January 2013

  • Why Take Latin?

    Tip o’ the pileus to Karen Stears on twitter who directed our attention to an interesting blog post at Coming of Age in the Middle which has a nice summary of the ‘other effects’ of learning Latin … definitely one to have nearby for quick reference: Verbatim

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  • Portrait of a Classicist

    My spiders brought back this very interesting blog post from Never Yet Melted, which is an account of being an undergrad in ‘Dr Meleagar’s’  (a.k.a William George Headlam’s) presence: Portrait of a Classicist

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  • Nuntii Latini (Bremen)

    From the folks at Radio Bremen: Nuntii Latini Septimanales 11.1.2013

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  • Vergilian Society Tours

    Seen on various lists … someday I’ll go on one of these: To sign up for any of this summer’s tours, please visit: http://www.vergil.clarku.edu/cumae.htm. Questions may be sent to Keely Lake at vergsoc AT yahoo.com<mailto:vergsoc AT yahoo.com>. Vergilian Turkey Trip June 28 – July 13, 2013 Directors: Andrew L. Goldman and Amy E. Goldman We…

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  • idus januariae 86 B.C. — death of Marius 27 B.C. — Octavian “restores the republic” and receives the corona civica ca. 101 A.D. — birth of L. Aelius Caesar, future adoptive heir (never realized) of the emperor Hadrian 235 A.D. — martyrdom (?) of Andrew, bishop of Trier

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