Consider women who literally built Rome….one brick at a time! This is a great example of using inscriptions from the Ashmolean Latin Inscription database to show how primary source material will ‘cut to the chase’ when exploring new topics.
Two great blogposts from Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers about bringing news about Ancient History into the Classics classroom as well as many tips for teachers in the new semester.
For more current events and relevant history and its deconstruction, see Paideia’s blogpost:  The last queen of Palmyra ….and read about a damnatio memoriae happening in Syria
Dr. Pauline Ripat (Univ. of Winnipeg) and Dr. Christina Vester (Univ. of Waterloo) have released a free digital game, Vice Verba, now available for iPhone and iPad! Practice your Latin conjugations to win togas and earn dead Romans.   The University of Winnipeg students advised on and helped to create this game!