My top 5:
1 & 2.Claudius’s history & Etruscan dictionary
3. Septimius Severus’s autobiography
4. Trajan’s Dacian commentary
5. Sallust’s Historiae.

Terribly sad.

Yes, and even better before cellphones.

This reminds of the time a student asked me what life was like before email. 🤣

Yes, Medicare for all would be ideal.

You can book hotels outside Concur, or so we’ve been told.

I'm so tired of hearing that we need to "teach our students how to use AI" when the thing they most need to use it is a critical-thinking skill set that can only be acquired by NOT using it. I'm tired of hearing that it's inevitable. I'm tired.

I believe there is a similar, but painted, Lazarus scene in the Via Latina catacomb in Rome.

Could it have anything to do with costs?

I probably have a few other refs but will need to dig them out in the morning. I’m in Rome now. Send me an email at my Tulane address.

Also Lorelei Corcoran .

Susan Walker has written on the Roman Egyptian mummy portraits.

Looked it up: present is basically an abstention, so not a yes.

Does “present” count as “yes” or is it akin to abstaining? 🤔

It was about 2.5 hours of comedy joy!