Blog Smith

Blog Smith is inspired by the myth of Hephaestus in the creation of blacksmith-like, forged materials: ideas. This blog analyzes topics that interest me: IT, politics, technology, history, education, music, and the history of religions.

Mortal and divine in early Greek epistemology: a study of Hesiod, Xenophanes, and Parmenides

Galien de Pergame ou la rhétorique de la Providence: médecine, littérature et pouvoir à Rome

Daily Life in Ancient Rome. A Sourcebook

How did the economy of Ancient Rome work?

Graphic Signs of Authority in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages

Decoration and display in Rome’s imperial thermae: messages of power and their popular reception at the Baths of Caracalla

The boundless sea: writing Mediterranean history

Dura-Europos. Archaeological histories

Author unknown: the power of anonymity in ancient Rome

How did Germanicus find two small eagle standards hidden in the German wilderness after they were lost decades earlier in ancient Rome's disaster at the Battle of Teutoburg Forest?

What's the backstory to how the Beatles developed the opening chord for A Hard Day's Night? How did they decide to open the song that way?

How did Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young come up with the name of their song "For What It's worth"?

How did Fabius Maximus become a great Roman general by avoiding battle? Why did he do this?

Penser Dieu: noétique et métaphysique dans l'Antiquité tardive

Guide to the study of ancient magic

Agoni poetico-musicali nella Grecia antica

Der Kaiser und die Katastrophe: Untersuchungen zum politischen Umgang mit Umweltkatastrophen im Prinzipat

Why is it that the guitar solo of the national anthem that Jimi Hendrix did at Woodstock is still considered one of the best solos of all time?

What kind of dances did Romans have?

Roman conquests: the Danube frontier