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A review of Bijan Omrani’s book “Caesar’s Footprints”

Bloodshed and Blossoming: The Gaul Caesar Made
Jason Pedicone |
Roman Law, the Modern University, the Papacy, and the Renaissance All Owe a Debt to This Power Broker Who Slumbers in a Little-Noticed Corner of St. Peter’s

Dux Femina Facti: Matilda di Canossa
Gabriel Kuhl |
The Largest of Rome’s Obelisks Weighs Over 400 Tons, and Had to Be Brought 1700 Miles From Egypt — But Most Tourists Barely Notice Them

Obelisk Metropolis
Danielle Bostick |
Erin McKenna Hanses Discusses the Ancient Art of Teaching via Fables

Using Fables to Activate Latin
In Medias Res |
Seven Words That Inspired Marx, Montaigne, and Maya Angelou

The Wisdom of a Former Slave
Claire Pavlides |
a Terentio Tunberg est apud Living Latin in New York City

Cum Desiderio Erasmo in Scholis Latinis Loquamur! (Latine)
In Medias Res |
Fun with Baroque Latin, part 2

Secrets of a Lost Art, part 2: Chronograms
Mike Fontaine |
A Brilliant Latin Oration on the Teacherly Virtues of Patience and Simplicity.

Georgii Tarrega Oratio “De Quintiliani praeceptis etiamnunc repetendis et considerandis.”
In Medias Res |
Fun with Baroque Latin, part 1

Secrets of a Lost Art, part 1: Latin Anagrams
Mike Fontaine |
Where do you turn when you’re missing Rome? The “Dean of American Letters” is not a bad place to start.

Off the Dusty Bookshelf: Romesick With William Dean Howells
John Kuhner |