The Past is now the Present
Why everyone listens and watches the old shit.
History
Collections: Rome: Decline and Fall? Part I: Words
Rome has not fallen in a day. “Roman Empire in the west was swept over by some destructive military tide. Instead the process here is one in which the parts of the western Roman Empire steadily fragment apart as central… Read More »Collections: Rome: Decline and Fall? Part I: Words
Collections: The Queen’s Latin or Who Were the Romans, Part V: Saving And Losing an Empire
“Imagine I were to build a bridge over a stream and for twenty years the bridge stays up and then one day, quite unexpectedly, the bridge collapses. We can ask why the bridge fell down, but the fundamental force of… Read More »Collections: The Queen’s Latin or Who Were the Romans, Part V: Saving And Losing an Empire
Collections: The Queen’s Latin or Who Were the Romans? Part IV: The Color of Purple
Modern concept of race cannot be applied to the past. “I want to note that I think this argument begins from a mistaken premise: it is assuming that the divisions we impose today on our culture are fundamentally true in… Read More »Collections: The Queen’s Latin or Who Were the Romans? Part IV: The Color of Purple
Collections: The Queen’s Latin or Who Were the Romans? Part III: Bigotry and Diversity at Rome
People are complex. “identities are not exclusive; they layer and coexist, sometimes easily, sometimes in tension. This insight is essential to make any sense out of how historical people think of themselves and define themselves and others.” https://acoup.blog/2021/07/16/collections-the-queens-latin-or-who-were-the-romans-part-iii-bigotry-and-diversity-at-rome/
Collections: The Queen’s Latin or Who Were the Romans, Part II: Citizens and Allies
USA or Trum do not go to war. American citizens electing him are. “Citizenship status was clearly extremely important to the ancients whose communities had it. Greek and Roman writers, for instance, do not generally write that ‘Athens’ or ‘Carthage’… Read More »Collections: The Queen’s Latin or Who Were the Romans, Part II: Citizens and Allies
Concepts to Navigate the Second Cold War
Some sens for crazy world.
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.