Currency, Atheism, and Ice Ages; Links for February 18

Neat infographic showing the connection between the debasement of ancient currency and the fall of the Roman Empire.
Did you know there was a mini-ice-age in the 6th and 7th centuries?
Learning second languages can delay aging of the brain.
Atheism is as natural to humans as religion (so says history.)
Another fantastic Eidolon article, this time using a Socratic dialogue to evaluate what it takes to be a leader.
Ancient Greek manuscripts reveal ancient Roman “textbooks.”
Martin Luther King Jr. in dialogue with the ancient Greeks.

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Valentine’s Day Resources

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Links for 6 March

Archaeologists have discovered and mapped an ancient Gladiator school! Romans were Nanotechnology pioneers!!!  (this is seriously cool!) Some cool facts about excavations in Naples. Some