How Holywood Killed Comedies
The process matters.
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Collections: Expeditions: Rome and the Perils of Verisimilitude
Rome had huge armies. “This is a common misconception in the public, that the ‘legion’ was essentially the Roman word for ‘army.’ It wasn’t (that word was exercitus); the legion was, by the Middle Republic, almost always a component of… Read More »Collections: Expeditions: Rome and the Perils of Verisimilitude
text LAJČIAK (6/10)
Ťažko sa mi toto predstavenie hodnotí. Je to minimálne alternatvíva a miestami až artové. Každopádne text LAJČIAK má čo povedať. Dozviete sa niečo o človeku, o ktorom ste zrejeme nikdy nepočuli, ale jeho myšlienky majú váhu aj dnes. Dozviete sa… Read More »text LAJČIAK (6/10)
Tom a Lola (8/10)
S detskými predstaveniami to býva riziko. Málo dokáže zaujať aj detí aj rodičov. Tom a Lola toto však bez problémov zvládla. Príbeh je síce nenáročný a veľmi jednoduchý, to však vôbec nevadí, lebo predstavenie nesú skvelé muzikálne a tanečné vystúpenia… Read More »Tom a Lola (8/10)
The Past is now the Present
Why everyone listens and watches the old shit.
Collections: The Queen’s Latin or Who Were the Romans? Part I: Beginnings and Legends
There in some truth in any story. “Legends are a tricky historical source to use. The key is to remember that the value of these legends for us is often not in their truth about the past (which may be… Read More »Collections: The Queen’s Latin or Who Were the Romans? Part I: Beginnings and Legends
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
Slavery as necessity. “To greatly simplify, in this vision, what makes the ancient economy distinct from other subsequent forms was its substantial reliance on slavery (as opposed to dependent tenants or wage laborers) as the main system by which labor… Read More »Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
Ex-CIA Officer Breaks Down Spy Movies
Interesting insights.
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
Diplomacy was hard in the ancient world. “On the diplomatic side, yes, Imperator in its deviations from the EUIV model captures something real about the ancient world, which is, quite simply, the relatively primitive and disconnected state of diplomacy in… Read More »Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
Miscellanea: Victoria III Confirmed! (First Impressions)
Delegation. “the war system is quite different. Gone are moving individual armies through provinces, replaced by ‘fronts’ to which armies are assigned to either defend or push forward. I think some players are going to be quite unhappy with the… Read More »Miscellanea: Victoria III Confirmed! (First Impressions)