Category Archives: Golden Ages

Good times, like the Age of Pericles and Pax Romana: looking back at not-quite-utopias.

Sifting Through the Ash Heap of History

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Brian H. Gill

Petrarch called Rome “a rubbish heap of history.” That’s what Ferdinand Gregorovius says Petrarch wrote in a letter, at any rate. “…Petrarch, who was then in Avignon, wrote on this occasion his patriotic epistle in Latin verses to Aeneas Tolomei … Continue reading →

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The Athenian Golden Age: Pericles, Aspasia, and All That

Posted on October 9, 2021 by Brian H. Gill

Ah! The Golden Age of Athens! “Golden age” arguably sounds classier than “the good old days.” But either way, it’s a bygone era that nostalgia says was so very much better than today. Folks living in a golden age may … Continue reading →

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