Links for January 10th

Would you be considered beautiful in the ancient world?
 
More reasons why Homer may never have existed.
 
Some suggestions on how to use Roman inscriptions to teach introductory Latin.
 
An analogy to the recent tragedies in Paris — in AD 215, the emperor Caracalla ordered a massacre of the citizens of Alexandria, who had been fond of frequently making jokes about him and his family.
 
(Lastly, an addendum to the article posted earlier this week — Timothy Joseph, the author, can be followed on Twitter @TimJoseph1843!)
 
 
 
 

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Links for the Week of 23 December

After this post, we’ll be taking a break until after the start of the New Year. **** @ProfChristensen has started a tumblr showing Latin found

Links for November 14th

The Ashmolean Museums is preparing to assemble a Late Roman prefabricated church found in a shipwreck. A recently-discovered amphitheatre is being unearthed in Tuscany. Five

Links for 9 May

Vote for Deciphering Ancient Texts in the Digital Age to be produced as a MOOC. (via @ThomasKoentges) Map of Ancient Rome superimposed on a Google