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The Roman triumph

From NYRB, a review of Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World by Paul Cartledge. A review of Satyr Drama: Tragedy at Play. A review of The Official Status of the Foreign Residents in Athens, 322-120 B.C. by Maria Niku. A review of Caesar's Calendar: Ancient Time and the Beginnings of History by Denis Feeney (and a response). A review of Roman Eyes: Visuality and Subjectivity in Art and Text by Jas Elsner. A review of The Poetry of Pathos: Studies in Virgilian Epic by Gian Biagio Conte. A review of Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations by Martin Goodman. A review of The Roman Triumph by Mary Beard (and more). A review of Cultural Responses to the Persian Wars: Antiquity to the Third Millennium. Why a dead language is becoming popular: A review of Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin by Nicholas Ostler and Carpe Diem: Put a Little Latin in Your Life by Harry Moun (and more).