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 December 13th

Some Saturnalia miscellany… … and some seasonal tunes. Neat manuscript illustrations of ancient war-machines. A travel project pertaining to the voyage of Aeneas.

A Brief Activity on Hanno's Periplus

In the early years of the fifth century BC, a Carthaginian admiral named Hanno sailed through the Pillars of Hercules and along the western coast

Foreign Language Tools

I’m having a bit of writer’s block, and it is the middle of the summer, so I will leave you with a small list of