Numidian Nomads and Cato’s Monomania
The interdiction against waging war without Rome’s express permission was established not in the name…
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Hannibal at the Gates
The victory over maritime Carthage was secured for the land-bound Romans by the plebeian consul…
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A Linguistic Transit: From Greeks to Romans
You will recall that I once quoted Horace on the subject of Greek culture taking…
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Tyrian Purple and Dido’s Stratagem
Once upon a time, then, there were the Phoenicians, busily making the Mediterranean their own….
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The Twenty-Two Letters That Changed the World
As promised, the particulars of the Phoenician alphabet. It had twenty-two letters. They wrote from…
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The Woodcutters’ Tongue and the First Alphabet
What language did the Phoenicians speak? Phoenician, of course. In terms of linguistic classification, it…
