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“It is a dangerous myth that we are better historians than our predecessors. We are not.”
― SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
― SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
“Cicero once said of Cato, ‘he talks as if he were in the Republic of Plato, when in fact he is in the crap of Romulus’.”
― SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
― SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
“Cato was the most vociferous enemy of Carthage, notoriously, tediously but ultimately persuasively ending every speech he made with the words ‘Carthage must be destroyed’ (‘Carthago delenda est’, in the still familiar Latin phrase).”
― SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
― SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
Alex’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alex’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
177 books
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9 friends
2,636 books
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174 friends
22 books
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3 friends
809 books
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18 friends
362 books
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4 friends
221 books
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19 friends
0 books
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1 friend
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Classics, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Sports, and Travel
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