Roman slavery, spoken Latin, and CARD-tamen: Links for February 19

A fascinating article about slavery and wages in ancient Rome.
@diyclassics helps you get started with spoken Latin.
Check out the Latin Listening Project – and you can contribute, too!
There are now print-and-play version of CARD-tamen and VERBA!

More from the CANE blog

Thursday Resource: Pelagios Map

The The Pelagios Map is an interactive map of the Roman Empire. You can scroll around the Empire, zoom in and out, and see both

Links for 13 June

Archaeologists are sharing the treasures of the ancient Egyptian city Heracleion!  These are some COOL pictures! The Met Museum has their Sleeping Eros statue on

Links for the week of 3 February

An opinion piece from the New York Times about the difficulties of translation: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/28/the-treachery-of-translators/ A recipe for an ancient Greek and Roman pork dish: http://www.flickr.com/photos/carolemage/8421220674/