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		<title>Hollywood and the Great Captains of Greece and Rome</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(In honor of Oscar week, my ancient ghosts have turned the blog over to an unnamed Hollywood critic.) &#160; It is possible to make a great movie about the three greatest generals of the ancient world – Alexander, Hannibal, and Caesar – but you would hardly know it from Hollywood’s record. &#160; With one exception, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bstrauss.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6436799&amp;post=1064&amp;subd=bstrauss&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hannibal&#8217;s Path: Iran, Israel, and America</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hannibal’s Ghost came back from his sacrifice. He had such a fierce look about him that I wouldn&#8217;t have been surprised if he had just passed a child through fire to Moloch. But I didn&#8217;t ask. “Welcome back, oh Subjugator of Spain. Before you left, you were clearing up my misconceptions about the Middle East. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bstrauss.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6436799&amp;post=1059&amp;subd=bstrauss&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hannibal&#8217;s Path:  is War Coming in the Middle East?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[His bearded face had a weather-beaten look. His one good eye stared in scrutiny beside an aquiline nose. A man in his 60s, he still looked strong and unbowed–for a ghost. He was the shield of Carthage, the avatar of Hercules, the symbol of the one-eyed Celtic war god, the counselor of kings, the idol [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bstrauss.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6436799&amp;post=1050&amp;subd=bstrauss&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bread and circuses</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Super Bowl XLVI upon us, I summoned the ghost of the most victorious Roman of them all, Julius Caesar. &#8220;Hail, professor,” he said. “I see that you&#8217;ve got a cast on your left arm. Is that a football injury?” “No. I got it working out at the gym. I learned the hard way that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bstrauss.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6436799&amp;post=1032&amp;subd=bstrauss&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Pompey Effect</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Republican establishment wanted him. A brilliant strategist, he was painstaking in his attention to logistics. He knew his business inside and out. His friends adored him and he had many friends. Hail, Caesar! It sounds like you are describing the perfect candidate. I haven&#8217;t finished. His speeches left as much of an impression as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bstrauss.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6436799&amp;post=1015&amp;subd=bstrauss&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Twelve Maxims from Caesar for the US Election Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I asked Caesar’s Ghost to comment on the Republican primaries but he declined. “The race is run,” he said, pronouncing Romney the candidate. When I asked him to explain, he said his legate would be in touch. No sooner did he speak than an e-mail arrived with the following words of wisdom from the dictator. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bstrauss.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6436799&amp;post=1010&amp;subd=bstrauss&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Retreat</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the year 2011 nears its end, I called on Caesar’s Ghost to look back – and look ahead. I asked the dictator his main impression of the year. As a general, I could not help but hear the profound blast of the trumpet sounding the retreat. The Americans have pulled back in the Middle [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bstrauss.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6436799&amp;post=994&amp;subd=bstrauss&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chanukah à la mode</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the name of enlightenment, the government stepped in. Parents said they were circumcising their infant sons, and thereby carrying out a basic commandment of their God. Doctors said that circumcision improved public health. The government knew better: it was mutilation, plain and simple, and an attack on helpless babies. The practice dated to time [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bstrauss.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6436799&amp;post=987&amp;subd=bstrauss&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thanksgiving</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was surprised to find Caesar’s Ghost at my door again, and on a holiday morning. “Happy Thanksgiving, Dictator!” I said. Hail, professor. Caesar looked perplexed. I asked what ailed him. I do not understand this Thanksgiving of yours. In Rome, we had Thanskgiving too, and we called it supplicatio. But it was not an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bstrauss.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6436799&amp;post=979&amp;subd=bstrauss&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Imperium</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the Euro taking up fewer headlines this week, I didn’t expect to hear from Caesar’s Ghost. But the dictator came knocking on my door. &#160; Hail, professor! &#160; Hail, Caesar! What brings you here? &#160; The sweet smell of empire. Willy-nilly, the Germans are getting used to the idea that they have one and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bstrauss.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6436799&amp;post=969&amp;subd=bstrauss&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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