LettersfromRome

@The_DonAdams I’m almost there with him. Ive even considered deleting my social media - but probably won’t. But I am also at: “I don’t care!”

This is so true... 😒

@Trierarch81 Interesting article. Why does he think it’s AI?

“Rome sent 330 ships to face a Carthaginian fleet of a similar size. The Romans won. ... Why? Because their hulls did not leak. The sea was not as dangerous to them as it was to their enemies."

@mcgillmd921 True, but he also held a deep hope that Caesar would be the ideal director he dreamed of. Sadly, one of Cicero’s weaknesses was his inability to make a judgement and stick with it, until toward the end. But he was conflicted over it. From my study, he admired caesar a lot.

Cicero Rome's greatest mind. Admitted in private letters that Caesar was often reasonable and even generous. Then publicly attacked him anyway. After the assassination he called it "our glorious deed" even though he had nothing to do with it.

Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) isn’t new. Julius Caesar had the same effect on Roman senators that Donald Trump has on his opponents today. Smart. Accomplished. Rational men. Until Caesar entered the conversation. Long before TDS there was Caesar Derangement Syndrome: CDS🧵

@JohnRuddick2 We really are in a sick place.

NSW Parliament resumes tomorrow. Wonder what anti-free speech bill Premier Ho Chi Minns will introduce this week?

🏛️ We continue to suffer the disaster of others.

@mcgillmd921 @loganberrybooks They don’t seem to have any books online; it seems I’d have to contact them.

@ClassicsofRome My favorite local vintage/used bookshop @loganberrybooks

Roman history mutuals. What do you think of today’s book haul?

@LT_Aust My Lord above, these people are so bloody selfish! Admit that the country is in crook shape but won’t change their vote because they’re doing ok. Makes me sick.

Spoke to a close friend of mine, he’s a Doctor. One of his patients is a Labor supporter & works for the Public Service. Question was put to him by my Doctor mate, are you accepting of what Labor are doing to Australia. That person responded with NO! The next question, would you still vote Labor next time? His response was yes he would only because the other mob (Libs/One Nation) will cull the Public Service Jobs. Next question, do you need all those people in your Department to do the work? Response was No, the work could be done with a third of the current Staff. Every Public Servant on the Labor gravy train will always vote for Labor irrespective of how bad Labor are in Govt. Then we’ve got to consider Albo’s two million (appx) blow in voters who Tony Burka is considering giving voting rights to & will further underpin Labor’s voter base. Australia is in serious trouble unless the traditional Labor voters have a serious rethink of where Australia is heading under the Albanese Labor Govt & the damage that their children will inherit. The destructive Albanese Labor must be voted out. #Auspol #LaborTrash #CommieBastard Govt

Roman Pagan who’s read the Roman Pagans here. Sorry, no. Roman patricians gave alms to the poor not to show off their virtue for all the world to see or to pave their way to heaven, but because it was their duty to the res publica. In what was called the sportula, the poor would show up to a patrons house at a certain time of day and receive alms or ask for a favor (legal help, etc.). Then there was the cura annonae, a kind of empire-wide food pantry program where any citizen could receive grain (and later also oil, and pork). The Roman Stoic philosopher Musonius Rufus preached to his followers to give their money to others rather than live lives of luxury. (Discourse 19) Seneca the Younger advocated that the rational and wise man would give alms to beggars and food to the starving because that is what Nature created us to do (On Anger1.9.2; On Clemency 2.6.2; On Benefits 3.8.3, 4.10-11, 4.29.2-3, 5.11.5; and Moral Epistles 120.2) and that those who refused to do so ought to be condemned. His father Seneca the Elder said we should give alms to beggars just as we give our bodies back to the Earth. Then we have Julian the Apostate, the last Pagan emperor who had shelters be built for the poor and justified it on the grounds of a line from the Odyssey, “Beggers and strangers come from Zeus and a gift however small is precious”. (Letter 22. To Arsacius, High-priest of Galatia) Cicero also advocated for helping those in need, but to help them overcome their circumstances, to raise them above their previous deprivation, rather than simply to throw them some scraps and pat yourself on the back for being virtuous. (De Officiis 2.62-63) The Pagan view of human relations was based on the concept of “do ut des”, that the world was one of a web of mutual obligations, held together by goodwill and human affection. The only charity Pagans outright condemned was giving to criminals, fraudsters, flatterers, and condemned giving only for virtue signaling. Poverty actually increased during the fourth century, the time of the Christian takeover of the Roman Empire. (“Poverty and Population in Roman Egypt,” Poverty in the Roman World, pp. 100-14) Inequality is higher in the US, arguably the most self-identified Christian society in the West, than it was in the Roman Empire. According to a 2009 study by Sheidel and Friesen, the wealthiest 1% controlled only 16% of the economy at the height of the Roman Empire when it was Pagan. In the US, it's 40%.

I admired his magnanimity and clearly his genius; but he did say that Sulla was a fool to give up the dictatorship. My feeling after having studied the relationship between him and Cicero closely, is that he had the makings of a great leader, even if he was a king, but the elites’ abhorrence for the title couldn’t allow them to get past it. Cicero held out for some time for him to show that he would become the ideal director he so desired and I think, deep down, was barracking for. Despite not claiming it publicly.

Julius Caesar was actually a hero, he intended to give Rome back to the People. We're only told he wanted to be a king because he didn't live long enough.

@simonwatt85 It’s vile, Simon. It’s happening here in Australia as well. I call them out on it but it doesn’t stop them.

Who else is fed up with people carping on about pensioners owning all the houses and sitting on large savings? Pensioners have paid a mortgage for 35 years so yes,they own their houses. They have to live on their savings for the rest of their lives. It's not rocket science.

@martinagerup1 @AutismBookClub A worldwide condemnation of our elderly through this insane climate hoax.

Så meget er 80 gram oksekød. Det er den mængde oksekød plejehjemsbeboere i København må få. Ikke om dagen, men om ugen. For klimaets skyld. Det har Københavns Kommune bestemt. Når man kommer på plejehjem, har man typisk et år tilbage at leve i. Men Københavns Kommune mener, at dette er det helt rigtige tidspunkt at påtvinge borgerne nye spisevaner. Danskerne spiser typisk 300 gram oksekød om ugen – altså næsten 4 gange mere end den ration, plejehjemsbeboerne bliver tilkendt. Dette formynderi bør stoppe. Plejehjemsbeboere har typisk betalt skat hele deres liv ud fra den forventning, at velfærdsstaten tager sig dem, når de får brug for de. De fortjener pleje og omsorg, ikke formynderi.

@FiatLuxGenesis I adore the vintage prints 💙

Happiness 🙂 is springtime 💐 friends🩷, daisies 🌼, puppies🐶, and sunshine. 🌞 Vintage illustration by Margaret Tarrant

Read this in response to an Article I just posted on here about the scavenging of politicians. This is excellent👇

@sparklingmixer I love that, Maso! Reposting. So good.

@ClassicsofRome by Anonymous.

@sparklingmixer yes, I was reading through Aesop last night and saw that one, then the lights went on instantly to write! So true. Vultures the lot of them.

@ClassicsofRome That fable is a great comparrison to modern politics, or all politics and people in these positions of power honestly. They're vampires and feed on the labours of others.

@ellymelly Perhaps they need to have a look at the state of our roads for a start - where’s our money even going? Oh, that’s right - they don’t care!

To be clear. The government says your taxes are to pay for 'services'. But it doesn't make you - personally - any guarantee on what services, if any, you will receive as an adult.

@Avonleebythesea Just saw the typo “king” - meant to be “checking” 😄 Wish there was an edit button for replies.

@ClassicsofRome 🙏

I’ve decided to list this vintage collection as is (after some feedback from you all ☺️). It’s a box set of leather bound library miniature classics. The set includes: Dante’s Inferno volume one and two King Lear, Shakespeare, as you like it, Shakespeare Sonnets, Shakespeare The taming of the shrew, Shakespeare Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare Macbeth, Shakespeare Twelfth night, Shakespeare Julius Caesar, Shakespeare A comedy of errors, Shakespeare Hamlet, Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare Othello, Shakespeare A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens Evangeline, Longfellow The murders in the Rue Morgue, Edgar Allan Poe Ghosts, Henrikibsen Socialism for millionaires, George Bernard Shaw The bear hunt and other stories, Tolstoi Find them here: theforgottenbookshop.com/vintage-miniat…

@DoreyMeryl67438 Exactly. I need to stop beating up on myself for not knowing - not even knowing to ask questions as logical as why would we have to inject a newborn baby with anything.

We've had our instincts bred out of us. I know I did. When I was interviewing people on the VaxXed bus about their children's reactions, almost all of them said they had a gut feeling it wasn't the right thing to do. I never felt that. I never felt anything until after my son was injured. The one thing I learned, that is more important than any medical journal data, is that our gut is ALWAYS right and should be listened to. Young people need to know this because too often, we older people didn't. 😭

As a parent from the 1980s who was asleep to the real agenda, I never not cry when I read about this. To think I lacked the common awareness to wonder why our babies would need to be injected the minute they are born. It is criminal. Criminals did this to our children and our families, and some of us paid a much higher price than others 💔