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76Roman Dining - Roman Orgies?
Roman dining is a broad topic, encasing within itself not only the physical customs of eating but also the ritualized dance of social constructs. Many aspects which are true of private...
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75Gender Roles in Ancient Rome
This hub explores Roman gender roles only through the Twelve Tables and attempts, very briefly, to examine this in light of further Roman laws. In particular, it looks at the implied rights of women and...
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75Latin in Pop Culture
This hub explores the use of the Latin language and Rome’s mythology and anecdotal history in pop culture as a means of increasing interest in the Classics. Some sources are correct in their representation...
2 comments72Classicist Review of "Gladiator"
One might be able to say that those who created “Gladiator” completely disregarded history and facts to create a sensational, bloody, massively inaccurate film about Ancient Rome. This...
0 comments69Uses of Parsley
Parsley is an immensely popular vegetable. It has been used since the Roman times. Growing Parsley is easy. It is a hardy plant that can winter outside. Parsley is a biennial, it can be grown as an...
0 comments64Love and Possession
Love and Possession Love is a topic discussed by many, or in fact, most authors of any time. The 17th century is no exception to this. The poems, plays, stories, and novels of the time deal with love...
0 comments70Building a Fire, Analyzing Jack London
In Jack London’s To Build Fire, the main character struggles with nature on account of his removal from it by reason. The man confronts the bitter cold of the near Arctic and is unable to...
0 comments68Women in the "Illiad" and "Odyssey"
Women play an important, yet often overlooked, role in classical epics. Whether to drive the plot, add dimensions to a male hero's character, or to present a political argument in a rather vague sense,...
0 comments75Catullus, Roman Love Poet
Gaius Valerius Catullus was a 1st century Roman poet. His poems are in Latin and many concern a woman he calls Lesbia. She was apparently a married noblewoman and he her lover, not at all uncommon in those...
0 comments62Undercurrents in Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling uses Latin in the Harry Potter series to make a statement about the importance of teaching Latin in schools and also to ridicule certain aspects of English boarding schools, such as teachers,...
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