A Classics and Ancient History Blog

 “The Hobbit” is J.R.R. Tolkien’s masterpiece which has hit both the silver screen and millions of paper backs and hard backs. The book...

With Christmas around the corner, many people are embarking on their Christmas Tree shopping, gift giving, or other Holiday tasks. While, no...

 Saturnalia by Ernesto Biondi, 1899 Depicts 10 life-size figures,  who each represent a different social class  in Rome, from the gl...

Latin has long been argued by contemporaries to be a useless language. That the only worth of learning Latin is for a brief time it increa...

 Courtesy:KendraMillerPhotography The second installation of the Hunger Games: Catching Fire broke the November box office record wi...

In understanding the culture and lifestyles of the ancient Romans, we should look to their holidays to both their gods, monuments, and nati...

This week we will be learning  Roman Numerals and their Latin names, so that later this month we can learn how to write dates in Latin using...