Let Us Adore Him In those days, Caesar (Ipod Mugumbo) declared that a world census (Tipton and Dudley North) should be taken. And lo everyon...

 Marcus Aurelius Antoninus- 'The Philosopher King' Commodus- Preamble This is the first post in a series concerning the Roman Empero...

Beautiful Bird, You Have Escaped the Eternal Struggle. No More Pain. Rest Easy, My Little Friend   Several months ago, I wrote about an ente...

Tis a beautiful, sunny, late spring day in Wairarapa, New Zealand. After a turbulent spring of unpredictable weather, I suspect we are enter...

     Claudian Aureus in Great Condition As my regulars are well aware, I have an active interest in the history of ancient cultures, particu...

I need a break from writing these serious and long blog posts. I need something frivolous and simple to cool my seething brain..... Breaking...

I naively thought that this topic could be mastered in a single blog post. This is not to be. The more I researched, the more I realised tha...