Nero princeps gladiatorum pugnas spectabat in smaragdo. The princeps Nero viewed the combats of the gladiators in a smaragdus. — Pliny, Natural History, 37.16. … More
Month: May 2016
It’s On the Sillybos: The Birth of the Book Title
Anyone who has ever written a book, article, course advertisement, blogpost, or conference paper knows the mental agony that accompanies the completion … More
Monumental Mausolea: Building Projects and Slave Labor from Antiquity to the World Cup
When excited ticket holders enter the various sports venues erected in Qatar for the World Cup in 2022, they will … More
