The Perseid Shower
LOOK TO THE SKIES! The Gods are in the heavens, TONIGHT! 8/11/2013. It starts in the Perseid Constellation. Tonight on August 11th a meteor shower shall streak across the sky. It is named for the...
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Ruth Downie Blog Post
Was lucky enough to interview Ruth Downie of the Medicus Series. Found a posting on her blog. — Rob Cain A RUTH DOWNIE POST This weekend I’ve been chatting with the lovely Rob Cain from “Ancient Rome...
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Bringing a Courtesan into Court
What makes us human pays no heed to the date on the calendar and whether we wear a chiton or an Armani suit. Man gets jealous, man lusts, man rages, and man still plays the game of sexual politics....
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Why pursue a Classics Degree?
Surfing the net I found posts and articles on why one should obtain a classics degree. Most are small arguments on how a classics degree prepares you for other careers. I have yet to see a reason, a...
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Season Three of Ancient Rome Refocused
9/21/2013 – Today I had the good fortune to interview Gunny Sgt. ”Red” Millis USMC (ret). He will be featured in the next episode of Ancient Rome Refocused. What is a Marine doing on a podcast about...
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Name that Classical Connection (8)
This is the Tribune Tower on Michigan Avenue in Chicago. What is the Classical Connection? There are many correct answers. This is a unique form of real estate. It’s not in the style, or in the...
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Guest Lecturer: Hattem Massouba
Part of the fun of having a blog is that you can get many different people sharing their ideas on how they see the world. I was fortunate to have Hattem Hassouba share his article that he posted on...
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Name that Classical Connection (8)
In the last Name that Classical Connection I asked readers to identify the classical connection of the Tribune Tower in Chicago, Illinois. Steven Lee was kind enough to point out the meaning of the...
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An August Tale
Going back and forth on the internet I accidently came across a Granada TV production on Augustus. It was produced in 1968 just before the international attention of ‘I, Claudius.’ If you ever been...
View ArticleA Night in the Museum
Imagine that you have been to a party. You have drank most of the night or have taken some drugs. A friend let’s you into a museum at night and this is what you see. Is this drug induced or have you...
View ArticleMake Latin the Language of Europe
Lately I have become a huge fan of the Wall Street Journal. They ran a recent article titled Cavest Emptor: Lover of Latin Try to Sell a Dead Languge. The gist of the article was that Latin should...
View ArticleEpisode 13 (Season 3) Ancient Rome Refocused
Rob Cain interviews the screenwriter James Erwin who wrote a story on the popular website REDIT and it was purchased by a movie company. In addition, Rob interviews Gunny Sergeant “Red” Millis who...
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From New York? Chicago?
Though we hurry, we merely crawl; We’re blocked by a surging mass ahead, a pushing wall Of people behind. A man jabs me, elbowing through, one socks A chair pole against me, one cracks my skull with a...
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Rise of the American Optimates.
The great political cartoon POGO had a famous saying. “WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND HE IS US.” Jugurtha described Rome as “urbem venalem et mature perituram, si emptorem invenerit” (“a city for sale and...
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The Cleopatras
I have a secret pleasure. It was produced in England, and this dramatic presentation of the rule of the Ptolmeys is really, really bad. However, have you ever seen something that is so bad, it turns...
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Made the list
Ancient Rome Refocused made Boston College Department of History’s list for Podcast Series for History Lovers (Summer 2013). PARTY ON!
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What will our remnants tell of us?
Check out the photography of Mike Mission, a Brooklyn-based artist, that photographed these strange objects found in the asphalt of New York. Imagine a thousand years have passed and we are the ones...
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Episode 14 (Season 3) –“It’s good to be queen.”
Lorrisa Julianus as Queen Zenobia Episode 14, Season 3, of Ancient Rome Refocused will be posted soon. On EPISODE 14 titled “It’s Good to be Queen,” I interviewed Lorrisa Julianus and Craig Engel....
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Episode 14 (Season 3) Ancient Rome Refocused
Title – “It’s Good to be Queen.” Rob Cain interviews Lorrisa Julianus and Craig Engel. Zenobia, is an original musical written by Lorrisa and composed by Angela Salvaggione. It premiered at the...
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Doomed to Repeat
I spent a thoroughly happy morning at Northwestern Hospital waiting for my wife during a medical appointment at a Starbucks on Huron Street downtown Chicago. Of course, I am the ‘Awake’ hot tea, and...
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