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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"Telephone" history

If you have a school like mine, your students can probably find information more quickly using their phones than using the laptops on the laptop

Links for the Week of 3 March

Summer Registration for the CANE Summer Institute is open. (15-20 July in Providence, RI, USA) Immersion Latin in Rome, for beginners and for teachers. (24

Book Review: The Night Woods

Odyssey! Two Homers! Dartmouth College Classics Department!  And it’s all in a mystery! The Night Woods by Paula Munier (2024) continues the story of Mercy Carr,