March 2013

  • serpentine (Dictionary.com) impregnable (Wordsmith) periplus Latinitweets: noun 1: Roma , Romae, f (Romae: at/in Rome) => Rome http://t.co/Ek3k0x9CkU #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) March 22, 2013 pŏpīno, ōnis, m. a frequenter of eating – houses, a gormandizer — Charlton T. Lewis (@LewisandShort) March 21, 2013 ἴουλος [ῑ], ὁ down, the first growth of the…

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  • ante diem xii kalendas apriles Festival of Mars continues (day 21) Quinquatrus continues (day 3) — originally a one-day festival with rites in honour of Minerva, by Ovid’s day it had been increased to five days, with the last four involving gladiatorial bouts

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  • Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: March 22.

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  • American Institute for Roman Culture: Latin in the 21st Century.

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  • A different sort of repatriation story from Al Ahram: After almost four decades in the possession of a Brazilian citizen, a limestone Roman head of an as yet unidentified nobleman is on its way back to its Egyptian homeland. The head is very well preserved, and depicts the facial features of a Roman nobleman with…

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