Berlusconi as Tiberius? Nero? Caligula?
Interesting opEd by Natalie Haynes in the Independent:
Caesar’s Assassination Site Redux ~ “Excessive Interpretation”
Last week or so we mentioned the media flurry about the discovery of the purported site of Caesar’s assassination (Site of Caesar’s Assassination Found?) … those reports were generated by one of the archaeologists working at the Largo Argentina site (Antonio Monterroso) … now fellow archaeologist Marina Mattei is saying ‘not so fast …
Storifying the Latin Tweetup/Pipiatio Latina
As you might be aware, a couple days ago Darius Arya hosted another Latin Tweetup and although I wasn’t able to participate myself, I thought it might be fun to Storify the event:
… for the record, I did edit a bit, taking out some posts which were more technical than anything else; also anything that had a RT in front of it.
Do Not Pass Marathon … Do Not Collect …
Tip o’ the pileus to Atticus Cox who found this on the Uncyclopedia:
Source (the top-selling board game of the 5th century B.C.E. …)
Classical Words of the Day
teratoid (Dictionary.com)
malison (Merriam-Webster)
Latinitweets:
adverb: subito , indeclinable => suddenly bit.ly/IKAclf #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab—
(@LatinVocab) October 27, 2012
nihil: nothing: noun. Example sentence:Nihil me terret.Translation:Nothing terrifies me. bit.ly/SHflAh—
Latin Language (@latinlanguage) October 27, 2012
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vi kalendas novembres
- ludi Victoriae Sullanae (day 2) — games held in honour of Victoria commemorating Sulla’s defeat of the Samnites in 82 B.C.
- 43 B.C. — Marcus Junius Brutus commits suicide in the wake of the defeat at Philippi (by one reckoning)
- 113 A.D. — the emperor Trajan departs from Rome for his war against the Parthians
- 251 A.D. — the future emperor Valerian is elected by the senate to the recently-revived office of censor
- 1469 — birth of Erasmus
Blogosphere ~ Double Constructions with Verbs of Defending, Prohibiting and Protecting
Latin for Addicts: Double Constructions with Verbs of Defending, Prohibiting and Protecting.
Blogosphere ~ Mycenaean baking
res gerendae: Mycenaean baking.
Blogosphere ~ Water supply and wastewater disposal in Pompeii : an overview
History of the Ancient World: Water supply and wastewater disposal in Pompeii : an overview.
Blogosphere ~ Cheating in ancient sport
Ancient and Modern Olympics: Cheating in ancient sport.
Blogosphere ~ Do You Think You Know All the Reasons for Rome’s Fall?
About.com Ancient / Classical History: Do You Think You Know All the Reasons for Rome’s Fall?.
Blogosphere ~ APA Blog : CFP: Graduate Conference at Cornell University
American Philological Association: APA Blog : CFP: Graduate Conference at Cornell University.
