The perfect companion for dinner? Ninety nine people out of a hundred would probably choose not Tacitus himself, but one of his larger than life imperial creations – the warped performance artist ...
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If I could bring one figure from the ancient world back from the dead it would be Aristophanes. I would hold an all-night drinking party, in imitation of the famous carousal of 416 BC described in ...
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Forget the polls, spin doctors and being 'on message', the only day that matters is election day, which is all about winners and losers. Mainly the winners though. While the world today has plenty of ...
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