Lead poisoning, Roman solider running a 5K, and more: Links for 22 May

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Links for the Week of 14 April

Check out Pass the Garum if you’re interested in cooking ancient recipes. The Dickinson College Commentaries blog has some info on what Gregory Crane of

Two Roman Goddesses- A Fasti Commentary

CANE Press has many commentaries of Latin texts that you might not find elsewhere. One such example is Amanda Wall’s Two Roman Goddesses, which presents

Links for the Week of 11 November

In time for Movember, a piece about beards and mustaches in antiquity: http://hehasawifeyouknow.tumblr.com/post/34927465794/taking-it-on-the-chin-facial-hair-and-barbers-in (via @ancientblogger and @rogueclassicist) And a piece about caryatids’ hairstyles: @http://www.greenwichcitizen.com/opinion/article/Grecian-formula-Archeologist-unravels-the-4016869.php (via

Ovid started the trend

Over the last five years or so, novels retelling classic myths from a new perspective has become trendy. Whenever I walk into my local independent