comments

So I found out about this woman on twitter. I think twitter is generally dangerous as a platform specifically because it only supports ‘bites’ of

May 22, 2021 No Comments

I had read about Martin Luther, primarily in Will Durant’s Story of Civilization, Part 6- The Reformation. But I had never actually read any of

January 16, 2021 No Comments

William Ellery Channing, in his 1840 lecture on the Elevation of the Laboring Classes, discusses the objections of the day to his program to elevate