Ancient Rome: Politicians
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Ancient Rome: Politicians
Mar 28, 2005
Shakespeare's Coriolanus and Plutarch: Part 3/3
A look at Acts 4 and 5 of Shakespeare's Coriolanus and the North translation.
Mar 14, 2005
Shakespeare's Coriolanus and Plutarch: Part 2/3
Shakespeare's Coriolanus Acts 2 and 3 and the North translation
Feb 25, 2005
Shakespeare's Coriolanus and Plutarch: Part 1/3
Shakespeare's play "Coriolanus" was based on Sir Thomas North's translation of a French translation of Plutarch's Life of Coriolanus. We start a detailed comparison of Shakespeare's play and the North translation.
Dec 6, 2004
Coriolanus leads the Volscians against Rome. Who can stop him?
Nov 22, 2004
Who was Coriolanus and how did he get his name?
Oct 11, 2004
Brutus and Publius Valerius launched a revolution, making Rome a republic rather than a monarchy. But then what happened?
Sep 9, 2004
Agesilaus II, King of Sparta: Part 3/3
Agesilaus and Sparta from Leuctra to Agesilaus' death on the way home from Egypt
Aug 23, 2004
Agesilaus II, King of Sparta: Part 2/3
Agesilaus and the decline of Sparta
Aug 9, 2004
Agesilaus II, King of Sparta: Part 1/3
The Spartans were warned by an oracle against having a lame king. Agesilaus II became king despite his lameness. Would the prophesy come true?
Jul 22, 2004
Eumenes was a brilliant general but he was betrayed to the enemy by his own men.
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