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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An article on the tunnels at Baiae: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2012/10/the-unsolved-mystery-of-the-tunnels-at-baiae/ (via @DrKillgrove) Comments on the Classical names for storms from the Weather Channel: http://thecampvs.com/2012/10/03/the-weather-channel-gets-classical/ (via @theCAMPVS) Returning
It’s the beginning of August and, if you’re like me, you’re starting (however reluctantly) to play with lesson ideas and new techniques for your toolbox.
The Vomitorium Myth (via @tronchin) A plan to remove the Via dei Fori Imperiali (via @CarolineLawrenc) What else do people buying a particular author on
A new fragment of Augustus’s Res Gestae (Mary Beard, A Don’s Life) “REUNITED POMPEII COUPLE FINDS PERMANENT HOME” (via @Caecilius) Pliny the Elder livetweets the
