To: james d granata.
It is very funny to meet you on this page. Internet permits us to hold a dialogue from all points of the world. I’m neither Spanish nor American. For “the phonetic spelling” of Latin names I use the “Classical Dictionary” (1852) by William Smith. It is a very good Dictionary. I remember well Caesar’s destiny (sic). But do you remember the end of Pompeius? Here I quote Smith’s Dictionary: “His head was cut off, and was brought to Caesar”, i.e. Obama’s head, according to my “modernist” interpretation. Yes, as you say, History does repeat itself, but History is not made only by men. If you read Homer’s Iliad, you should remember: the last word belongs always to the gods. I am not a prophet, but, as Theodor Mommsen says about Pompeius, “even the grace of gods can help to no mortal who lacks courage”. The best book about Caesar and Pompeius is “Römische Geschichte” (t. III) by Theodor Mommsen. See also Caesar’s magnificent “Commentarii de Bello Gallico”.
