Musings on Daily Life in the Ancient and Early Medieval Mediterranean By Sarah E. Bond
Another year of blogging is almost in the proverbial books and I must say that while 2016 was a wretched year socio-politically, it was professionally quite satisfying. My first book, Trade and Taboo was published and I even began writing for Forbes regularly. There is no doubt that I have much to be thankful for as... Continue Reading →
It is about 43 minutes since we got out of seeing 'Hail, Caesar!', the Coen brothers' new movie about a Tinseltown film studio during the 1950s. I enjoyed the film immensely, and, well, I have some frayed, butter stained theater napkin notes about the multiple classical allusions in the film. Before we get to the allusions, let's talk... Continue Reading →
I miss Milwaukee sometimes. On warmer nights, I used to run along Lake Michigan and wait for the sunset, before jogging home to work on the book. One of the best things about those runs was looking at sculpture against the backdrop of the Wisconsin sunset. What always caught my eye was a piece by Catalan artist Jaume... Continue Reading →
'Hic' inquis 'veto quisquam faxit oletum.' Pinge duos anguis 'pueri, sacer est locus, extra meiite.' Discedo. -- Persius, Sat. 1.112-114. You say, "I forbid anyone to take a shit here!" Paint two snakes. "Boys, this is a sacred place, piss outside." I depart. In Persius' Satires, the hallowed land upon which a tomb was built is used as a metaphor for the... Continue Reading →
The Transformation of Poverty, Philanthropy, and Healthcare in Late AntiquityThe Society for Late Antiquity announces that the eleventh biennial Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity conference will take place at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA, March 26-29, 2015. The period of Late Antiquity (A.D. 200-700) witnessed great changes in respect to attitudes towards poverty,... Continue Reading →
History From Below 