In a world that is bent on having us distracted, we do indeed forget this.
Iโm an ancient historian.
I post a lot of quotes from the ancients, direct from my primary sources - what we historians refer to as our โhistory bibles.โ
Red for the Romans - Green for the Greeks.
Known as the Loeb Classical Library, published by Harvard University Press.
The translations of the content date back to over 100 years ago. To quote from the Classical Library site:
โ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ, ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ฃ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ฃ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ โ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ.โ โ
But Iโve realised that much of what I transcribe into my posts contain words or phrases that fall foul of the Australian wrong speech laws.
It is deeply disturbing to second guess myself every time I write something that I wish to share with the world in my attempt to help people become more interested in the Classics.
What has happened to my country has cast the darkest of shadows across her landscape.
Silenced by our own government.
Our human right to think, speak and learn about those โfiner things in lifeโ stolen from beneath us overnight.
๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ โ๏ธ
Even the ancient Romans lamented the loss of their freedom, as they perceived it.
Read what Cicero writes to his good friend, Atticus, about the times they were living in when Julius Caesar became consul in 59 BC, engineering it so he had a five year command of Gaul and Northern Italy.
In addition, and much to Ciceroโs dismay, Caesar banished him for refusing to join in a conspiracy against the constitution with Caesar, Pompey and Crassus.
๐๐๐ก๐ก, ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐จ๐๐๐๐จ. ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ฎ ๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐ค๐จ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ค๐ข, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ก๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐จ, ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง ๐ก๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ง.
๐ผ๐ก๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐จ, ๐ฎ๐๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ค ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐๐จ ๐ค๐ง ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐จ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐ฉ.
๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ง, ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฃ๐, ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ค๐๐ฎ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฎโฆ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐๐จ๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐๐๐ช๐ก, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐จ.
Hello Nostr!
Iโve had to start over, so second time lucky!
Iโm a Roman historian and Writer, and a newbie to the crypto world. Looking forward to engaging with many likeminded people๐
#introductions
The greatest gift that the ancient Roman world extended to us was her enduring ability to survive.
Rome breathed life into the future because 2000 years later we are still discussing her magnificence.
Hello Nostr!
Iโve had to start over, so second time lucky!
Iโm a Roman historian and Writer, and a newbie to the crypto world. Looking forward to engaging with many likeminded people๐