Video of newbie transferring from the scroll to the 'book'. Hilarious, in my humble.   more »

A snippet from a comic piece   more »

Mary Beard's latest blog offering raises the old question of what lost Latin manuscripts you would like to be discovered - and at the moment the focus is on what might be found in Herculaneum.   more »

I found this link on rogueclassicism, and love it:   more »

It might amuse you and your class to spot the mistranslation (it's a subjunctive, silly) and the misinterpretation (up to you to spot it) ...   more »

He said they were weak jokes ....   more »

Possibly worth downloading for classroom decoration?   more »

Google Books must be a fairly new offering from the rapidly expanding internet giant, because it is still in Beta. But when I put in the word Latin, and asked for books with full text rather that samples or teasers, I was rewarded with over 18,000 results, including many painstakingly digitalised Latin grammars from the 19th century.   more »

'Greg Swann, a broker for Bloodhound Realty, specializes in West Valley real estate' and calls Hoplites and Cincinnatus as witnesses in defence of private property. I leave you to decide whether there's anything in the argument. I hae ma doots.   more »

"Just wanted to give you gyus the tip, my wife graduated from Harvard this morning, and the first of the three student speeches was the annual Latin salutatory (apparently a tradition dating back to the first Harvard commencement in 1642, when of course they studied a heck of a lot more Latin). ...   more »

In the 16th century a pirate chieftainess, Granuaille, controlled the adjacent seas.   more »

Definitely one for the coffee break, though it might go on the classroom wall for discussion.   more »

This account from Spiegel is salacious in the fashion of The Sun, but the book as a whole looks fun.   more »

You might find this article from IT Jungle about the pace of change in computer hardware and Roman milestones amusing. Possibly.   more »

What do you call Santa's little helper?   more »

Surely a columnist can look up a dictionary to find out the Latin words abbreviated as i.e. and e.g.?   more »

Just for amusement. And don't worry about the shaky Latin. The English is shaky too. Just look at the first suggestion, in both languages.   more »

Why should I keep it to myself? Wilf O'Neill just sent me this:   more »

The Romans were great, weren't they? Straight roads, fresh water on tap, and the chariots always ran on time.   more »

As for Julius Caesar, he was "a corporate acquisitor," hated by "the boys in the executive suite" and stabbed to death by "a group of middle managers" in "a corporate coup."   more »

After a run of games focused on medieval times and the wars of the 20th century, several developers are now turning their attention to antiquity.   more »

Today's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has an amusing piece, or collection of pieces, by Peter Leo, arising from a report about the ability of some birds to learn grammar. Allegedly.   more »

I am a traditionalist and the recent motto change from “Audere-Est-Facere” to “To Dare is To Do” left a rather unsavoury taste in my mouth.   more »

In fact he was knighted.   more »

It's just possible that you'd like to know about this game.   more »

Yesterday's radio programme on Sappho was a pleasant listen, and although I didn't learn much that was new to me, ...   more »

I just got this game, popped it in my PS2 and was really awed. For those of you who don't know about Asterix, He's more popular in France. Here's how the story goes:   more »

BBC Radio 4’s Bookclub programme is looking for readers with a special interest in classics to meet historical mystery writer Lindsey Davis.   more »

"it has become increasingly clear that Greece is actually a country."   more »

David Meadows' "Rogue Classicism" blog gives a link today to a growing collection of Latin and Greek jokes. It is here on a page appropriately   more »