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classicslibrary

  1. Literary map of the UK. via.me/-1mpurhk
  2. Tee Hee. The Middle Ages: Then vs. Now dlvr.it/1dWwCp
  3. @NicolaMcD My bad.
  4. @NicolaMcD doesn't 'sagae Thessalae' count?
  5. Ick. RT @Nihil_Novi_Net: 10 Weirdest Ways That Ancient Rulers Died - goo.gl/Ut1r5
  6. Excuse me? RT @historytweeter: #history All-terrain vehicle drives over ancient mounds goo.gl/fb/9hyk0
  7. Interesting to know if more early coins! RT @keenerclassics: BBC News - Coin from 32 BC oldest in Beau Street Hoard bbc.in/KgFPsf
  8. @GemmaLemma30 Just that you might think it's RUBBISH!
  9. @GemmaLemma30 But you may be so very disappointed...
  10. @eltonteb Hom. Il. 1.30 Per(seus) ?
  11. Hey, Twitter. Please can you tell my dog to stop easting the unripe strawberries from my plants? Thanks very much. x
  12. @NicolaMcD Fancy a sneaky look at the draft presentation on IT and AL Latin?
  13. @AvenSarah The Homer and Juvenal were from Page. The rest were from just a search on murex.
  14. Sadly, it is laundry day. RT @lizgloyn: ...I suddenly really need a picture of guinea pigs in Roman gladiatorial costume. Can anyone oblige?
  15. @AvenSarah Good luck with it!
  16. @AvenSarah Ovid Met. 6.9 and 11.166? Hor. Sat. 2.4.32? Hor. Ep. 12.21. Hor. Epis. 2.2.181. Tib. 2.4.28, 3.3.18. Hopefully more helpful!
  17. @AvenSarah But also colourful laena=sign of luxury: Juv. 3.283 and Pers. 1.32 (later, maybe influenced by Virgil??). Nothing contemp, sorry!
  18. @AvenSarah Aim of purple is pres really Roman, but you have Homer Il. 10.133-4.