Review: The War That Made the Roman Empire
July 29, 2026
The War That Made the Roman Empire: Anthony, Cleopatra and Octavian at Actium, by Barry Strauss (Simon & Schuster, 2022) is about exactly what the
The War That Made the Roman Empire: Anthony, Cleopatra and Octavian at Actium, by Barry Strauss (Simon & Schuster, 2022) is about exactly what the
The story of Esther is fiction. There was no king Ahasuerus, or valiant woman Esther, or even her uncle Mordechai. However, it’s a very popular story and
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Who would have thought that the story of the Iliad could be made into a multi-part graphic novel and one that is so carefully done! This
Horace Odes and Epodes. Edited, with introduction and notes by Paul Shorey.
Toussaint-Langenscheidt Method: A Pocket-Dictionary of the Greek and English Languages. Prof. Karl Feyerabend, PhD (of Cuthen, Germany) With an Introduction to the History of Greek
The CSI Lecture Series, which is free and open to the public, begins next week. We hope you can join us! Monday, July 6, 4:30
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