The Queen of Cities Part 2: The House of God

On By Michael LiIn History, Literature2 Comments

Part 1: https://venividiveritas.com/2023/01/24/queen-of-cities-a-fictional-tour-of-constantinople-in-540-ad/ The visages of sages past observed in hushed reverence as I was led through the monastery by Ecritius, their faces immortalised in melancholic mosaic. Golden incense holders and candelabras glittered as the candle flames swayed, contorting like the lithesome frames of Oriental dancers. Either side of me, monks garbed in unassuming raiments …

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Alternative History: Antony and Cleopatra Part 2

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Antony and Cleopatra Part 2: Roman Politics When Romulus slew Remus, offering the blood of a king and a brother to the gods, he did so out of neither envy or hatred, but of piety. In the ancient world, when festivals commenced, oxen were sacrificed. On the eve of battles, goats and chickens were gutted …

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The Economic Implications of the Covid-19 Pandemic

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I’m sure we’ve all heard of the Covid-19 (Covid) pandemic by now. Even more than 3 years onwards from it’s origination in Wuhan, China, RAT and PCR tests are being conducted on a daily basis, drastic lockdown and social distancing regulations are being enforced in many regions across the world, and many of the world’s …

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Poetry: The Last of the Romans

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Historical Context The 620s AD were the darkest days in the history of the Roman Empire. The western provinces had long been lost to the Germanic barbarians who had transformed former imperial holdings into arenas for ambitious warlords. On the Danube frontier, the Avar Khaganate had overrun the Balkans, sacking cities and defiling citizens all …

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Roman Nomenclature: Don’t Call Them Emperors

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Although commonly dismissed as merely a language convention, nomenclature is in actuality a subject of paramount importance in the study of history. It shapes the medium through which we interact with the primordial crucible of the past, and hence determines how we perceive the events, concepts, polities, and figures that comprises the discipline of history. …

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Innovation Part 4: Sports Tech

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Previously, we discussed the development of new technology in sports, namely new shoes for running, and the wonders that these shoes have springboarded how far we have come when pushing our limits to the test. In this part, I will delve deeper on the hidden impacts of these technologies. When new technologies come out, will …

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Innovation Part 3: Sportswear

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Records are made to be broken. Whether that be grandiose records like the tallest building in the world, sublime records such as the world’s most expensive painting, or perhaps records of events that are, undoubtedly, out of the ordinary, such as breaking the most bricks with one’s head, there is every chance that the next …

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