The Trippiest Places for a Classicist to Go in Italy

The Trippiest Places for a Classicist to Go in Italy
By Rebecca Onken

Many classicists, when they begin their careers in a Latin 100 or Greek Civilization course, have never visited the sites of their interest. American classicists even have a whole ocean separating us from the locations, monuments, and historical artifacts that we study. When we finally do visit these locations, we are both…

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Haunted by the Past: Pompeii’s “Curse” and the Supernatural

Haunted by the Past: Pompeii’s “Curse” and the Supernatural
By Vikram Balasubramanian

In 79 AD, ash rained on Pompeii, burying the city. Pliny the Younger describes the catastrophe as white ash billowing miles into the air, hoards of country people unsure whether to leave their homes and run for the seas, and smoke casting a black shade over the sky…

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