Why did Virgil write the Aeneid? Why did he want it destroyed at his death? What do scholars have to say about this? Was it propaganda? How much influence did the experience of the Punic Wars have on the story? Here’s a review of Dr. Elena Guisti’s 2017 book, Making Rome Great Again: Fake Views in the Ancient World, written during Trump’s first presidency.
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Neat infographic showing the connection between the debasement of ancient currency and the fall of the Roman Empire. Did you know there was a mini-ice-age
Summer Registration for the CANE Summer Institute is open. (15-20 July in Providence, RI, USA) Immersion Latin in Rome, for beginners and for teachers. (24
By: Bonnie A. Catto Rome is the eternal city, urbs aeterna, yet it is continually evolving. In Spring 2023 while teaching in Rome for
Lots of Links! Medieval bilingual picture book with animals and their sounds. Quaestio manet: quid dicit vulpes? http://t.co/M37KzEw4mG #latinteach — Magister Revkin (@brevkin) May 17,
