by Ralph Benko | Jun 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
Posted on Monday, June 30th, 2014 Written by Ralph J. Benko Adam Smith, in Wealth of Nations, Volume II Book II, paragraphs 100 – 103, makes a pointed critique of American colonial paper money, and praise for the Currency Act prohibiting such. Smith: The paper...
by Ralph Benko | Jun 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
Image courtesy of adamsmith.org Originally posted on Monday, June 30th, 2014 Adam Smith, in Wealth of Nations, Volume II Book II, paragraphs 100 – 103, makes a pointed critique of American colonial paper money, and praise for the Currency Act prohibiting such....
by Ralph Benko | Jun 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
Posted on Thursday, June 26th, 2014 Written by Ralph J. Benko The erudite Ryan Sellars, publishing at AncientCarthage.com, recounts two variants of the once-famous legend of Dido … and her treasure. [B]y the first century CE, the legend of Dido’s treasure had...
by Ralph Benko | Jun 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
Death of Dido from Vergilius Vaticanus (Vatican Library, Cod. Vat. lat. 3225). Originally posted on Thursday, June 26th, 2014 The erudite Ryan Sellars, publishing at AncientCarthage.com, recounts two variants of the once-famous legend of Dido … and her treasure....
by Ralph Benko | Jun 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
Posted on Monday, June 23rd, 2014 Written by Ralph J. Benko Tacitus, in Book 16 of The Annals, describes an incident occurring in A.D. 65-66, of the Emperor Nero being “duped by the report of a vision of a cave of immense depth, which contained a vast quantity...
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