Grammar, Garum, and Germanic Tribes: Links 17 Dec.

CANE Media Coordinator
December 17, 2015

Here are some of the interesting stories, articles, and miscellany we found interesting this week.

Phuc Tran, who studied Classics at UMASS, gives an excellent Ted Talk on identity, thought, and grammatical mood.
Garum discovered off the coast of Italy?
A site where Caesar wiped out two Germanic tribes, the Tencteri and the Usipetes, may have been found in the Netherlands. Read the story in de bello Gallico, liber quartus.
Horace’s birthday was Dec. 8th, and to celebrate Tyrtarion has recorded a lovely version of Horace Ode 1.11.
A discussion from the blog of the Classics Department at the University of Glasgow about a rediscovered adagia manuscript.

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