iclaudius

About this original series

I am a writer and an English teacher from New York. I currently reside in the Canary Islands, Spain.The Ancient, The Modern and the Ridiculous is a regular video/audio podcast on ancient history and personal writings, bringing you news from the ancient world, book reviews and author spotlights on literature pertaining to ancient Rome, and presentations or dramatizations of my own writings.

# Episodes
12 episodes
Rating
TV-UN

Episodes of iclaudius

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  The Ancient, The Modern and The Ridiculous 11/11...
  
  This week a short history of the Roman Denarius. Written by Anticus Cornelius and presented by Yours Truly.
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    Nov 12, 2006
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    04:34
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  Personal VBlog Meditations III
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    Nov 10, 2006
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    00:55
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  Personal VBlog: Meditations II
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    Nov 8, 2006
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    00:43
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  Personal VBlog
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    Nov 8, 2006
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    00:31
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  More from my dog, Trep
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    Nov 6, 2006
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    00:28
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  The Ancient, The Modern and The Ridiculous 11/04...
  
  This week a short history of Pertinax, perhaps one of the shortest reigns in imperial history. Also a virtual tour of the Naples Museum.
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    Nov 4, 2006
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    05:56
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  The Ancient, The Modern and the Ridiculous Promo
  
  Why did Caesar regularly pluck out all his body hair? Did this lend credence to the popular saying of his time, "Caesar is a man for all women and a woman for all men" ? Did you know that dear old Uncle Claudius wrote a tract on the importance of breaking wind, and recommended this expulsion even at the dinner table? He even tried to get a law through the senate to the effect. I guess he wanted the senators to pass more than legislation. History is full of the kind of gossip perhaps even the E...
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    Nov 3, 2006
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    01:24
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  Would You Accept a Drink from this Man?
  
  Some summer hijinx with old friends from New York.
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    Nov 1, 2006
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    01:24
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  The Ancient, The Modern and The Ridiculous 10/28...
  
  This week I run down the ancient news and chat a little about Steven Saylor's historical detective fiction.This vidcast turned out a little better, but I'm still having trouble keeping the lighting consistent. Once I'm in full swing I will probably take the production to a larger venue where I can set up a green screen and get some nice backgrounds going. For now, the vidcast is short as I play around with different lighting.I hope you enjoy this episode and hope you drop me a line and let me ...
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    Oct 27, 2006
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    03:45
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  The Ancient The Modern and the Ridiculous 10/20/...
  
  The new vblog for October 20th, 2006 is up and running. This week a rundown on news from the ancient world and what happens when you ask unsuspecting people who their favorite emperor is.Please forgive the production quality of this episode. I'm still working on the lighting for the show and I should get it right soon. I just didn't want to spend another week experimenting while everyone waited impatiently for the new episode to appear on itunes.The girl in the "Who's Your Favorite Emperor" se...
  - Release date
    
    Oct 21, 2006
  - Runtime
    
    04:53