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Tag Archives: 4th Century BC
370 BC: Numberless Democrituses Like Himself
The pre-Socratic philosopher Democritus (c. 460 – c. 370 BC) believed in an infinite universe, and therefore in an infinite number of worlds. Some might be bigger or smaller than earth, he concluded; some might have more moons or suns, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1990's, 20th Century, 3rd Century, 4th Century BC, Animals, Art, Astronomy, Birds, Crows, Democritus, Great Britain, Greece, Hippolytus, Leonora Carrington, Mexico, Philosophy, Printmaking, Pseudo-Hippocrates, Women
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331 BC: Jars
Limestone Canopic Jars (Ptolemaic Period, 332 – 31 BC). After mummification, the viscera of the individual were stored in jars for the afterlife: Duamatef—the jackal: the stomach. Hapy—the baboon: the lungs. Imsety—the human: the liver. Qebehsenuf—the falcon: the intestines. Click … Continue reading
312 BC: A Musicians’ Strike in Ancient Rome
It is…a mistaken idea to suppose that strikes are modern inventions. They are indeed of ancient origin. Livy speaks of an organized strike in the year 312 b.c., the description of which, although sufficiently humorous to make a background to … Continue reading
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Tagged 4th Century BC, Ancient History, Labor, Livy, Music, Religion, Rome, Strikes, Unions
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