Physics, diets, and Juno: Links for July 7

A little tangential, but if you like Stephen Colbert, you’ll appreciate his classical allusions as he explains how he first met his wife.
The physics of ancient Roman architecture
Even the Romans had fierce debates over banning assault weapons
A person tries a medieval diet for a month with interesting observations.
Lastly, for those astronomy/mythology nerds among us:

More from the CANE blog

Links for 26 Sept.

The Harvard Gazette had a great article on the intersection of Latin and Native Americans in Harvard’s Indian College Poet. The blog Designers and Books

Links for the Week of 18 November

A description (with pictures!) of the battle of Alesia: http://www.mikeanderson.biz/2012/11/caesar-against-vercingetorix-siege-of.html (via @Nihil_Novi_Net) Mathematics texts in Latin (and Arabic and Sanskrit and other languages: http://www.wilbourhall.org (via

Phaedrus

You need to be away from your Intermediate or Advanced class for a day or two – what can you do?  I found that especially

Help Answer the Latin Question

Today’s post is a guest post by Elliott Goodman. ————— As a Latin teacher I have often found myself answering the question “Why Latin?” to