The Pelagios Map is an interactive map of the Roman Empire. You can scroll around the Empire, zoom in and out, and see both natural features and manmade ones. It marks a wide variety of sites and would be very useful for tracking Horace’s travels or Pliny’s activities during the eruption of Vesuvius. (via the Smithsonian Blog)
Selections from Martial’s Epigrams on CANEPress
April 8, 2026
Who doesn’t love Martial? His epigrams are so timely, his humor and interest in the world about him so obvious that it is a delight