SCREEN PLAYS: Classics on TV: BFI Southbank programme, 7 June 2012.
Month: June 2012
Blogosphere ~ Our Mortal Lot
Laudator Temporis Acti: Our Mortal Lot.
Blogosphere ~ Distich Round-Up: June 8
Bestiaria Latina Blog: Distich Round-Up: June 8.
Classical Words of the Day
- prodigious (Wordsmith)
- Sisyphean (OED)
Latinitweets:
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vii idus junias
ante diem vii idus junias

the ‘inner sanctum’ of the Temple of Vesta was opened to the (female) public
ludi piscatorii (?) — a private festival celebrated by fishermen
17 B.C.. — ludi Latini et Graeci honorarii (day 3)
20 A.D. — Nero Julius Caesar, son of the emperor-in-waiting Germanicus, dons his toga virilis; a congiarium is given to the people as well
86 A.D. — ludi Capitolini — a festival involving poetic contests, inaugurated by Domitian based on something done by Nero (day 2)
204 A.D. — ludi Latini et Graeci honorarii (day 4)
