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| | Rambling about toponyms and ethnonyms in various languages. Branko Milanovichas revived interest in anolder post of mine about the Polish language.From Twitter it appears that the tidbit from that post which has been most remarked aboutis the fact thatthe Polish word forItaly isW?ochy (related to Gaul, Wales, Wallachia, Galatia, and Vlachs). That inspires this rambling....
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| | In recent days, the third excavation campaign by the University of Parma at the archaeological site of the Roman villa of Fiumana, located in Predappio in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, has concluded. The excavations, led by Professor Riccardo Villicich, have uncovered a complex of
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| | Most people are aware that the ancient Greeks made a lot of significant contributions to modern civilization, but not everyone knows exactly what they contributed. I cannot possibly hope to list all of the ancient Greek contributions to civilization here, since I could write a whole book on the subject and still not cover everything. ... Continue reading "What Did the Ancient Greeks Contribute to Modern Civilization? A Lot, It Turns Out."
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| Friends, I have exciting news! I'm going to be speaking at the Marlborough Literary Festival on 29 September - discussing all things British Library Women Writers. As you can imagine, I...