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Publication dedicated to the glories of Rome, their victories, strategies, and power.
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The Most Brilliant Roman General Everyone Forgot (opens the original)
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In 454 AD, a Roman historian named Marcellinus Comes wrote a single line about a dead general that summed up the end of an empire."Aetius, the great safety of the western republic, was killed by the emperor Valentinian; with him fell the western empire, and it has not been able to be raised up again."Historians still call Flavius Aetius the last Roman.He was the only man who ever defeated Attila the Hun in open battle, and proved that the Hunnic horde was not the unstoppable force everyone in th
The Greatest Book of Ancient Rome (opens the original)
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Ralph Waldo Emerson called Plutarch’s Parallel Lives a “bible of heroes.” But is that an exaggeration?For centuries, Parallel Lives was the most influential work in the Western world besides the Bible itself.In 18th century America it was among the most read works of the ancient world. The Founding Fathers read Plutarch and used what they found there to win independence from Britain and build a new republic. Napoleon read Plutarch with obsession, and rose from minor Corsican nobility to Emperor
Why Should You Study History? (opens the original)
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Modern academia is full of historians who do not understand history, or their own profession.Professors approach history like any other science. They memorize dates, argue over the socio-economic conditions of 19th century France, dispute quotes and legal documents. Yet they still miss the truth.History was never meant to be treated like a science.For most of human existence, history was told to the young to inspire them. The old would sit and speak about their deeds and their misfortunes. They
Why Public Monuments Matter More Than We Think (opens the original)
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2000 years ago, emperor Augustus installed 100 statues in his forum. Statues dedicated to the greatest men in Roman history.Every general, consul, and founder who had built Rome stood there in marble, each with his deeds carved into the base beneath him. Augustus then went further and pushed Rome’s leading families to put up monuments of their own, or at least restore the ones already crumbling.He was not decorating a city.The emperor was building a pantheon of heroes, with a goal in mind that e
What to Do When You Lose Everything (opens the original)
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What would you do if you lost everything?Not slowly. But all at once. Your job disappears because an algorithm does it cheaper, Your house burns down, or a war breaks out and takes your wealth, your reputation, and everyone you trusted.Some people would never recover. They would lose hope and end up on the street. Others would turn to crime, convinced that cruelty is the only way back to power.But there is another way…Niketas Choniates, one of the richest and most successful statesmen in the Eas
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