An opinion piece from the New York Times about the difficulties of translation: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/28/the-treachery-of-translators/ A recipe for an ancient Greek and Roman pork dish: http://www.flickr.com/photos/carolemage/8421220674/
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
Regular posting will be starting again this week. “Mt. Vesuvius from space” (via @tronchin) More information about the Antikythera mechanism shipwreck, with a nice reconstruction
The AIRC has a program for high school students to study in Rome in July of 2013: http://www.romanculture.org/page/engaging-history-high-school (via @AIRomanCulture) A Mary Beard piece on
Today’s post is a guest post by Kevin Ballestrini. “What exactly is Operation LAPIS? Is it a game? Is it a simulation? How do you
A new Latin dictionary: http://www.instantlatin.com (via @twostraws) NCLG Book Grant Application: @http://www.promotelatin.org/index.php?option=com_smartformer&Itemid=79 (via @etclassics) Fundraising for a movie about the Roman army with “authentic gear:”
CANE reminder: The deadline to apply for a grant from the discretionary fund, which can be used for classroom tools, is 1 October: http://caneweb.org/CANEwp/?page_id=45 Exciting
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.)
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):
