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After the disaster at Actium, Marc Antony’s entire army–100,000 strong–surrendered to Octavian. Marc Antony and Cleopatra fled to Alexandria to negotiate the terms of their defeat. Those were dark, foreboding days. Friends and allies fled the palace. Marc Antony fell into a deep depression, while Cleopatra searched desperately for a way out–one that would keep her kingdom intact and her children alive. But the reckoning was coming.
Now more than ever we should remember (and have evidence!) that being trans and seeking gender affirmation has always existed… This episode looks at the evidence in Ovid.
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- Exploring Albania’s greatest Roman site: Butrint – YouTube | Ancient Rome Live
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- The Art of Borrowing: Delving into Ancient Interest Rates – YouTube | Classics in Color
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Research Papers of Possible Interest
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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders today, it portends discord for the community.
… adapted from the text and translation of:
Jean MacIntosh Turfa, The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar, in Nancy Thomson de Grummond and Erika Simon (eds.), The Religion of the Etruscans. University of Texas Press, 2006. (Kindle edition)
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