Rome
Rome
Linkfest 2022-02-18: Ruining of Mountains
The Roman mining technique Ruina Montium is an impressive bit of applied engineering.
Kirk Dunston: Why Sexual Morality May Be More Important Than You Thought
An application of J. D. Unwin’s Sex and Culture to the West, 40 years after the sexual revolution. Unwin’s book was published in
Oblivion Movie Review
Then out spake brave Horatius,
The Captain of the Gate:
"To every man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late.
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers,
And the temples of his Gods."
2013’s Oblivion [Amazon link] starring Tom
Thrawn Ascendency: Chaos Rising by Timothy Zahn Book Review
Chaos Rising [Amazon link], the first of Timothy Zahn’s new trilogy, gives us a glimpse into the fabled Chiss Ascendancy, and the rise of Thrawn. Everyone has to start somewhere, and this book shows us a time when Mitth’raw’nuruodo was a junior officer of the Chiss Ascendancy.
The Long View 2007-12-06: Progress after Modernity; Islam & Atheism; Secular Latin; Latin Mass Poster
Things have been quiet around the blog recently. Hopefully, things will pick up soon, and we can cruise into John J. Reilly’s 2008.
Progress after Modernity; Islam & Atheism; Secular Latin; Latin Mass Poster
Persons interested in the end of modernity should note this remark by G. K. Chesterton in
The Long View: Empires of Trust: How Rome Built -- and America Is Building -- a New World By Thomas F. Madden
I love this quote:
[Madden] is well aware that aspects of their societies that seem similar are often quite different in spirit and function. The dustjacket sports an photograph of the US Senate and a dramatic rendering of Cicero addressing the Roman Senate; both bodies were called a “senate,” but