1Alcibiades: Playboy of Greece A brilliant military strategist and notorious womanizer … They do not tell you about Alcibiades when you study ancient Greece in school. He was quite a character, though.

1Leviathan No, no, this is nothing biblical in nature. Actually it is based off of Thomas Hobbes' political/theological treatise entitled Leviathan, a very long complex work which I suggest you never read. This is a good substitute, though. Use your imagination and

1Ars Mathesis: Pars II I hate the SATs!

1Ars Linguae: Pars III Amo caseum et viridem. Valete mei amici!.

2In Horto Praeclaro Statuarum Magnarum The hidden world of medieval Chinese and Byzantine sculpture reveals a fascinating existence of slender-limbed, sumptuously robed, iconic, religious figures. Christianity and Buddhism share more than you thought.

1Notes on the Great Depression 1931: The stock market crrashed, people were left jobless, and a hidden self-contained culture of the hobo-tramp emerged. It is a fascinating facet of 20th century American life unfortunately ignored.

1Ars Mathesis: Pars I You know, the word mathesis from my awesome title, is not from classical Latin. It emerged in medieval times, the era of late Latin. Well dah, imagine a guy like Caligula doing algebra. Shivers.

1Ars Linguae: Pars I Sero est. Il Divo cantant mihi. Sum defessa et laeta. Itaque nox mea est. Legete et valete!

Holiday in Graz What to do in Graz, Austria. Just some notes and ideas. No point in reading this unless you like internationalism.

2Gladiator Forensics: Verus and Polumbus Informal notes addressing some startling new facts about the lives of gladiators. They got married, you know. Enjoy! Vale.