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The Strange Connection Between the Heart and Love

by Kate Dolan | Feb 14, 2021 | Articles, Holidays, Living History, Romans

February 14 is a day associated with disappointed expectations and heart-shaped boxes of candy. I don’t think the disappointment needs any sort of explanation. Or, frankly, the chocolate (although you can check out my blogs about growing chocolate and the history of...

Does King Herod Deserve a Place in the Nativity Scene?

by Kate Dolan | Dec 12, 2018 | Articles, Faith, Holidays, Kate Dolan, Latest Posts, Living History, Romans

The camel really stole the show at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in my opinion. While Mary, Joseph and the heavenly host gaze reverently at Jesus in the manger, the camel is looking in the other direction and laughing, like he’s making jokes with the visitors who walk by....
Your dinner could be worse: the garish taste of garum

Your dinner could be worse: the garish taste of garum

by Kate Dolan | Sep 29, 2018 | Articles, Food, Latest Posts, Living History, Romans

Imagine you’re in a Roman fast-food restaurant. (And yes, they had lots of fast food restaurants in Rome, although I’m not sure any of the arches out front were bright yellow) Instead of ketchup or soy sauce or even salt, you might be dousing your meal...

Beware the Ides of March?

by Kate Dolan | Mar 15, 2012 | Holidays, Latest Posts, Living History, Romans

Today, March 15 is referred to as the Ides of March. Should we “beware” of the day? Is it like some super-annual Friday the 13th, full of bad luck? Should we run away from black cats and avoid walking under ladders? After all, Julius Caesar did not heed...
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