Nemo Saltat Sobrius: Dancing in Ancient Rome
In 62 B.C. a man named Lucius Licinius Murena was up for trial in Rome. He was accused of bribery.
Murena had ...
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Cygnea Cantio: The Swan-song
A cygnea cantio, or a swan-song, is a final gesture or performance given just before death (or retirement from ...
Auribus Teneo Lupum: Why Emperor Tiberius and President Thomas Jefferson Both Held a Wolf by the Ears
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you are damned if you do and damned if you don’t?
Proverb For ...
Lupus in Fabula: How to Speak of the Devil in Latin
In the Roman playwright Terence’s play Adelphoe, written c:a 160 B.C., two of the characters, Syrus and Ctesipho, ...
How to Ask Someone Not to Do Something in Latin
Guest post written by Peter Barrios-Lech, Associate Professor of Classics at University of Massachusetts ...
Litterae Vikingorum, Pars II: Runarum Origo
Si forte primam partem huius de runis seriei non legisti, eam hic reperies.
Cur res prorsus barbaricas in sede ...
How to Ask Politely in Latin
Guest post written by Peter Barrios-Lech, Associate Professor of Classics at University of Massachusetts ...