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(Editor’s note* The following is satire (the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics...
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An Opinion on Ancient Troy by Rob Cain
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I forgot my Tux for the Decades Ball
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ORGY HOUSE for sale on the on-line store SELLFY
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Matthew Leigh Embleton to join the storytelling team at Ancient Rome Refocused
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Investigating Bast Cults in London
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Bad Helen of Troy
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The God Pan
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The Business Affairs of Mr. Julius Caesar
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The Holding Room
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You’re never alone at Starbucks with the Smaller Classical Dictionary
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How to lead Bedouin Workers and not come off as a Jerk.
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Warning! Use with caution.
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Where is my safe zone in the Ancient World? Where is it in the Modern one?
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What of Daphne?
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A Proper Goodbye
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“Admit it,” said ‘N’, “you want to live in Ancient Rome.”
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Indiana Jones in the hallway
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Top 10 things that make you an Amateur Classicist
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Joe Frank Meets Ancient Rome Refocused
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Questions from a Worker who Reads
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Welcome to Ancient Rome Refocused
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Why Pursue A Classics Degree?
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Book Review: Empire by Steven Saylor
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Interview: Carl Richard
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Interview: Eric Shanower
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A short distance between artist and archaeologist
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