philosophy

4 09, 2017

Plotinus and the Neoplatonists – Roman philosophy

By |2017-09-04T11:34:58-07:00September 4th, 2017|Philosophy, Romans|Comments Off on Plotinus and the Neoplatonists – Roman philosophy

Bust of Plotinus (Ostia, ca. 250 AD) Around the time of Jesus, philosophers (and regular people) in West Asia and the Roman Empire started to think a lot about what happened to you after you died. [...]

4 09, 2017

Seneca – Roman philosophy – ancient Rome

By |2017-09-04T01:17:29-07:00September 4th, 2017|Literature, Romans|Comments Off on Seneca – Roman philosophy – ancient Rome

Seneca, the Roman philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca was one of the great writers of the Julio-Claudianperiod in Rome. He was born in the Roman province of Spain about 3 BC. But his [...]

3 09, 2017

Latin Literature – the writers of ancient Rome

By |2019-11-03T18:03:15-08:00September 3rd, 2017|Literature, Romans|Comments Off on Latin Literature – the writers of ancient Rome

Latin literature: A Roman papyrus scroll from a library of Epicurean philosophy (Herculaneum, Italy) Where did Latin come from? The Roman Empire lasted for more than a thousand years, so there was [...]

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