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Politics dominated life in the ancient world just as it does today. The names and institutions may change, but debates about power, leadership, and public responsibility remain surprisingly familiar. #Politics

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Bread, olives, vegetables, fruit, cheese, fish, and meat could all appear in Roman diets. What people ate depended heavily on wealth and location.

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Remembering isn't always easy. The past can give us identity and perspective, but it can also be something we struggle to carry. How much of our past should we hold on to?

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#Memory #Philosophy

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Who makes the Noble Lies?? Is it us... or others?

Join @AgnesCallard of @UofC and actor/director Tim Blake Nelson for a fantastic conversation on Plato's more... unsettling ideas.

Full conversation on Classical Wisdom's Substack.

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Join us for a symposium at the Institute of Classical Studies in London on Ancient Rhetoric for the 21st century!

Featuring a fantastic lineup... Classical Wisdom will be co-hosting the online forum.

Learn more here: https://t.co/kOKGWh9IyG

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Roman arenas weren’t only found in major cities like Rome, Seville, or Capua. Even small towns had them, showing just how popular public games were across the empire. One even survives at Caerleon in Wales. #AncientRome #RomanHistory

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Saving the classics sounds noble, but what does it actually involve? This discussion asks what is really at stake, and what might already be lost. Check out the episode. #Classics https://t.co/Yc7PQvsrbt

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More than 2000 years ago, Hellenistic poet and scholar Callimachus wrote about a friend he had lost. It was an epigram dedicated to Heraclitus, the elegiac poet from Halicarnassus. Personally, I find the poem very moving, so I wanted to share it:
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Everyone knows Heracles for his strength, but that's only part of the story. His legend may preserve memories of a hero whose origins predate Greek civilization itself. No wonder his myth has endured for millennia.

#GreekMythology #AncientGreece

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Under Emperor Trajan, Rome reached its greatest territorial extent around 117 CE. His reign also saw major building projects.

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The idea of policing is much older than most people realize. Ancient Greece and Rome had their own ways of keeping order, dealing with crime, and protecting their cities. How much have things really changed?

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#AncientHistory #Philosophy

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Ancient history includes some truly bizarre deaths, from falling turtles to a philosopher who supposedly laughed himself to death.

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#AncientHistory #HistoryFacts

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Gladiatorial combat wasn’t even the most popular sport in ancient Rome—chariot racing was. Dozens of circuses were built across the empire, including one at Tyre in Lebanon that could hold around 40,000 spectators. #AncientRome #RomanHistory

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Roman legal thought had a major influence on later European legal traditions. Roman jurists developed detailed ideas about contracts, property, family, and legal procedure.

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The Twelve Labors are only the beginning. In the plays of Euripides and Sophocles, Heracles becomes far more than a monster slayer—a hero shaped by loss, family, and tragedy.

#GreekMythology #Heracles #GreekTheater

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