Features May 2022
Living the “Satyricon”
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On the Roman novel by Petronius.
On the Roman novel by Petronius.
On a world without Western civilization.
On gardens, Fred Gutzeit, the Goths, Alejandro Cerrudo & more from the world of culture.
On Henry Adams, Sasanian Iran & the recent burglary of Arundel Castle.
On the history and economics of the written word.
On ancient music & Philip Roth’s KGB file.
A review of Alaric the Goth: An Outsider’s History of the Fall of Rome, by Douglas Boin.
On Tim Blake Nelson’s Socrates at The Public Theater in Manhattan.
A review of Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine by Barry Strauss.