The myth of New Rome Recently a minor debate arose on the Byzans-L listserv as to whether Constantinople was originally named by Constantine ‘New Rome’ (in Greek Νέα Continue Reading →
Volkswagen gets mythical I saw this on the way to work today: That’s the Volkswagen Phaeton, and maybe I’ve been living under a saxum, but I’d never heard of one before. Norma Continue Reading →
The Roman filibuster While exploring the teachers’ site for Ecce Romani I came across a brief presentation comparing the Roman and American senates, which included a very Continue Reading →
