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“Nearly everyone in this film is obsessed with the Rome that was, where the emperor was a scholar instead of a syphilitic club kid in a toga,” writes Meg Elison in her review of Ridley Scott’s new film. “It is much easier to complain about a bad government than to build one that works. See Virgil for more on this. See Hannah Arendt. See Marija Gimbutas. See all of human history. See the news.”
Siobhan Ball celebrates the end of apple season with the myths and folklore surrounding Pomona, the Roman goddess of apples, and includes a frustrating but authentic recipe for a Minutal of Fruit from Apicius, the ancient Roman gourmand.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization has recognized the Appian Way as a World Heritage site. The Appian Way, sometimes called Europe’s first expressway, was a major strategic and commercial route for the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire, and houses many sites sacred to Roman deities along its path.
Archeologist report finding a remarkably well-preserved statue of Hermes inside a Roman sewer in the southwestern Bulgaria.
New research published this week suggests that dementias like Alzheimer’s disease may be the consequence of modern environments and lifestyles.