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About Me
After years of working and owning restaurants, I decided to make a change. This change was not exactly welcomed with open arms considering the state of the economy was a huge factor for my decision to leave the restaurant business, before it got any worse. I was heartbroken and lost, but I found salvation when I went back to school. It was like I had transformed into this historical figure, or maybe even the female Indiana Jones. However, I wasn't so concerned with hunting treasure as I was with enriching my mind with historical information.
I decided to go back to school 2 years ago and work tirelessly towards a PhD in Medieval European Archaeology. It's a long road and it's been bumpy, but ever since I was a child there were only two things I ever wanted to do, and that was cook and dig in the dirt. I've already accomplished one of my dreams, so I figured life was to short to live the same day twice.
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Lake Mary, Florida
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I'm working towards a PhD in European Medieval Archaeology.
Topics I'm an Expert In
Blogging, Cooking, Restaurant ownership, Archaeology, History
Schools I've Attended
UCF
Degrees I've Received
Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management, Working Towards a PhD in Archaeology
Job Positions I've Held
Executive Chef, Restaurant Owner, CEO of Ancient Digger
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The Amazons were essentially a prehistoric people who inverted the social order. And so those women, by their unjust greed for others' land, justly lost their own. The earliest coinage in fact has Amazonian influences with bulls and lions, but more importantly, the first head placed on a coin was Mytilene, the founder of Lesbos, showing the myth was alive and well. The myth of the Amazons reminds Greeks of the time from 4-18 B.C. that they would rather forget. Their children’s growth and exper...
Hetaerai were often depicted in art mingling with mixed company and participating as if they belonged there. These women were sometimes granted more freedom intellectually than their more "respectable" counterparts, which is one of the things that made them so unique for their time. The hetaerai were associated with the wealthiest in Greek society, but they had no protection from the people below them. They were still commodities of exchange among the wealthy.
Ennius had a thorough understanding of Greek thought and culture, an admiration for Rome, and a gift for languages. Ennius was the first author to be exiled. He was trilingual and versed in Oscan, Greek, and Latin. He was invited to Rome by Cato the Elder in 204 B.C. after the two had served together in the Roman army in Sardinia
Cato the Elder was a traditionalist, conservative, praetor, consul, and he was governor in Spain. Cato the Elder became censor in 184 B.C and he spoke against Greek culture and foreign cults. He was a nationalist who invented a new form of writing called encyclopedia form. He was also innovative, being the first to publish his speeches.
Gnaeus Pompey was a young man who manipulated the Roman political situation to his advantage and becomes the exception of how to become powerful. Pompey was elected consul in 70 B.C., along with Crassus. Pompey essentially undid the work of Sulla. He restored the power of the tribunes and helped put equites back on the jury courts, thereby reviving popularis politics.
Roman general and statesmen Lucius Cornelius Sulla stood out for two main reasons. One he was successful and harsh to communities resisting Rome and two he championed the restoration of ultra conservative order in Rome. He came from an old patrician family falling on hard times and spent time with actors and prostitutes. He had a skin ailment so he was made fun of. He maintained these friendships and eventually pushed for the preeminence of the senate
Gaius Marius was a Roman consul and general who came to prominence during the war in North Africa against Jugurtha and the Numidians. Marius was not from senatorial family, but an equestrian family, and yet he rose up from the ranks. In 107 B.C. Marius wanted to run for consulship but Metellus said he could become a general only when Metellus son ran for senate. When Marius returned to Rome, he ran for the consulship under a single platform, Win the War.
Alcibiades was a nephew of Pericles and was elected to the generalship in 420 B.C.. Alcibiades believed he was born to be a leader. When he was young, everyone desired him physically. Socrates was one of his teachers and he was a conservative. He also met with his uncle Pericles to obtain a political education.
Anyone will tell you that location is one of the most important aspects of running a restaurant, and they are half right about that. In truth, it's about having the knowledge to own it, and money saved, in case any issues may arise in the future.
It takes much more money to start a restaurant these days. There are higher expectations for your success, especially if you plan to borrow funds from a bank. To be truthful, banks do not like loaning money to restaurants, and why should they? It's a huge risk for them and yourself, especially if you've never owned one and you have no experience in the hospitality field.
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