March 1, 2010

NLTRW: The Benefits of Latin

This was posted on Latinteach and seems to be a nice way to kick off National Latin Teacher Recruitment Week:

d.m. Giovanni Pugliese Carratelli

(no English obituary has appeared; tip o’ the pileus to Michael Metcalfe): E’ morto Giovanni Pugliese Carratelli, napoletano, storico dell’antichità di fama mondiale e personaggio insigne della cultura europea. Aveva 99 anni, essendo nato a Napoli nell’aprile del 1911. Giovanni Pugliese Carratelli ha dato un contributo decisivo allo studio del mondo egeo-anatolico in età minoica…

This Day in Ancient History: kalendae martiae

kalendae martiae This was originally the beginning of the New Year for the ancient Romans (and the consuls would probably enter office on this date prior to 153 B.C.) Festival of Mars, which included a procession of the Salian priests around the city singing their mysterious Carmen Saliare “birthday” of the temple of Juno Lucina…