A new Latin dictionary: http://www.instantlatin.com (via @twostraws)
NCLG Book Grant Application: @http://www.promotelatin.org/index.php?option=com_smartformer&Itemid=79 (via @etclassics)
Fundraising for a movie about the Roman army with “authentic gear:” http://livinghistory.phalera.com/en/projects/ (via @BenKaneAuthor)
A brief discussion of Roman law: http://flavias.blogspot.co.uk/2009/06/roman-law-courts.html (via @CarolineLawrenc)
A piece on Pompeii and the recent collapses: http://romanarcheo.blogspot.fr/2012/09/and-you-thought-pompeiis-volcano-was.html (via @Nihil_Novi_Net)
“Sound and Sense in Vergil:” http://thecampvs.com/2012/09/22/sound-and-sense-in-vergil-1/ (via @http://thecampvs.com/2012/09/22/sound-and-sense-in-vergil-1/)
A thesis on Roman baths: http://historyoftheancientworld.com/2012/09/three-studies-in-roman-public-bathing-origins-growth-and-social-aspects/ (via @Nihil_Novi_Net)
Catullus the Bookkeeper?
December 3, 2025
Is the list of numbers of kisses in poems 5 and 7 simply a trope, or do they tell us about Catullus’ family and upbringing? Is there magic or just an accountant’s keeping track of things?