Links for the Week of 25 November

A roundup of information about the Colosseum restoration: http://rogueclassicism.com/2012/11/18/colosseum-restoration-coming-soon/ (via @rogueclassicist)
Ways to remember Greek meters: http://www.armand-dangour.com/mnemonics-for-greek-metre/ (via @rogueclassicist)
Paint the Peplos Kore (requires Flash): http://www.theacropolismuseum.gr/peploforos/ (via @classicslib and @DrKillgrove)
A nice overview of Roman law: http://flavias.blogspot.co.uk/2009/06/roman-law-courts.html (via @CarolineLawrenc)
Underground Roman tunnels (including a mithraeum) will open for visitors: @http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Ancient+tunnels+in+Rome+reopen+to+the+public/28073 (via @cortsims and @SarahEBond)

More from the CANE blog

Report of the CANE representative to NECTFL

Report of the CANE Representative to the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages by Dr. Madelyn G. Torchin, Tufts University, Program Supervisor, Classics

Trucks and the Subjunctive in PowerPoint

Since students don’t know how to use the subjunctive in English, explaining the constructions in Latin is complicated.  The presentations linked in this blog post

Links for 4 July

An NPR book review about Alice Kober and the decipherment of Linear B. (via @cortsims) A piece in support of requiring English to Latin on