Links for 20 June

A study of Roman concrete is in the news, and it explains why the ancient stuff is better than what we use today.
The tech used in body scanners has been used on Pompeiian wall art and revealed some interesting secrets! Read all about it!
Papa Franciscus has a Twitter feed, all in Latin. It’s got 100,000+ followers, and it’s growing every day. Even though Summi Pontificis breviloquentis may not have the same charm as pipiat papa!, it does have gravitas.
O tempora! O mores! O disputationes about Latin’s relevance and utility in the modern world! Mary Beard and others weigh in.

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Links for the Week of 2 December

The AIRC has a program for high school students to study in Rome in July of 2013: http://www.romanculture.org/page/engaging-history-high-school (via @AIRomanCulture) A Mary Beard piece on

Another Greek Mythological Puzzle

Greetings, members of CANE! As promised, I’m offering up another neat mythological puzzle for this week. As always, I want to hear from you with

Teaching Scansion

Strategy One: “quick and dirty” rules Example: a) last 5 syllables marked off submissoque humiles intrarunt vērtĭcĕ pōstēs b) remove ue and h, as they

Links for 9 April

Here are some of the interesting things we’ve found this week! Diary of a Wimpy Kid is getting its own Latin translation, available in the US