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Iacta Alea Est: Crossing the Rubicon

Iacta Alea Est: Crossing the Rubicon

On January 10th, 49 B.C., Gaius Julius Caesar uttered one of history’s most famous lines, Iacta alea est (sometimes written alea iacta est), after which he crossed the Rubicon river with his army and set the Roman Civil War in motion.
A Guide to Latin Place Names and Their Meanings

A Guide to Latin Place Names and Their Meanings

Sometimes you come across Latin place names like Roma, Athenae, or Carthago; sometimes you come across place ...
Nuntii Latini – News in Latin One Last Time

Nuntii Latini – News in Latin One Last Time

Nuntii Latini When I started teaching Latin using a spoken component some seven years ago, hearing Latin was a ...
Invita Minerva: Going Against a Goddess

Invita Minerva: Going Against a Goddess

Have you ever done something Invita Minerva? Most people have. Have you ever said you have a lovely singing ...
Stilum Vertere: How to Erase Something Like a True Roman

Stilum Vertere: How to Erase Something Like a True Roman

How many times a day do you hit backspace? Or are you perhaps old school and use a real pencil? In that case: how ...
Halloween Special in Latin #2 — Two Ghost Stories in Latin

Halloween Special in Latin #2 — Two Ghost Stories in Latin

In this year's Halloween special all in Latin, I tell you two scary, scary stories from Stockholm of centuries ...
Latin Classes During the Roman Empire

Latin Classes During the Roman Empire

Guest post written by Eleanor Dickey, Professor of Classics at the University of Reading in England. Two ...
How to Learn Latin From Your Things

How to Learn Latin From Your Things

This is a picture of our spices. In Sweden, the bottles don't come with Latin names. So whence these sapient ...