Cawthorn Roman Camps guide published

THE story behind Roman military defences in North Yorkshire have been unveiled in a new guide.
The three Roman military fortifications known as Cawthorn Camps was bought by the North York Moors National Park in 1983.
The 103-acre site is four miles from Pickering and the fortifications were built between AD90 and AD130.
Initial findings in the 1920s [...]

Did Boudica destroy Silchester?

The TimesNorman Hammond, Archaeology correspondent

The British revolt against Roman rule led by Boadicea (Boudicca) may have had
a wider impact than previously thought. New evidence from the Roman town at
Silchester, near Basingstoke, shows that there was a significant episode of
destruction between AD50 and AD75, followed by a realignment of the urban
plan.

There is evidence of burning over [...]

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Manchester C.A. schools events 2009

The CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION
MANCHESTER AND DISTRICT BRANCH
PROGRAMME FOR SCHOOLS 2009
Here are the dates of our two schools’ events for next year:
Wednesday 11 February 2009: AS and A2 Latin Texts Half-Day at the University of Manchester, from 2.00 p.m.
Wednesday 11 March 2009: Annual Latin and Greek Reading Competition at Stockport Grammar School, starting [...]

Tom Holland in The Observer on recent Classics books

How the empire struck backAs the recent surge of books about classical civilisation suggests, we seem at last to be rediscovering the thrill of the ancient world
* Tom Holland * The Observer, * Sunday September 28 2008
Interviews with classics professors in newspapers went out of [...]

Boudica falls on the field of battle – Key Stage 2

Hertfordshire Mercury
By Amy Roberts
ANCIENT battle cries filled the air in Buntingford as children at Millfield First and Middle School in Buntingford took part in a mock Celt and Roman tussle.
Pupils in Key Stage 2 from the Monks Walk School dressed as the two groups of warriors with shields which they had made alongside their parents [...]

Vowels with macrons

Mention of macrons in vocab lists sent me to Open Office to find how easy they are to insert. They are easy enough, but a little time-consuming.
Ā
ā Ē ē Ī ī Ō ō Ū ū
Using Open Office : Insert : special character : Latin extended A
There is an add-on for Open Office that makes it [...]

AS Latin vocabulary list

After some teachers have had correspondence with OCR, the news is that they are hoping to have the AS vocab. list file in Microsoft Excel format by October half-term.
I am a little disappointed that they are going to use a proprietary format, but the good news is that the free and open source Open Office [...]

Mary Beard’s encomium to Kennedy’s Latin Primer

I, too, was brought up on Kennedy – the buff-coloured Shorter Latin Primer first, and then the green one. The result is that to me, now, the way the conjugations are laid out in Kennedy, in logically arranged boxes, is the one way that makes perfect sense. The best-intentioned modern grammars, if they lack boxes [...]

The Oxford Greek Play

From the University of Oxford Classics Outreach Officer:
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Wednesday 15 – Saturday 18 October
The University of Oxford Classical Drama Society presents
The Oxford Greek Play
AGAMEMNON
By Aeschylus
A story of sacrifice, treachery and adultery, Aeschylus’ play is as
powerful and as relevant today as it was at its premiere in 458 BC.
The play will be performed in Greek with English [...]