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    Cato the Younger
    sulla80
    • Aug 1, 2021
    • 4 min

    Cato the Younger

    The history of the Roman Republic has no shortage of dramatic figures and events, and yet the story of Cato the Younger (Cato Minor)...
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    "Freedom" for Thessalians in 196 BC
    sulla80
    • Jul 3, 2021
    • 6 min

    "Freedom" for Thessalians in 196 BC

    Tomorrow we celebrate the 4th of July, in the United States, and the Declaration of Independence from the tyranny of King George in AD...
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    Of Sulla and Apollo
    sulla80
    • Feb 27, 2021
    • 4 min

    Of Sulla and Apollo

    Marius and Sulla tore at the fabric of the Roman republic with their personal ambitions which led to civil wars for the Roman Republic in...
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    Governments of Men and Laws
    sulla80
    • Feb 12, 2021
    • 4 min

    Governments of Men and Laws

    With this post, I return to the Roman Republic, with a coin from Lucius Cornelius Sulla. This denarius is from Sulla's dictatorship,...
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    Father of the Country
    sulla80
    • Sep 19, 2020
    • 4 min

    Father of the Country

    "Whenever you desire to cheer yourself, think upon the merits of those who are alive with you; the energy of one, for instance, the...
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    Make Haste Slowly
    sulla80
    • Sep 8, 2020
    • 4 min

    Make Haste Slowly

    The coin I write about today starts with a symbol that take on new meaning as we move from this mosaic in the Trident House in Delos,...
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    From Lycia to the US Constitution
    sulla80
    • Sep 6, 2020
    • 4 min

    From Lycia to the US Constitution

    On 21-Feb-1787, The provisional government of the United States, established under the Articles of Confederation, agreed to a resolution...
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    An Ancient Coin for Independence Day
    sulla80
    • Jul 5, 2019
    • 2 min

    An Ancient Coin for Independence Day

    On July 4th, 1776 the Continental Congress "...in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and...
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