Links for the Week of 23 December

After this post, we’ll be taking a break until after the start of the New Year.
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@ProfChristensen has started a tumblr showing Latin found in the wild: http://realworldlatin.tumblr.com (via @ProfChristensen)
A timeline of Roman emperors and other major figures with images from coins and brief biographies: http://finds.org.uk/romancoins/emperors/timeline (Check out the changing profile of Nero!) (via @portableant)
Gregory Nagy’s course on the Ancient Greek Hero available online: http://kleos.chs.harvard.edu/?p=985 (via @HellenicStudies)

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Links for the Evening of January 9th

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Links for the week of 16 September

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Links for March 7th

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