So How Big Was the Colosseum?
Here’s an interesting little time killer our friends over at Scoop alerted us to. The BBC has a tool which will superimpose an ‘plan’ of the Flavian Amphitheatre in the postal code/area code/whatever of your choice on a satellite view:
Emperors of Rome: Glycerius
Adrian Murdoch continues his look at the ‘shadow emperors’ with a guy whose name suggests he’s rather too sweet to be a ruthless Roman emperor:
Classical Words of the Day
- accoutrement (Merriam Webster)
- asperse (Dictionary.com)
- flagitious (Wordsmith)
- obnubilate (OED … great word)
- vastity (Worthless Word for the Day)
… a taste of latinitas:
radix: root, source: noun. Example sentence:Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas.Translation:The love of money is … bit.ly/KHGD7m—
Latin Language (@latinlanguage) May 28, 2012
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem v kalendas Iunias
Drusus minor (Museo del Prado) 01 (Photo credit: Zaqarbal)
585 B.C. — solar eclipse predicted by Thales of Miletus occurs during the battle of the Halys (another possible date)
20 A.D. — Drusus “Minor”, the son of the emperor Tiberius, celebrates an ovatio for his victories in Illyricum
ca 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Heliconis
Blogosphere ~ Comparison of Gerund and Gerundive Ablative
Latin for Addicts: Comparison of Gerund and Gerundive Ablative.
Blogosphere ~ The Wisdom of Heracles
Laudator Temporis Acti: The Wisdom of Heracles.
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Abnormal Interests: On Hares Born To Mares And Hermaphroditic Offspring.
Blogosphere ~ Placing Flowers on the Graves
About.com Ancient / Classical History: Placing Flowers on the Graves.
Blogosphere ~ Latin Without Latin: Spes Alit Agricolas
Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Without Latin: Spes Alit Agricolas.
Blogosphere ~ Greenblatt, The Swerve
New at LacusCurtius & Livius: Greenblatt, The Swerve.
[a review, of course]
Blogosphere ~ Poison Honey and the Importance of the Classics
Roman Times: Poison Honey and the Importance of the Classics.
Blogosphere ~ Open Access to Athenian Agora Excavation Data
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access to Athenian Agora Excavation Data.
Blogosphere ~ Atoms, Agony and Gallimimi
Madeline Miller: Atoms, Agony and Gallimimi.
[matters etymological]
