Sic Semper Tyrannis Revisited

Mitch Brown | January 22, 2026

A closer look at George Wythe's Latin motto on the Virginia seal

Leo XIV and Latin: Expect Improvement, But Not Much

Daniel Gallagher | June 2, 2025

Expect improvement, but not much.

Of Myths and Men: Classical Themes in Russian-Ukrainian Narratives

Nina Zeltser | June 26, 2024

Hackley School senior Nina Zeltser offers an expansive analysis of the Classical imagery woven into Russian and Ukrainian political history.

Two Cuttings from Central Park

Aaron Poochigian | November 23, 2023

An excerpt from Aaron Poochigian's contemporary didactic epic, Central Park.

The Entrancing Way to Learn

Aaron Poochigian | November 23, 2023

On didactic epic and the mnemonic power of poetry.

The Sovereign Image: Art and Science Under the Barberini

Marco Romani Mistretta | May 26, 2023

A review of The Sovereign Image. Urbano VIII and the Barberini Family, on view at the Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica at Palazzo Barberini until July 30th, 2023.

On the Long History of Language Learning at Busby Library

Bijan Omrani | May 15, 2023

Former Classics teacher Bijan Omrani used to teach in a school classroom one minute's walk away from where King Charles III was crowned in Westminster Abbey.

When A Latin Speech Was Front Page News

Daniel Gallagher | February 27, 2023

Former papal Latinist Dan Gallagher discusses what it was like in the Vatican's Latin Office when Benedict XVI resigned.

Apoxyomenos, The Athlete of Croatia: A Voyage Into Mystery

Noah Apter | February 6, 2023

The Reginaldus Inscription in the Teresianum

John Kuhner | August 24, 2022

A Remarkable Tribute to A Man Who Lived in Latin.

The Man Who Died To Leave a Tomb

Paideia Institute | October 6, 2021

The Curious Ozymandian Pyramid of Gaius Cestius

Elevator Latin

Mike Fontaine | August 5, 2021

For Today’s Diversion, Try Something Both Classical and Uplifting