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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Thursday Resource: Ephemeris

Ephemeris is a website that posts modern news stories in Latin. It’s a nice source for sight reading passages and for expanding vocabulary in Latin.

Soldier Tenses

Students love to have things to manipulate.  These cards, which are easy to print out, give them a sense of time.  They also don’t have

Links 12 August

Here’s some of the interesting Classics-related items we’ve discovered over the last few weeks! The Washington Post has a story on the Active Latin movement.