01-20-2006, 12:58 AM
Hail fellow Roman enthusiasts.
My name is Byron E Durk and I reside in Cleveland Ohio, USA. Im currently an undergrad at the Jesuit University John Carroll University, majoring in History with a classical concentration.
I became interested in Roman culture back in highschool when my know-it-all friends thought they knew everything and anything dealing with pre-early modern history especially the classics. I delved into it to hold my own in a conversation and ended up being enthralled and positivily star struck by how interesting that time period was.
Which leads me to today, completely interested in Rome and studying to someday have the opportunity to get other youngsters as interested in it as I am, as a teacher and maybe someday get my Phd.
As obvious by my forum alias im also very interested in Greek Mythology, and have a bit of an addiction with Odysseus. He is my Greek counterpart. My knowledge in mythology, both Greek and Roman, may be more comprehensive than my knowledge of their histories, I still know a good deal... which brings me here, hoping to expand both my Latin lexicon and my general knowledge of classical cultures, more specifically Roman History.
I figure I can probably learn more in discussion with the real world than trying to get my eyes to bleed reading text books.
My name is Byron E Durk and I reside in Cleveland Ohio, USA. Im currently an undergrad at the Jesuit University John Carroll University, majoring in History with a classical concentration.
I became interested in Roman culture back in highschool when my know-it-all friends thought they knew everything and anything dealing with pre-early modern history especially the classics. I delved into it to hold my own in a conversation and ended up being enthralled and positivily star struck by how interesting that time period was.
Which leads me to today, completely interested in Rome and studying to someday have the opportunity to get other youngsters as interested in it as I am, as a teacher and maybe someday get my Phd.
As obvious by my forum alias im also very interested in Greek Mythology, and have a bit of an addiction with Odysseus. He is my Greek counterpart. My knowledge in mythology, both Greek and Roman, may be more comprehensive than my knowledge of their histories, I still know a good deal... which brings me here, hoping to expand both my Latin lexicon and my general knowledge of classical cultures, more specifically Roman History.
I figure I can probably learn more in discussion with the real world than trying to get my eyes to bleed reading text books.