Friday, March 30, 2007

a.d. III Kal. Apr.

Non bene flat flammam qui continet ore farinam.
–Medieval

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Thursday, March 29, 2007

a.d. IV Kal. Apr.

Peric'la timidus etiam quae non sunt videt.
–Publilius Syrus

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

a.d. V Kal. Apr.

Ubi iudicat qui accusat, vis, non lex, valet.
–Publilius Syrus

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

a.d. VI Kal. Apr.

Ubi peccat aetas maior, male discit minor.
–Publilius Syrus

Monday, March 26, 2007

a.d. VII Kal. Apr.

Thesaurum in sepulchro ponit, qui senem heredem facit.
–Publilius Syrus

Friday, March 23, 2007

a.d. X Kal. Apr.

Vitia nostra regionum mutatione non fugimus.
–Anonymous

Thursday, March 22, 2007

a.d. XI Kal. Apr.

Improbe Neptunum accusat qui iterum naufragium facit.
–Publilius Syrus

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

a.d. XII Kal. Apr.

Non omnes qui habent citharam sunt citharoedi.
–Varro

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

eLearning and publishing at CAMWS 2007

The Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS) is holding its 103rd Annual Meeting in Cincinnati, beginning on the evening of Wednesday, April 11, and ending on the afternoon of Saturday April 14, 2007, at the invitation of Xavier University. All sessions will be held in the Hilton Netherland Plaza Hotel except those on Friday afternoon, which will take place on the Xavier University campus.

Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers will be exhibiting in the vendors area. Please stop by for a demo of the new Artes Latinae version 2.0!

Also, feel free to chat in the booth with Bolchazy-Carducci's new director of eLearning, Andrew Reinhard, to discuss the merits, pitfalls, and your own experiences of using technology in the Classics classroom.

Lastly, Bolchazy-Carducci's senior editor, Laurie Haight Keenan, will be giving a paper at CAMWS on Saturday, April 14, in the Pedagogy I session that runs from 10 - noon. Her paper is entitled, "From Classroom to Textbook: What Makes Latin Teaching Materials Publishable?". See the abstract at:

http://www.camws.org/meeting/2007/program/abstracts/10B4%20Keenan.htm

We hope to see you there!

a.d. XIII Kal. Apr.

Iracundiam qui vincit, hostem superat maximum.
–Publilius Syrus

Monday, March 19, 2007

a.d. XIV Kal. Apr.

Feliciter sapit qui periculo alieno sapit.
–Plautus

Locus: Mercator 4.7.40

Friday, March 16, 2007

The Essential Hitler

The Essential Hitler: Speeches and Commentary
edited by Patrick Romane



Selections from the standard reference book series on the Third Reich, Hitler: Speeches and Proclamations, 1932–1945, a four-volume set.
“Chapters are organized topically, each with a particular focus relating to an important aspect of Hitler’s public life and role as the Führer of Nazi Germany. The result is a volume of general interest that should find a prominent place on the reference shelf of any student or specialist interested in any phase of the life and career of the most complex, destructive, and central historic figure of the twentieth century.”
– Charles W. Sydnor, Jr., Emory & Henry College
Former president, Commonwealth Public
Broadcasting Corporation

Reviews of the four-volume series:
“An invaluable reference tool,”
– Aaron Kornblum, Holocaust Museum
“An indispensable source of the history of our times,”
– Alan Bullock

Features:
• Commentary places events in context and clarifies Hitler’s ideology
• Carefully researched and documented
• Maps of Germany and conquered nations
• Illustrations

880 pp. (2007) Paperback, ISBN 978-0-86516-627-7
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Click here to see The Essential Hitler: Speeches and Commentary at our website.

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Id. Mar.

καί σύ τέκνον
–C. Iulius Caesar

Caesar's supposed last words

Locus: Suetonious, Divus Iulius 82

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

pridie Id. Mar.

Virtus mille scuta.
–Motto

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

a.d. III Id. Mar.

Stultorum plena sunt omnia.
–M. Tullius Cicero

Locus: Ad Familiares 9.22.4

Monday, March 12, 2007

ad IV Id. Mar.

Spina etiam grata est, ex qua spectatur rosa.
–Publilius Syrus

Friday, March 09, 2007

a.d. VII Id. Mar.

Multi enim sunt vocati, pauci vero electi.
–St. Matthew

Locus: Gospel of Matthew 22.14

Thursday, March 08, 2007

a.d. VIII Id. Mar.

Sine doctrina vita est quasi mortis imago.
–Dionysius Cato

Locus: 3.1

Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Non. Mar.

Duce tempus eget.
–M. Annaeus Lucanus

Locus: Liber 7.88

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Pridie Non. Mar.

Nigrum in candida vertunt.
–Juvenal

Locus: Satire III

Monday, March 05, 2007

a.d. III Non. Mar.

Mala herba cito crescit.
–Anonymous

Friday, March 02, 2007

a.d. VI Non. Mar.

Utendum est divitiis, non abutendum.
–Anonymous

Thursday, March 01, 2007

Kal. Mar.

Nemo sua sorte contentus.
–Anonymous