Links for 23 Oct

Here are some of the more interesting things we’ve seen this week!
The Rogue Classicist shares some thoughts (and images too) on the Persephone mosaics recently found in Amphipolis.
60 Minutes has a story on how Italy is funding restoration projects across the country.
Pop Classics has been reviewing episodes of the BBC series Plebs.
Reuters reports that Pope Francis has made Italian, not Latin, the official language of the Vatican Synod.
Finally, for something light-hearted and amazingly adorable, check out this short video on the medieval legend De Herinacio. In Latin with English subtitles!

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