Yearly Archives: 2012

Links for the week of 9 September

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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.)

Information about Tweetchats (check out #latinteach): http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/how-and-why-to-participate-in-a-tweetchat/42380

The Getty’s exhibit “The Last Days of Pompeii” opens on 12 September: http://romanarcheo.blogspot.com/2012/09/getty-to-feature-modern-depictions-of.html (via ‏@jntribolo)

Digital Classics Association Conference in Buffalo, NY in April; call for papers with a deadline in December. http://classics.buffalo.edu/events/dcaconference/index.shtml

101 Reasons to learn Latin: http://iris.haverford.edu/scrinium/files/2012/08/latin002poster_clear.jpg (via @BretMulligan )

(Edited to fix a problem with a link.)

Thursday Resources: Maps

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Do you need maps for your teaching? EurAtlas has beautiful maps from a range of time periods available for personal or educational use.
Maps that are particularly useful to teachers of Latin and Classics:
Antique maps, including the Peutinger Tablet:
http://www.euratlas.net/antique/index.html
Maps of Europe from the year 1 CE to the year 2000 CE:
http://www.euratlas.net/history/europe/index.html
Maps of Greece from 200 CE to 1900 CE:
http://www.euratlas.net/history/europe/aegean/index.html
Maps of the Pyrenees/Rhine from 1 CE to 1600 CE:
http://www.euratlas.net/history/europe/pyrenees_rhin/index.html
The Seven Hills of Rome:
http://www.euratlas.net/Roma/7colli.htm
Regions of Rome:
http://www.euratlas.net/Roma/regiones.htm
Rome in the year 100 CE:
http://www.euratlas.net/Roma/rome100.htm
Pictures of famous Roman sites:
http://www.euratlas.com/Atlas/rome/index.html

Links for the week of 2 September

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Podcast on Caesar’s Army (from Prof. Francese on Latin Best Practices): http://dcc.dickinson.edu/podcasts/caesars-army”
Podcast on Caesar’s Strategy and Genius (from Prof. Francese on Latin Best Practices): http://dcc.dickinson.edu/podcasts/caesars-strategy-and-genius
“The New York Times reports that the motto of the Bronx is “ne cede malis” – and discusses both the history of the Bronx and the appropriateness of the quote.” (via Ruth Breindel) http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/bronx-motto/?ref=nyregion
“The Attack Ad, Pompeii-Style” http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/30/the-attack-ad-pompeii-style/ (via @Caecilius and many others)
The Vatican will be establishing a new academy for the study of Latin (article has some modern terms in Latin as well): http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/vaticancityandholysee/9511929/Latin-rebirth-in-schools.html (via @adrianmurdoch)