Tag: Roman History
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Introduction to the Pre-Socratic Sages: All the Wise Sages
THE TRADITIONAL SEVEN SAGES OF GREECE AND THEIR FAMOUS MAXIMS Peter Kingsley portrays these pre-Socratic philosophers not as rationalists but as sages in a sacred, shamanic tradition and lineage originating from eastern influences e.g., Phocaea, an ancient Ionian Greek city of Anatolia, transplanted to southern Italy. The schools of these eminent sages emphasized incubation, divine…
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Why the Statue of Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus carries a Fasces?
the Founding of a City and its Character Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, the legendary Roman who defeated the Aequians and rescued the trapped Roan Army. With one hand he returns the fasces, symbol of power and fraternity to the Dictator of Rome. In the other, a plow, which represents his life as citizen and farmer. Cincinnati…
The American Minervan 