Word roots, rock operas, and zombies: Links for October 30

CANE Media Coordinator
October 30, 2014

Psyche: a Rock Opera is having its world premier in LA.
Inventive gifs displaying Latin and Greek word roots.
A new translation of Marcus Sidonius Falx’s “Roman Guide to Slave Management.”
The Magistrula website (great resource! see my post on it here) has a new NLE Zombie game.
An interesting and beautiful language tree, but where’s Latin?

Here’s one for D&D folk – a Roman glass 20-sided dice, C2nd Roll 16 to save… pic.twitter.com/rqyMYBqyy5
— Matthew Ward (@HistoryNeedsYou) October 15, 2014

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