How America Got Its Name: A Semi-Classical Connection
Some interesting excerpts from a piece in the Boston Globe: [...] If you’re like most people, you’ll dimly recall from your school days that the name America has something to do with Amerigo Vespucci, a merchant and explorer from Florence. You may also recall feeling that this is more than a little odd — that [...]
Pondering the ‘Plato Code’
Image by Image Editor via Flickr Over the past few days, my email box has been pretty much flooded with scores (yes, scores) of folks sending in various versions of articles dealing with Jay Kennedy’s suggestion of a ‘hidden code’ in Plato’s works. There are too many of you to thank individually, so a general [...]
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem v nonas quinctilias
ante diem v nonas quinctilias 324 A.D. — Victory of Constantine over Licinius at the Battle of Adrianople
