Naufragia was the name Romans gave to crashes during a chariot race, the shocking pileups of man, machine and thrashing horses. Naufragia is the latin word for “shipwreck,” which conjures the shocking destruction and tangled ruin that so dismayed—and ultimately delighted—the screaming spectators of the Circus.
Naufragia was ultimate disaster, an end not only to hopes [...]
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“Eclipsed by Shadow” was named a July 4th Display Title by the New England Independent Booksellers Association (NEIBA).
The book was featured in various bookstores in the Boston area, including Village Books in Roslindale, Harvard Square Books, Porter Square Books and Robin Bledsoe’s equestrian-oriented antiquarian bookstore.
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In our modern society we have celebrity athletes of different sports, but this is not simply a continuation of historical tradition. Rome was the society that first grew athlete-superstars was Rome. After their collapse, Europe endured a period of centuries known as the Dark or Middle Ages in which there were no celebrity athletes. It [...]
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