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Our Recession Vs. The Dark Ages: Historian Compares Two Miserable Economic Periods

ft.com | Bryan Ward-Perkins | Posted 12.23.2009 | Business

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The more complex an economy is, the more fragile it is, and the more cataclysmic its disintegration can be. Our economy is, of course, in a different ...

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Artifacts Reveal Ancient Greeks', Romans' Completely Uninhibited Attitudes Towards Sex (VIDEO)

Posted 12.10.2009 | World

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Some look back on early civilizations and shake their heads at how prudish the times were. Well, not so with the ancient Greeks and Romans. A new ex...

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Ancient Auditorium, Called Athenaeum, Unveiled In Rome

AP | MARTA FALCONI | Posted 10.21.2009 | World

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ROME — Archaeologists on Wednesday unveiled the remains of an ancient auditorium where scholars, politicians and poets held debates and lectures...

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"A Writer Close to the Power Elite": Interview With Robert Harris

Christina Patterson | Posted 10.10.2009 | Books

Read More: Ancient Rome, Politics, Democracy, Peter Mandelson, New Labour, Tony Blair, Cicero, Roman Polanski, Fatherland, The Ghost, Robert Harris, Books News
Christina Patterson

It was while writing Pompeii six years go, and then reading Rubicon, that Harris first had the idea of using ancient Rome as a springboard for an exploration of the political process.

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Reselling Things That Already Exist

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 09.27.2009 | Comedy

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Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

For a hot minute, I couldn't decide if this strategy is the dumbest thing since "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" or if it's pure genius. I was stuck with an uncomfortable in-between feeling.

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The Terms of Term Limits: Bloomberg and His Most Recent Innovative Endeavor

Kim Stolz | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

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Kim Stolz

When a city, county, state, or country undergoes challenging times--whether they be of political, social, or economic nature--the public often crav...

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One-Night Stands, Binge-Drinking And Bathhouses: The Love Lives Of Ancient Romans

Times Online | Mary Beard | Posted 10.16.2008 | Style

Read More: Pompeii, Ancient Rome, Ancient, Relationships, Sex, Roman, Rome, Food, Romans One-Night Stands, Roman Sex, Romans Drinking, Style News

Roman sexual culture was different from our own. Women, as we have seen at Pompeii, were much more visible in the Roman world than in many other parts...

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