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Showing posts with label Rome. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rome. Show all posts
Friday, July 15, 2022

The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium by Barry S. Strauss. Book 22 of 2022

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I listened to Barry Strauss on a history podcast and wanted to read this book.  History for me is contingency constrained by geography grabb...
Sunday, July 3, 2022

When a Plan (or a Bone) Breaks, My Mind is Alive with 'What's Next?"

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Yesterday, I checked in for a flight from Paris to Rome, started my train trip to the airport, and got a message saying the flight was cance...
Saturday, July 2, 2022

Profound Moments from Visiting Countries for the First Time

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  The sky at 1am in Bodo, Norway. On this trip I traveled to  or through eight countries. Three are my favorite destinations in the world: F...
Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Rome-ing The World, from Kansas, to Iraq, to Kosovo, to the Eternal City

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  Melanie Sanders Meier The last time I saw Melanie Sanders Meier in person was in 2009 when we were both deployed to Camp Adder, Iraq.  She...
Thursday, March 2, 2017

The Jefferson Library and the Fall of Rome

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Inside the Library of Congress is the Jefferson Library--the 4,929 books Thomas Jefferson owned and read during his long life. His libr...
Saturday, June 4, 2016

History Made Wonderful! Podcast Review: The History of Rome

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At a recent meeting, the group leader gave us some “get-to-know-you” questions.   One was “What’s your favorite group/singer and your fa...
Wednesday, December 24, 2014

What Place and Period in History Do You Want to Live in? HERE and NOW!

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On a recent bicycle ride, a Trekkie on the ride told me about a Star Trek episode he liked in which the crew traveled back in time ...
Saturday, June 28, 2014

The History of Rome

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For the past several weeks I have been listening to podcast called "The History of Rome."   So far I have listened to more t...