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In the Ruins of Troy: Hecuba and Fortune
Ancient Rome and Antiquity Gerardine Hoogland 5/23/26 Ancient Rome and Antiquity Gerardine Hoogland 5/23/26

In the Ruins of Troy: Hecuba and Fortune

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Vanity and the Written Word
Ancient Rome and Antiquity Gerardine Hoogland 5/12/26 Ancient Rome and Antiquity Gerardine Hoogland 5/12/26

Vanity and the Written Word

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Writing and Reminiscence
Ancient Rome and Antiquity Gerardine Hoogland 5/12/26 Ancient Rome and Antiquity Gerardine Hoogland 5/12/26

Writing and Reminiscence

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The Brilliance of Cicero and Why He Matters Today
Ancient Rome and Antiquity, Why Politics Matters Gerardine Hoogland 4/17/26 Ancient Rome and Antiquity, Why Politics Matters Gerardine Hoogland 4/17/26

The Brilliance of Cicero and Why He Matters Today

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From Tea Shop to Ancient Courts: A Mouldering Pleasure
The Time-Traveler's Dispatch, Ancient Rome and Antiquity Gerardine Hoogland 4/9/26 The Time-Traveler's Dispatch, Ancient Rome and Antiquity Gerardine Hoogland 4/9/26

From Tea Shop to Ancient Courts: A Mouldering Pleasure

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Livy, Machiavelli, and the Maladies of Modern Australia
Ancient Rome and Antiquity, Why Politics Matters, The Time-Traveler's Dispatch Gerardine Hoogland 3/26/26 Ancient Rome and Antiquity, Why Politics Matters, The Time-Traveler's Dispatch Gerardine Hoogland 3/26/26

Livy, Machiavelli, and the Maladies of Modern Australia

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The Case for Liberty Epigraphs
The Time-Traveler's Dispatch, Ancient Rome and Antiquity, Why Politics Matters Gerardine Hoogland 3/11/26 The Time-Traveler's Dispatch, Ancient Rome and Antiquity, Why Politics Matters Gerardine Hoogland 3/11/26

The Case for Liberty Epigraphs

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How Greek Tragedy Names the Protagonists of Destruction
Ancient Rome and Antiquity, Commonplace Gerardine Hoogland 3/11/26 Ancient Rome and Antiquity, Commonplace Gerardine Hoogland 3/11/26

How Greek Tragedy Names the Protagonists of Destruction

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Brutus of Troy - What’s in a Name?
Ancient Rome and Antiquity, The Time-Traveler's Dispatch Gerardine Hoogland 3/2/26 Ancient Rome and Antiquity, The Time-Traveler's Dispatch Gerardine Hoogland 3/2/26

Brutus of Troy - What’s in a Name?

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The Case for Wisdom, Temperance and Common Sense
Ancient Rome and Antiquity, Why Politics Matters Gerardine Hoogland 2/27/26 Ancient Rome and Antiquity, Why Politics Matters Gerardine Hoogland 2/27/26

The Case for Wisdom, Temperance and Common Sense

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The discomfiting of Nero
Ancient Rome and Antiquity, Why Politics Matters Gerardine Hoogland 2/22/26 Ancient Rome and Antiquity, Why Politics Matters Gerardine Hoogland 2/22/26

The discomfiting of Nero

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Letter from a Roman noble, 49 BC
Ancient Rome and Antiquity, The Time-Traveler's Dispatch Gerardine Hoogland 2/21/26 Ancient Rome and Antiquity, The Time-Traveler's Dispatch Gerardine Hoogland 2/21/26

Letter from a Roman noble, 49 BC

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 The ‘Office of Humanity’
Commonplace, Ancient Rome and Antiquity Gerardine Hoogland 2/15/26 Commonplace, Ancient Rome and Antiquity Gerardine Hoogland 2/15/26

The ‘Office of Humanity’

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Ancient Roman solution to the West’s low birth rates - pay a hefty fine in your old age if you don’t marry!
Ancient Rome and Antiquity Gerardine Hoogland 2/5/26 Ancient Rome and Antiquity Gerardine Hoogland 2/5/26

Ancient Roman solution to the West’s low birth rates - pay a hefty fine in your old age if you don’t marry!

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Eulogy for the Athenian way of life.
Commonplace, Ancient Rome and Antiquity, Why Politics Matters Gerardine Hoogland 2/3/26 Commonplace, Ancient Rome and Antiquity, Why Politics Matters Gerardine Hoogland 2/3/26

Eulogy for the Athenian way of life.

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Solon’s case for Virtue
Commonplace, Ancient Rome and Antiquity Gerardine Hoogland 2/2/26 Commonplace, Ancient Rome and Antiquity Gerardine Hoogland 2/2/26

Solon’s case for Virtue

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Apathy is democracy’s Achilles Heel.
Commonplace, Why Politics Matters, Ancient Rome and Antiquity Gerardine Hoogland 2/1/26 Commonplace, Why Politics Matters, Ancient Rome and Antiquity Gerardine Hoogland 2/1/26

Apathy is democracy’s Achilles Heel.

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Principles in Public Service: An illusion, or something to aspire to?
Ancient Rome and Antiquity, Why Politics Matters Gerardine Hoogland 1/30/26 Ancient Rome and Antiquity, Why Politics Matters Gerardine Hoogland 1/30/26

Principles in Public Service: An illusion, or something to aspire to?

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The importance of tracing your story back to its beginning.
Ancient Rome and Antiquity, Why Politics Matters Gerardine Hoogland 1/30/26 Ancient Rome and Antiquity, Why Politics Matters Gerardine Hoogland 1/30/26

The importance of tracing your story back to its beginning.

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Are the sacred geese of Roman past screeching loudly enough yet?
Ancient Rome and Antiquity, Why Politics Matters Gerardine Hoogland 1/30/26 Ancient Rome and Antiquity, Why Politics Matters Gerardine Hoogland 1/30/26

Are the sacred geese of Roman past screeching loudly enough yet?

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