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Is Being Sick Virtuous?

A while back I was sitting in a hospital waiting room, surrounded by all sorts of invalids. The man to my right, probably in his early fifties, was clearly in back pain. When called, he gingerly rose in such a manner it was excruciating just to watch. The elderly woman behind him somehow held her

Written on April 4, 2022 at 3:12 pm, by Anya Leonard

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Categories: Dialectics

Tags: illness, Julius Caesar, Philocletes

The Ides of March

by Ed Whelan, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom The 15th of March may just seem like just another day to the modern world. Yet in ancient Rome, the day was crucial. It was the date of the Ides of March, when several religious festivals were celebrated, and it went on to become infamous as the day

Written on March 15, 2022 at 6:40 pm, by Whelan

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Categories: History

Tags: Brutus, Ides of March, Julius Caesar, Roman Festival, Roman Religion, Shakespeare

The Pharsalia by Lucan: Epic Poem on the Roman Civil War

By Ed Whelan, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Roman literature has been enormously influential in the history of Western culture. The Pharsalia, an Epic poem by Lucan, was once widely read, and inspired many great Renaissance writers, such as Christopher Marlowe and Dante. This work tells the story of the great Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar

Written on October 8, 2021 at 3:30 pm, by Whelan

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Categories: Literature

Tags: Civil War, Julius Caesar, Lucan, Nero, Pharsalia, Pompey

Beware the Ides of March

“Beware the Ides of March.” You may hear that phrase today because the 15th of March is referred to as the ‘Ides of March’ and marks the anniversary of the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC. Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general, Consul, statesman, and notable author of Latin prose. He was both

Written on March 15, 2021 at 9:25 am, by plato

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Categories: Leaders

Tags: Ancient Rome, Beware the Ides of March, et tu brute, Ides of March, Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar: Legend Borne Out of a Lifetime of Adversity

Written by Ash G, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom “Smooth seas don’t make good sailors” is a clichéd term but a very underrated statement, nonetheless. It is often said that something great is on the horizon when everything is going downhill. When life is pulling an individual back, it is often preparing to catapult them to

Written on August 12, 2020 at 6:22 am, by Alex Barrientos

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Categories: Leaders

Tags: Alexander the Great, Brutus, Cato, destiny, Julius Caesar, Titus Labienus

Date and Time in Ancient Rome

Written by Visnja Bojovic, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Time. It’s an abstract concept, but it frames our life possibly more than anything else. We cannot touch time, we cannot feel it or see it, but we know for sure that, as the years pass, we will have (more) grey hair and a lot more stories

Written on July 1, 2020 at 6:12 am, by Visnja Bojovic

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Categories: History

Tags: Ancient Roman calendar, Augustus, calendars, Julius Caesar, Roman calendar, Time

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