Rodney Mancuso
@amancuso.bsky.social
PhD student at SLU studying late 5th/early 6th century Gaul and Italy. Italophile. (Sorry, France.) Purveyor of fluffy pastries. Has a Turkish goat hide in the garage.
I liked their character development system better than GS3. Must...resist...nostalgia...
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I liked their character development system better than GS3. Must...resist...nostalgia...
Is that you, Gibbon? Where is your phylactery?
November 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Is that you, Gibbon? Where is your phylactery?
I had a debate with myself about whether to keep that book in my classroom library when I was teaching. The book won.
November 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I had a debate with myself about whether to keep that book in my classroom library when I was teaching. The book won.
The Texas social studies standards have problems, but teachers can not be fired for teaching that slavery was the central cause of the war. That fact has been written into the state standards for a while now.
November 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The Texas social studies standards have problems, but teachers can not be fired for teaching that slavery was the central cause of the war. That fact has been written into the state standards for a while now.
The best Fancy is named Hussein
November 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The best Fancy is named Hussein
The 'Cadaver Synod' of 897 and its aftermath are underappreciated elements of the development of the papacy and the relationship between church, urban aristocracy, and regional leadership.
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The 'Cadaver Synod' of 897 and its aftermath are underappreciated elements of the development of the papacy and the relationship between church, urban aristocracy, and regional leadership.
That's a rather glib assessment of a post-Roman Britain in which people were reduced to emptying urns of human remains to use them as cookpots.
November 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
That's a rather glib assessment of a post-Roman Britain in which people were reduced to emptying urns of human remains to use them as cookpots.
Hah - I remember being surprised by that Texas history course around 2003. Most of my Texas history knowledge before that was grade school, Alamo visits, and Fehrenbach.
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Hah - I remember being surprised by that Texas history course around 2003. Most of my Texas history knowledge before that was grade school, Alamo visits, and Fehrenbach.
Sacculus, actually
November 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Sacculus, actually
The writing is hard to make out in places, but the full translation is absolutely real. You can easily see, for example, the final three words "saccus est [v]acuus" - "[my] purse is empty"
November 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The writing is hard to make out in places, but the full translation is absolutely real. You can easily see, for example, the final three words "saccus est [v]acuus" - "[my] purse is empty"
The love letter formula is amazing - thanks for this!
October 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The love letter formula is amazing - thanks for this!
Hard to believe they buried the worst of it at the end of the article. I would have led with "Nah, all men aren't created equal. White men should rule."
October 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Hard to believe they buried the worst of it at the end of the article. I would have led with "Nah, all men aren't created equal. White men should rule."
If they want to go to prison, sure. It is hilarious to see MAGA bluster collapse when forced to either tell the truth or suffer actual consequences.
October 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
If they want to go to prison, sure. It is hilarious to see MAGA bluster collapse when forced to either tell the truth or suffer actual consequences.
As usual the answer is "its complicated and it depends on where/when we are." Can go read Wickham's "Framing the Early Middle Ages" if you reaaaaally want to know.
October 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
As usual the answer is "its complicated and it depends on where/when we are." Can go read Wickham's "Framing the Early Middle Ages" if you reaaaaally want to know.
Sure. But how can we access it?
October 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Sure. But how can we access it?