Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Without Latin: Semper Pauper Eris.
Month: May 2012
Blogosphere ~ Disticha Round-Up: May 29
Bestiaria Latina Blog: Disticha Round-Up: May 29.
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:
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