Ponticuli etiamferruminati sustinebant glires melle ac papavere sparsos. “There were also dormice rolled in honey and poppy-seed, and supported on … More
Tag: Pompeii
August 24, 79: An Hour-By-Hour Account Of Vesuvius’ Eruption On Its 1,937th Anniversary
At around noon on August 24, 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius began to erupt and spew ash and then pumice stones … More
The (Evil) Eyes Have It: Welcoming and Warning Ancient Visitors
Doorways and thresholds were an important locus of power in Greco-Roman antiquity–but we might also think of them as an epigraphic … More
Either Urine or You’re Out: Epigraphy and Graveyard Etiquette
‘Hic’ inquis ‘veto quisquam faxit oletum.’ Pinge duos anguis ‘pueri, sacer est locus, extra meiite.’ Discedo. — Persius, Sat. 1.112-114. You say, … More
