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My favorite part of the new office I moved into today— everyone should have a cozy blanket and a basket of books in their space.

Rereading Ovid because my friend is (of course) so we can talk about it. I have this v pretty edition right up front next to my Tristram Shandy ♥️✨

slategreyskies Now I want a book basket! How did it never occur to me that this was an option? 📚♥️ 8mo

StaceGhost @slategreyskies it makes the books in the back curve a little but I cycle through so quickly it doesn‘t give me any issues— boxy baskets are better lol 8mo

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Graywacke

Paganism in the Roman Empire | Ramsay MacMullen

I‘ve been really scattered brained. So I decided to find the most boring book on my shelves, from my 1994 undergraduate class on the Roman Empire. (Yeah, I was supposed to read it then. Oops) Well, i‘ve been reading it. Not sure how far i will get.

Suet624 Is this supposed to help with your scatter brained issue? 14mo

Graywacke @Suet624 yes. Boring and demands concentration. Sometimes that works 14mo

Suet624 Interesting! 14mo

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batsy That actually sounds fascinating! But I guess it all depends on how it's written 😆 14mo

Graywacke @batsy well, hopefully eventually. But there is some oddness about it. It‘s focused only on 100-300 ad (ce) and cites mainly Eusebius and Origen, two Christians known for describing pagan rituals. So…. he might just be presenting the ancient propaganda. Not sure yet. 14mo

batsy @Graywacke I absolutely do not know enough about this topic to be able to comment, but I get how that's a perspective that's going to be biased. I will keep an eye out for your review. 14mo

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RamsFan1963

Rome's Greatest Defeat: Massacre in the Teutoburg Forest | Adrian Murdoch

📚 Tagged. I'm a big geek for Ancient Roman & Greek History.
📚 An Immense World by Ed Yong.
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Eggs Thank you for playing and tagging 👏🏻📚🗺 3y

Lizpixie Another thing we have in common! I‘m a sucker for Ancient Rome & Greece too⚡️🗡🏺 3y

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swynn

Rome's Greatest Defeat: Massacre in the Teutoburg Forest | Adrian Murdoch

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(2006) Here's a brief, popular account of what we know about the Battle of Teutoburg Forest, in which the German folk-hero Arminius and followers destroyed three Roman legions. Especially interesting are chapters on Arminius's afterlife in popular culture and how modern views are complicated by awareness of the dangers of nationalism; and on archaeological finds at the battle site, which was only identified in the 1990s.

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swynn

Rome's Greatest Defeat: Massacre in the Teutoburg Forest | Adrian Murdoch

Bones were all he could see.

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

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PuddleJumper

Orgy Planner Wanted: Odd Jobs and Curious Callings in the Ancient World | Vicki Le�n

pan

This book sounds better than it is. There are no citations and no critical interrogation of the sources that they do mention.

I am being harsh because this isn't and doesn't claim to be an academic book but I still think you need to be mindful. It also covers the 'ancient world' which is Greece and Italy over several centuries and doesn't really place the jobs in a historical context beyond ancient world

PuddleJumper This was one of my May #roll100 and I'm glad to get it off my shelves! Books like this were a staple gift when doing my degree and I just held onto them even though I wasn't interested 3y

charl08 Fabulous title though! 3y

PuddleJumper @charl08 🤣 It is a great name 3y

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rwmg

Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology | Adrienne Mayor

so-so

Adrienne Mayor explores concepts of artificial life in the ancient world of (mainly) Greece and Rome.

Talos is the obvious example, but apart from that I found myself going 'well, maybe, sort of' more often than with her other books.

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rwmg

Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology | Adrienne Mayor

#coffeeandabook

bnp Sounds interesting. Hope it's a good read 3y

rwmg @bnp Very bitty. Lots of intriguing information but it doesn't really cohere. 3y

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hissingpotatoes

Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology | Adrienne Mayor

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3.5/5⭐ I really enjoyed this meander through augmented life in Ancient Greek myths & reality, & the connections to later science fiction & technology. Anyone who doesn't appreciate ancient technological thought (and anyone who does) would enjoy these chapters. That said, the book can be repetitive, some of Mayor's assertions seem an interpretive stretch, & there's no strong overall thesis aside from being a thematic exploration. #bookspinbingo

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