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Links for the Week of 20 January

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The deadline to apply for the American Academy in Rome Classical Summer School has been extended to 31 January and there are still funding opportunities available for secondary teachers: http://aarome.org/apply/summer-programs-0
Only a few spaces remain in the free CAM workshop on Speaking, Writing, Reading, and Teaching Latin on 9 February: http://www.massclass.org/index.php/archives/309
Finds from the drains of Roman bath houses tell us what people wore and what they did there: http://www.livescience.com/26202-drain-lost-items-roman-baths.html (via @Nihil_Novi_Net)
A portrait of a Roman man buried in Roman Britain has been produced using Roman artistic conventions: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-21009520 (via @DHSBClassics)
A collection of bibliographies on Roman topics: http://cnx.org/content/col11220/latest/ (via @apaclassics and @iota_subscript)
An argument for teaching Latin: http://comingofageinthemiddle.blogspot.ca/2012/12/verbatim.html (via @quinnkl and @rogueclassicist)
Treasure that was buried to save it from invading Romans has been found: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/2-000-old-treasure-discovered-black-sea-fortress-151425299.html (via @quinnkl)
Comparison of the walls of Rome: http://nolli.uoregon.edu/wallsOfRome.html (via @SarahEBond)
Amazing interactive timeline of Greek and Roman history and literature: http://learninglatin.altervista.org/chrono/chronology.html?l=eng (via @rogueclassicist)

Links for the Week of 13 January

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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 16 December

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A petition to keep the tomb of the Roman general who inspired Gladiator from being reburied: http://dariusaryadigs.com/2012/save-the-gladiator-tomb-sign-the-ipetition/ (via @SaveRome)
A Kickstarter to raise money for a free online movie about archaeology: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dariusarya/digging-history-getting-dirty-has-never-been-so-ed (via @SaveRome)
Online book chats about Roman Historical fiction: http://romanhistorybooks.typepad.com/roman_history_books_and_m/2012/12/roman-history-books-and-more-online-book-chats.html (via @IHahn)
Helmet from Caesar’s era found in Britain: http://romanarcheo.blogspot.com/2012/12/caesar-wars-helmet-found-near-canterbury.html (via @jntribolo)
A stage where Nero performed is being excavated: http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.de/2012/12/ancient-stage-where-nero-performed-as.html#.UMzmUKUsq_c (via @Nihil_Novi_Net)
An interactive graphic (requires Flash) of Zeus’s relationships: http://visualising.org/full-screen/46524 (via @classicslibrary and @adrianmurdoch)
A tool for creating differentiated projects (with a nice section on Bloom’s built in): http://byrdseed.com/differentiator/ (via @KatyReddick)
English translations of Attic inscriptions: http://www.atticinscriptions.com (via @classicslibrary)
Caroline Lawrence’s thoughts on how Romans are different from people today: http://the-history-girls.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/musings-on-ancient-roman-mindset.html (via @CarolineLawrenc)
Not strictly Classical, but a piece on how different cultures differentiate colors (useful for thinking about “Roman purple”): http://www.empiricalzeal.com/2012/06/05/the-crayola-fication-of-the-world-how-we-gave-colors-names-and-it-messed-with-our-brains-part-i/ (via @CarolineLawrenc)