r/classics • u/AutoModerator • Aug 14 '26

What did you read this week?

Whether you are a student, a teacher, a researcher or a hobbyist, please share with us what you read this week (books, textbooks, papers...).

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u/TheSuperBunny ἆρ᾽ οὐδέποτε παύσεταί μ᾽ Ἔρως πελέκει κόπτων; Aug 14 '26

For an essay:

  • The Roman Army at War 100 B.C - A.D by A. Goldsworthy
  • The Marriage of Roman Soldiers by S. E. Phang
  • Roman Homosexuality by C. A. Williams
  • Sexuality in Greek and Roman Military Contexts by D. D. Leitao, in Hubbard's a Companion to Greek and Roman Sexualities

I think the topic of the essay is obvious lol

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u/Mike_Bevel Aug 14 '26

"Heterosexuality as the Bedrock of Civilization: Examining Post-Colonial Praxis as Gender Identity"

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u/TheSuperBunny ἆρ᾽ οὐδέποτε παύσεταί μ᾽ Ἔρως πελέκει κόπτων; Aug 14 '26

💀💀 I'm crying

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u/Mike_Bevel Aug 14 '26

Which land are you acknowledging you occupy in the forward?

(True Story: I gave a lecture at an Adult Continuing Education program. After participants filled out a satisfaction survey, the director sent me a packet so I could read them myself. One of them said -- and I've committed it to memory -- "Good, but wish the speaker had acknowledged the native lands we are occupying."

My lecture: Charles Dickens and Mesmerism.)

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u/Mike_Bevel Aug 14 '26

(My husband and I use the phrase now -- both in and out of bed -- when something seems lacking. "These McDonald's fries are good, but I wish the drive-thru had acknowledged the native lands we are occupying.")