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Procopius of Caesarea AmE Brief version by James Allan Evans 500 C.E.? - 565 C.E.?  Procopius of Caesarea, in Palestine, was the leading secul...

Explore the nature of the legendary bromance between Achilles and Patroclus set against the backdrop of the Trojan war.

Many people today feel powerless. Facing events beyond their control, from wars to environmental problems, they regress into ...

New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI/PRNewswire): HarperCollins & Harvard University Press today announced a new collaboration - The Lecture. A series of talks by writers and thinkers from around the world brought to Indian audiences. The inaugural lecture by Professor Ruth Harris - Vivekananda, Guru to the World - will be based on the definitive biography of Vivekananda, the Indian monk who shaped the intellectual and spiritual history of both East and West. Prof Ruth Harris is Senior Resear...

Ive been studying Xenophons Memorabilia with friends over the past few months. Xenophon was a student and friend of Socrates. His memoirs are devoted to an account and defense of Socrates following the trial that resulted in his death. Its an interesting and classic work. We have used Amy Bonnettes translation in Cornells Agora series as our text. It comes with an excellent introduction by Christopher Bruell and annotations by

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....   Apostate: (noun) a person who forsakes his religion, cause, party, etc. REMEMBERED AS THE “Apostate” by his

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