Reading the Unreadable
As I compose Explorator this a.m., note an interesting Radio Program hosted by Barnea Selavan on Israel National Radio on reading ancient texts (and not confined to items from Israel) … among the projects mentioned are those of the University of Kentucky’s VisCenter, which has a number of interesting videos, including this incredibly interesting one [...]
Still More on the Aqua Traiana
Today I received a very interesting email from Ted O’Neill, who is one of the principals involved in the recent (re)discovery of what seems to be the source of the Aqua Traiana. Mr. O’Neill sent along a pile of interesting materials for me to share with y’all (thanks very much!||), so here goes … we’ll [...]
Recreating Gladiatorial Weapons
A series called Deadliest Warrior is coming to Spike TV which, apparently, will include some recreations of gladiatorial weaponry and demonstrations of it in action. I’ll try to embed a video here of same (but it was having difficulties yesterday): Deadliest Warrior | | SPIKE.com If it doesn’t show up for you, here’s a link [...]
On TV: Druidic Human Sacrifice?
On the National Geographic Channel tonight is a potentially interesting show about the Druids and evidence of human sacrifice by them in Roman times. They’ve got a video teaser of Caesar meeting the Druids… There’s also a lengthy text accompanying that (and another video) which starts with the evidence from Lindow Man and then goes [...]
Rinse the Blood Off My Toga
In honour of the day:
Punk (?) Catullus 5
This one was mentioned on the Latinteach list … not bad, but not really punk:
