March 2009
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ante diem iv idus martias Festival of Mars (day 12)
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mathematicaster (Wordsmith) acedia (Merriam-Webster … should use it in a report card comment) idiotism (Worthless Word for the Day)
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Science Daily picks up this item from NWO which originally hit the interweb back in January: Metrological analysis of ancient houses reveals the use of standard models that were ingeniously adapted to suit individual situations. Pre-Roman atrium houses exhibited a striking number of similarities as part of a long Italic building tradition. Dutch researcher Noor…
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The incipit of an item from Staines News: The restoration of an ancient ruin was completed on Thursday when the final decorative stone was put into place. A 25-tonne crane was needed to lower the final stone on top of the Roman pillars of the ‘thousands of years old’ Leptis Magna ruins in Windsor Great…
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The Nintendo fansite, DS-x2 reports that a DS-version game inspired by the Horrible Histories’ installment called The Ruthless Romans is in the works … more details as they come, but this might be something teachers could incorporate into the classroom (the book series is great) …
rogue classicism 