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Suetonius on Caligula
August 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Suetonius on Caligula
Christian went on his way; yet, at the sight of the Old Man that sat in the mouth of the cave, he could not tell what to think, especially because he spake to him, though he could not go after him, saying, "You will never mend till more of you be burned." Bunyan
August 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Christian went on his way; yet, at the sight of the Old Man that sat in the mouth of the cave, he could not tell what to think, especially because he spake to him, though he could not go after him, saying, "You will never mend till more of you be burned." Bunyan
Heavily symbolic wherever you live
August 24, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Heavily symbolic wherever you live
But when the bright light of all the world was put out, or, rather, when the Roman Empire was decapitated, and, to speak more correctly, the whole world perished in one city
St. Jerome
St. Jerome
August 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
But when the bright light of all the world was put out, or, rather, when the Roman Empire was decapitated, and, to speak more correctly, the whole world perished in one city
St. Jerome
St. Jerome
Croesus on the pyre from an Attic Vase
August 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Croesus on the pyre from an Attic Vase
And in the end
The love you take
Is equal to the love you make…
The love you take
Is equal to the love you make…
August 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
And in the end
The love you take
Is equal to the love you make…
The love you take
Is equal to the love you make…
I could have been a contender
August 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I could have been a contender
“The words of this wizard stand on their heads. In the language of Orthanc help means ruin, and saving means slaying, that is plain.”
Gimli
Gimli
August 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“The words of this wizard stand on their heads. In the language of Orthanc help means ruin, and saving means slaying, that is plain.”
Gimli
Gimli
Reposted
“Well, there it goes again. … And we just sit here without opposable thumbs.”
August 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
“Well, there it goes again. … And we just sit here without opposable thumbs.”
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
August 8, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Francois Tomb in Vulci, Italy, a fresco portrait of Vel Saties, an Etruscan aristocrat
August 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Francois Tomb in Vulci, Italy, a fresco portrait of Vel Saties, an Etruscan aristocrat
Iron and Coal - by William Bell Scott
( with the little girl at the left ignoring Heath and safety issues / fire, hammers, hot metal etc )
( with the little girl at the left ignoring Heath and safety issues / fire, hammers, hot metal etc )
July 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Iron and Coal - by William Bell Scott
( with the little girl at the left ignoring Heath and safety issues / fire, hammers, hot metal etc )
( with the little girl at the left ignoring Heath and safety issues / fire, hammers, hot metal etc )
Strong room Corbridge
July 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Strong room Corbridge
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah…
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah…
July 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah…
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah…
Reposted
A new model is finding connections spanning the Roman world
Fragmentary Latin inscriptions can be completed with AI
A new model is finding connections spanning the Roman world
econ.st
July 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A new model is finding connections spanning the Roman world
Teeth marks suggest 'terror bird' was killed by reptile 13 million years ago www.bbc.com/news/article...
Teeth marks suggest 'terror bird' was killed by reptile 13 million years ago
Terror birds could be taller than a human and had powerful legs and hooked, flesh-ripping beaks.
www.bbc.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Teeth marks suggest 'terror bird' was killed by reptile 13 million years ago www.bbc.com/news/article...