Does Trump See Himself as Alexander the Great? Iran, Persia, and the Cruel Lesson of Crassus A historical warning for modern power: those who think they are Alexander the Great may end up learning the cruel

Trump, Iran, and the Warning of Crassus
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Like has this man heard of Philosophy? This man is entirely uneducated and ignorant.

If students want to understand politics, they should start with Ancient Rome
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How Much Did It Cost to Paint a Pompeii Room Egyptian Blue? The price of covering a room in the prized pigment was equal to between 50% and 90% of a Roman legionary's annual salary, a new study estimates.

My latest for @hyperallergic.com is on Egyptian Blue—& a new study by Mishael Quraishi which prices out the Roman cost & manual labor needed to paint the “Blue Room” at Pompeii. Shout outs & thx: @hilarybeckertxny.bsky.social , @diffendale.bsky.social , @chapps.bsky.social, @valentinadl.bsky.social!

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I do this sometimes too! Especially, when my kids were tiny. They would be super interested when I was on a electronic device to write, but would ignore me when I had a pad of paper and pen. It was a lot easier to get work done.

Lavinia Fontana (1552 – 1614) was an Italian Mannerist painter active in Bologna and Rome. She is regarded as the first female career artist in Western Europe, as her family relied on her career as a painter. Her husband served as her agent and raised their 11 children. #CelebratingWomen

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Help Sarah, who you probably know better as the Squid Facts person, fund a biodiversity mural at an elementary school in Kensington.

If you can't afford to donate, reposts are just as helpful!

Title Devil's Bible. Other Title Codex Gigas Summary The Codex Gigas (or Devil's Bible) is a large 13th-century manuscript from Bohemia, one of the historical Czech lands. Renowned for its size and its striking full-page rendition of the devil (found on page 577), it contains a number of parts: the Old and New Testaments, two works of Josephus Flavius, Isidore of Seville's Etymologies, the standard textbook for teaching medicine in the Middle Ages known as Ars medicinae (The art of medicine), the 12th-century Chronica Boëmorum (Chronicle of the Bohemians) of Cosmas of Prague, and a calendar. Of special interest are the sections that testify to the Bohemian origin of the manuscript and its eventful history. At the end of the 16th century, the Codex was incorporated into the collections of Habsburg ruler Rudolph II. During the Swedish siege of Prague at the end of the Thirty Years' War (1648), the manuscript was taken as war booty and transferred to Stockholm. Names Isidore, of Seville, Saint, died 636 Contributor. Josephus, Flavius, 38?-100? Contributor. Created / Published [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1200 to 1230] Headings - Czech Republic - 1200 to 1230 - Bible - Bible. New Testament - Bible. Old Testament - Codex Notes - Title devised, in English, by Library staff. - Original resource extent: 310 pages: parchment; 89 x 49 centimeters. - Original resource at: National Library of Sweden. - Content in Latin. - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions. Medium 1 online resource. Digital Id https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.3042 Library of Congress Control Number 2021667604 Online Format compressed data pdf image LCCN Permalink https://lccn.loc.gov/2021667604 Additional Metadata Formats MARCXML Record MODS Record Dublin Core Record IIIF Presentation Manifest Manifest (JSON/LD)

A student asked about the biggest codex and you know what? I did know! It’s the Codex Gigas. But my favorite fact about this behemoth is that it took a lot of asses—160 donkeys to be exact—to produce this one book.

Now that is a true book assessment 🫏 www.loc.gov/item/2021667...

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The carrot cake turned out better than I thought! The kids loved it and even ate it a second night. Woot!

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“Libri quosdam ad scientiam, quosdam ad insaniam deduxere. (Books have led some to knowledge and some to madness.)”
― Francesco Petrarch
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I will make carrot cake this week to celebrate!

So, I went off chocolate cause my digestive system was sending out distress signals and....boy I did not expect the withdrawal symptoms. Nausea, body aches, weird headache. How do people even get off coffee? Insane! Good news: my digestive system is happy again.

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Post from Amanda Gorman’s Instagram that says amandascgorman Minneapolis, Minnesota For Renee Nicole Good Killed by ICE. on January 7, 2026 by Amanda Gorman They say she is no more, That there her absence roars, Blood-blown like a rose. Iced wheels flinched & froze. Now, bare riot of candles, Dark fury of flowers, Pure howling of hymns. If for us she arose, Somewhere, in the pitched deep of our grief, Crouches our power, The howl where we begin, Straining upon the edge of the crooked crater Of the worst of what we've been. Change is only possible, & all the greater, When the labour & bitter anger of our neighbors Is moved by the love * better angels of our nature.

Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.

They would have to convince us to do it and like....they suck at it. You think telling Democrats they are unhinged terrorists is going to make this work out for you? Hahahahahahahaha!

Thought this the other day. I was like if they are going for violent military take over? There is almost no way anyone can do it. The size of the territory, the terrain, the way people are situated. Not happening. They are absolutely insane if they think this is a possible reality.

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New year, new look. But you'll still get Latin quotes from me.

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I haven't been good at posting Latin recently but I made a card game where you have to use rhetorical devices to win and my family is like...wait...this is the perfect game for us! We would love this! So, there is much play testing in my future....