A gingerbread Roman villa from King Arthur Flour’s contest: http://www.kingarthurflour.com/blog/2013/01/06/gingerbread-house-decorating-contest/
Ascanius is looking for late high school and early college Latin students to work at its LatinSummer program: http://ascaniusyci.org/LS2013-facstaffapps/
Pills found in a Roman shipwreck: Smithsonian blog and http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20937910 (via @SmithsonianMag and @classicslibrary)
An article about the second-floor toilets at Pompeii: http://www.livescience.com/26205-ancient-pompeians-upstairs-latrines.html (via @tronchin)
“The Construction of Authenticity in the Claudius novels:” http://historyoftheancientworld.com/2013/01/the-construction-of-authenticity-in-the-claudius-novels/ (via @Nihil_Novi_Net)
Close-up pictures of reconstructions of Roman legionary armor: http://hehasawifeyouknow.tumblr.com/post/39854481814/roman-legionary-armour (via @Nihil_Novi_Net)
A piece on social status shown in Roman children’s shoes: http://www.livescience.com/26047-roman-kids-shoes-statues.html (via @rogueclassicist and @DrKillgrove)
Freshly discovered Roman statues of the Niobids: http://www.repubblica.it/speciali/arte/gallerie/2013/01/08/foto/villa_messalla-50097355/1/?ref=NRCT-50097365-1 and http://phdiva.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/new-niobids-new-light-on-old-group.html (via @tronchin and @rogueclassicist)
Vestal Virgin hairdo instructions: http://www.livescience.com/26112-oldest-roman-hairstyle-recreated.html (via @TheHistoryBrew)
Social networks at Pompeii traced through graffiti: http://www.livescience.com/26164-pompeii-wall-graffiti-social-networks.html (via @DrKillgrove and @rogueclassicist )
Traces of frescoes in the Colosseum: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gRjbdwcFqEQZ4pE84E5rh90W7zxA?docId=CNG.ecdbeaab85926ee4b764fabce45ac7b1.6a1
(via @DrKillgrove)
Roman furniture and violence: http://phdiva.blogspot.com/2013/01/revolutionary-materials-furniture-and.html (via @SarahEBond)
Reasons why we should study Latin: http://comingofageinthemiddle.blogspot.com/2012/12/verbatim.html (via @DHSBClassics)
Links for the week of 9 September
September 9, 2012
Dr. Kristina Killgrove speaks about a Roman Dinner at a Science Cafe in Pensacola: http://www.poweredbyosteons.org/2012/09/invitation-to-ancient-roman-dinner.html (If the talk ends up online, we’ll link to it.)