Thursday, March 11, 2010

A Farewell Message from Pompeiiana Newsletter, Then and Now


It is not without some sadness that the Pompeiiana Newsletter blog project comes to a close. I have, for the better part of the past 13 months, posted five issues per week of Dr. Bernard Barcio's labor of love, his Pompeiiana Newsletter, which ran from 1974 until the end of the 2002-2003 school year. It is my hope that Latin teachers, students, and enthusiasts, will continue to return to this blog to mine it for Latin readings, recipes, puzzles and games, comics, and insight into a cornucopia of Classics topics. With nearly 250 issues, the activities within Pompeiiana's pages are seemingly endless. This blog shall remain free and open to the public and should serve as a way to continue promoting Latin both in and out of schools, and to stand as a testament to the love and devotion Dr. Barcio gave to the Latin language and to ancient Mediterranean culture and history.

May Barcio's work also serve to inspire those who wish to regularly promote Latin and Classical Studies on a national or global stage both now and in the future. Take this as a challenge, then.

Andrew Reinhard
Pompeiiana Newsletter online editor
Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Inc.
March 11, 2010

From the final issue:

"Pompeiiana, Inc., Now Part of History"

It had a long run, almost thirty years from the summer of 1974 to the summer of 2003! The time has comes, however, for the founder and Executive Director of Pompeiiana, Inc., Dr. Bernard F. Barcio, to retire, and for Pompeiiana, Inc., to cease its operations.

Pompeiiana, Inc., was definitely a labor of love for Dr. and Mrs. Lillian Barcio who, in addition to raising a family and juggling several different careers, devoted their lives to the ten primary purposes spelled out in Pompeiiana's Articles of Incorporation:

1. Aid in maintaining and expanding outstanding classical studies programs which are already functioning at the secondary school level.
2. Devise local, state and national media promotional tactics.
3. Act as a resource center for all material and programs released to classical studies for secondary schools.
4. Deliver enrichment programs to Latin, English and Ancient History classrooms.
5. Formulate and present programs on classical studies to secondary school assemblies and community groups.
6. Supply secondary school counselors and administrators with promotional materials for classical studies programs.
7. Sponsor and coordinate such nation-wide Latin-oriented multi-discipline projects as the National Catapult Contest.
8. Conduct special interest programs in Classical studies for local and state area youth and adults.
9. Sponsor high-interest summer study/travel programs in Classical Studies.
10. Continually generate and sponsor the production of new materials, programs and approaches to accomplish the above-mentioned goals.

Dr. and Mrs. Lillian Barcio are proud that all of the above primary purposes were well-achieved, with the exception of #9, for which adequate funding could never be obtained.

Pompeiiana, Inc., is proud to have introduced Latin teachers and students across the nation to The National Catapult Contest, National Chariathons for Latin, Latin Weekender Conferences, a Persona-Presenters Speakers Bureau, an annual Textbook Giveaway Program, and the Pompeiiana Newsletter, the only national monthly publication in the world for secondary school students of Latin.

It is also proud to have produced and made available to Latin teachers a Ferias Agamus booklet, a set of Latin Cultural Drill Tapes and Accompanying Study Sheets, The Life and Training of a Roman Legionnaire Video, a set of Roman Emperor Posters and more. The copyrights on these items are available for purchase by interested publishers.

Article 15 of the Articles of Incorporation of Pompeiiana, Inc., spells out how its dissolution be handled:

"Upon the dissolution of the corporation, the Board of Directors shall, after paying or making provision for the payment of all of the liabilities of the corporation, dispose of all of the assets of the corporation organized and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes as shall at the time qualify as an exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue Law), as the Board of Directors shall determine at the time of dissolution."

Dr. and Mrs. Lillian Barcio, along with the members of the Board of Directors, thank all those students, teachers, classicists, supporters and friends who have helped Pompeiiana, Inc., promote Classical Studies during the past twenty-nine years.

Valete Omnes!
May 2003

*The image above is of Dr. Barcio, taken by Dan Lurie, www.geekfriendly.org, and is used by permission.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

FINAL ISSUE! Pompeiiana XXIX.9, May 2003


Content: "Pompeiiana, Inc., Now Part of History", "Bellum Recentissimum in Terra Antiquissima", "The Beautiful Violacaevirflaruber", "Tabularium Confidential", assorted poems, "Augustus Gets 'Pumped Up'", "Spring Return of Persephone Challenged", "Bubble Ant", "The Romans Had them All: Split Days, Work Days, Half Days, Free Days", "Ariadne, After the Minotaur", Roga Me Aliquid, "Making Latin Live", "An Easy Read", Ludi, "Occasio Ultima Has Res Emendi", comics page, answer key for teachers.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Pompeiiana XXIX.8, April 2003


Content: "Petrus Cuniculus", "If You Want to Write . . . Move to Rome!", assorted poems, "Mysterious Lady of Eleusis", "Legal or Illegal, Greece Wants Them Back!", "Take a (Spring) Break", "One Last Embrace", "Strange Encounters of the Odyssean Kind", "April Fool", "Those Tactics Will 'Gitcha' Every Time!", Roga Me Aliquid, "Catullus LXIII: A Prologue", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Cooking Up Roman Beliefs, Ludi, "Res Venum Datae", comics page, answer key for teachers.

Monday, March 8, 2010

Pompeiiana XXIX.7, March 2003


Content: "Alexandra: 'Unum propositum bonum potest mutare mundum!'", "Rome's Man for All Seasons", assorted poems, "Salvete, Discipuli!", "Caesar's Cursus Honorum", "Arma (Virumque) Cano", "Roman Fantasies", "A Memorable World Leader", "The Journal of the Goddess Diana", "Ares: Mythology's Underdeveloped Character", Roga Me Aliquid, "Groundbreaking Architecture", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Orbis Iuliae, Ludi, "Annabel Lee" in Latin, "Res Venum Datae", comics page, answer key for teachers.

Friday, March 5, 2010

Pompeiiana XXIX.6, February 2003


Content: "Georgius Washingtonius", "Publishing: Ancient Roman Style", assorted poems, "Newly Unearthed Journal of Augustus", "On Running Through the Streets of Rome", "An Unforgivable Mistake", "Valentine's Day Is Coming", "Pompeia's Lesson", "Get Some Clothes On, Aphrodite!", "A Sheepish Solution", "Those Harry Potter Characters", Roga Me Aliquid, "An Easy Read", "Go For It", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Coarse Bread from the Island of Mykonos, Ludi, "Res Venum Datae", comics page, answer key for teachers.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Pompeiiana XXIX.5, January 2003


Content: "Quis est Bow Wow?", "The Fascinating Story of Rome's First Bridge", "Defining Latin", "The First Eclipse", "Shakespeare in Latin", "If You've Got It, Should You Flaunt It?", assorted poems, "Janus, God of Beginnings", "Think About It!", "Caligula!", "What Good Did It Do Her?", "When in Rome, Don't Get Sick!", "Wait! Don't Hang Up That New Calendar Yet!", Roga Me Aliquid, "An Easy Read", "Casa Romana", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Sweet Roman Toast, Ludi, "Res venum Datae", comics page, answer key for teachers.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Pompeiiana XXIX.4, December 2002


Content: "Aureola et Tres Ursi", "Rome Reborn A.D. 1377", "Aesop Exposed and Assassinated!", "Io, Saturnalia!", "Founding Father of America Assassinated", assorted poems, "The Ladies' Gallery", "Roman Slavery", "View from the Hill", "Women in Rome", Roga Me Aliquid, "Ludi Circenses in Indiana", "An Easy Read", "The Baths of Bath", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Palmulae Fartae, Ludi, "High School Latin Students, Here's Your Chance!", "Frmo the Mouths of Physics Majors", "Dona Saturnalica Emenda", comics page, answer key for teachers.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Pompeiiana XXIX.3, November 2002


Content: "BMW DCCLh1", "Alexander Severus: Twenty-Fourth Emperor of Rome", "Achilles" assorted poems, "The Big 'P' in Ancient Rome", "Five Good Emperors", "The Roman Navy", "A Statue and a Star", "A Latin Student's Lament", "Jupiter's Diary", "From Battlefield to Basilica: The Story Behind the Toga", "An Age of Kindness and Love", Roga Me Aliquid, "An Easy Read", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Fullum Frontonianum, "Mercury: Talk About a Troubled Childhood!", Ludi, "Res Venum Datae", comics page, answer key for teachers.

Monday, March 1, 2010

Pompeiiana XXIX.2, October 2002


Content: "Ashanti", "Roman Locuta Est", "The Waters of Lethe", "Hidden Masks", assorted poems, "Hadrian", "The 'D' Word", "The Many Faces of Venus" play, "Latin Feels Just Fine", Roga Me Aliquid, "An Easy Read", "Palace at Fishbourne", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Aliter Duleia, Ludi, "Kinder and gentler Titus", "Res Venum Datae", comics page, answer key for teachers.

Friday, February 26, 2010

Pompeiiana XXIX.1, September 2002


Content: "Speculatores Parvuli II", "The Pompei with one 'i'", "Welcome Back, Persephone!", "Pompeii Through Pliny the Elder's Eyes", "If You Thought You New Caesar", assorted poems, "Heus, Buddy, Can You Spare a Cow?", "Excerpts from the Last Journal of Augustus", "The Thirteenth Labor", "Anthony and Cleopatra", "Grammaticus Wanted!", Toga Me Aliquid, "An Easy Read", "Excerpts from the Last Journal of Augustus", "Artemis", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Mustacei, Ludi, "Res Venum Datae", comics page, answer key for teachers.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVIII.9, May 2002


Content: "Embolium II: Clonorum Oppugnatio", "To Octavia, with Brotherly Love", assorted poems, "Quit Writing in Hen Scratches", "The Many Faces of Cupid", "Latin Enrollments Soaring", "Virago Romana", "And We Didn't Invent Handball Either!", "Latin Cultural Immersion Institute", "Women's Rights", "Minoan Roots", "An Interview with Catullus", "New Latin Grammar Now Online", "Cow-Eyed Goddess Hung Out to Dry", "Building Nero's House", Roga Me Aliquid, "The Shocking Work of Praxiteles", "Erechtheon Floats into History", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Pullus Oilvis Fartilis, Ludi, "A Brief Encounter with Death", "Is Titus Doing Enough for Pompeii?", "Res Venum Datae", comics page, answer key for teachers.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVIII.8, April 2002


Content: "Argomentom Calidom", "The Good Sisters of Yesteryear", "O Brother, Where Art Thou?", "Naughty Little Twins", "Triumph Over the Monster", "The Great Adventures of Publius and Furianus", "Darryl Strawberry's Herculean Labors", "Minotaur Defeated!", "Being Unfaithful is Abuse!", "Slippery Little Nero", "Five Former Olympic Greats", Roga Me Aliquid, "Olympia and the Olympic Games", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Panes ex Farina Avenacea", Ludi, "Oh, What a Year It Was!", "Athenians Defeat Persians at Marathon", reading comprehension questions, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVIII.7, March 2002


Content: "Taeda Olympiaca: Accende Intus Ignem", "The 4 Horsemen of Rome", assorted poems, "Orpheus and Eurydice", "Scylla", "For Whom the Rooster Crows", "Pompeia, the Latin Class Phoenicoptera", "From Republic to Empire to . . . Hitler?", "A Thirst for History", "Rome: Fashion Center of the World", Roga Me Aliquid, "The Parthenon: An Incredible Sight", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Melopeponae Aquates et Melopeponae Mellis Roscidi, Ludi, "Mind Saver", "It's Off to School they Went", "Res Venum Datae", reading comprehension questions from page one, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Monday, February 22, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVIII.6, February 2002


Content: "Iacobulus Neutron: Puer Ingeniosus", "Petrarch: The Latin Lover", "Where the Boys Are", assorted poems, "First There was Latin in Harry Potter", "'Blackbird' Lyrics", "The Rites of Spring", "Phoebe", "The Find", "Lost, Lonely & Looking for Love", "Latin Reclassified as a Foreign Language", "Math and Science in Roman Schools", "The Search for Atlantis", "Hanukkah Error", Roga Me Aliquid, "The Roman Colosseum", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Libum, Ludi, reading comprehension questions from page one, "Res Venum Datae", comics page, answer key for teachers.

Friday, February 19, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVIII.5, January 2002


Content: "Tripping Over Dead Romans", "Anulorum Dominus", "The Raucous Roman Forum", "Happy New Year!", "Little Latin Lovers", "It Finally All Makes Sense", "Solution to the Tower of Babel", "Watching Troy Fall", "These Rolling Stones", "Starting the Year Off Right", "It Finally All Makes Sense", horoscope for 2002, assorted poems, "Outsmarting the Sphinx, "King Midas with a Twist for the Mythologically Miffed", "Just When You Thought They Were Passe", "Greeks Draw Collegiate Criticism", "Much Ado About a German", "Sancti Lares et Penates", "Just Tell 'em Once!", "Is There a Doctor in the House", Roga Me Aliquid, Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Country-Style Ancient Greek Bread, "Lower the Curtain, Start the Play", Ludi, reading comprehension questions from page one, "Res Venum Datae", comics page, answer key for teachers.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVIII.4, December 2001


Content: "Is there a Santa Claus?", "Quattor Animalia Cantantia Celebrant Saturnalia", "The Bishop of Rome to the Rescue", "Those Wonderful December Holidays", "Cicero: A Man for All Tempora Moresque", "September 11 & Thucydides", "Cleopatra", assorted poems, "The Language of Scholars and Students", "Hydra's Side of the Story", "Garrison Keillor on Latin Translation", "Classic Horizon", "The Heroic Runaway", "The King and I", "Surfin' the Roman Empire", Roga Me Aliquid, "Watching Time Pass", "Flavian Amphitheater: What a Building!", Ancient Greek & Roman Recipes: Cancer Pagurus cum Heleoslino Ovisque, "Bene Lava!", Ludi, reading comprehension questions from page one, "Res Venum Datae", comics page, answer key for teachers.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVIII.3, November 2001


Content: "Vigiles Heroici", "Farewell to the Lira", assorted poems, "Fall Fashions in Rome", "The Lost Son: A One-Act Play", "Conchology", "Villae et Domus Romanae", "The Roman Army Wants You!", "King Midas' Golden Brew Lives Again", "Polyphemus", "Two Thousand Year Old Town: Modern Roman Restaurant", Roga Me Aliquid, "Porta Nigra", Ancient Greek & Roman Recipes: Caroetae Cum, Ludi, "Parliamo Lingua Latina!", "Let's Not Get Cynical About English", "Res Venum Datae", comics page, reading comprehension questions from page one, answer key for teachers.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVIII.2, October 2001


Content: "Fredericuius Prinzus, Junior", "The Basilica as Courthouse", "Classical Studies Central to a Liveral Arts Education", "Jefferson Touts Latin!", assorted poems, "Circus Maximus", "The Aeneid, Book I: A One-Act Play", "Swimmer's Surprise", "Beware of Falling Leaves . . . and Cadavers!", "Play Time in Egypt", "The Dawning of the Age of Aquarius", "Me. Myself and Brenus", "Catullus: The Rest of the Story", "Aemilia: Gladiatrix Pompeiana", Roga Me Aliquid, "Honey, I Shrunk the Monuments of Rome!", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Gallina in Vino Albo Cocea, Ludi, "Res Venum Datae", reading comprehension questions from page one, comics page, asnwer key for teachers.

Monday, February 15, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVIII.1, September 2001


Content: "Aestas, A.D. MMI", "Legion XIIII Returns for MMI-MMII American Campaign", "Assisi: The Gem of Umbria", "Still the Best Show in Town", "West Wing Ends Season with a Flurry of Latin", "Alexander the Great to Return to the Silver Screen", assorted poems, "Cornelia, Gladiatrix Romana", "Jason Tells All", "Pyramids to Rise at Giza", "New Uses for Old Goddesses", "Waltzing Through Italy", "Sad? Just Learn Something New About the Romans", "Playing Ball with Boars' Tusks", Roga Me Aliquid, "Talk About Discrimination", "Wisconsin's 'Sacred Temple'", "Auro Perennius", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Patina ex Lacte Ovisque, Ludi, "Clytemnestra Dead!", reading comprehension questions from page one, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Pompeiiana XVII.9, May 2001


Content: "Salutatio", "Bagnaia: Latium's Most Enchanting Spot", "Roman Pantheon", "Bedtime Stories: in English and Latin", "The First Shooting Star", "The Tale of Echo and Narcissus", assorted poems, "Pliny and the Birds", "What is It?", "Our Men at the Front", "At the Gate", "Retiaria", Roga Me Aliquid, "Io Ambarvalia", "I Hate Grammar", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Libum Ex Caseo, Ludi Apti ad Discendum et se Oblectandum, "A.K.A", "Proscriptiones Nundinariae", reading comprehension questions from page one, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVII.8, April 2001


Content: "Dale Earnhardt: Formidolosus", "Rome . . . the Most Towerful City in the World", "Happy Birthday, Roma!", "Want to Dig in the Dirt?", "Do You Believe in Predestination?", "Lick Finger, Rub Behind Ear!", "Planes and Trains Explained", "Don't Catch Code", "U.S. News & World Report", assorted poems, "Taunting Polyphemus", "Fratricide: Twice Told", "So, You Want to be a Vestal Virgin", "The Tenth Muse", "Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely!", Roga Me Aliquid, "I Hate Grammar", Ancient Greek & Roman Recipes: Perdix Assus, Ludi Apti ad Discendum et se Oblectandum, reading comprehension questions from page one, "Proscriptiones Nindinariae", comics page, answer key for teachers.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVII.7, March 2001


Content: "Davidis Matthei: Caterva Musica", "The Princes of Rome", "Journal of Death", "A God of War -- and Much More!", assorted poems, horoscope, "A Latin Teacher's Moment of Truth", "The Shortest Distance Between Two Points", "The Death of Tiberius", "Landslide" lyrics in Latin by Fleetwood Mac, "Why 'The Ides'?", "Economic Revival Inspired by Caesar", "I Hate Grammar", Roga Me Aliquid, Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Convivamus!, "Live Gladiatorial Fights (featured by Museum of London)", "Class on the Grass", "The Looting Continues!", Ludi Apto ad Discendum et se Oblectnadum, reading comprehension questions from page one, "Stolen Artifacts Recovered in Rome", "Proscriptiones Nundinariae", comics page, answer key for teachers.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVII.6, February 2001


Content: "Matthaeus Damonus", "The Borgo", "Fantastic February Fun", "African American Scholars of Latin", "A Gummi Solution", assorted poems, "Master of Ancient Trivia", "An Ubiquitous, Cupidinous Boy", "O.K., One More Time: The Answer is Latin!", "One More Election Lesson", "If You Thought Greece Was the Cradle of Western Civilization . . . ", "Perfect Love", "Will the Real Valentine Please Stand Up", "Good Food, Bad Manners", "From Dining Rooms to Clinics & More", Roga Me Aliquid, "I Hate Grammar", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Patina de Piris, Ludi Apti ad Discendum et se Oblectandum, "Proscriptiones Nundinariae", reading comprehension questions from page one, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVII.5, January 2001


Content: "Drew" (Barrymore article in Latin), "The Land of the Sirens", "Millenio Novo Faustum Felix Tibi Sit!", "Ancient Advice for Bush and Gore", "The Role of the Fathr in Ancient Rome", "Horoscope", assorted poems, "Monsters Under Your Bed?", "Acting Up at Eleusis", "I Like Bacchus!", "Homer's Odyssey in 68 Verses", "Zeus is Doing O.K.", "Legends of the Zodiac", "Rethinking Olympus", Roga Me Aliquid, "I Hate Grammar", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Savillum, Ludi Apti ad Discendum et se Oblectandum, "Speaking of Elections", "The Latin Evolution", "De Comitiis Semper Dubitandum Est!", "Proscriptiones Nundinariae", reading comprehension questions from page one, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Friday, February 5, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVII.4, December 2000


Content: "Pava Puella Nivea", "The Oddities of Rome", "Fed Up With Saturnalia and All Its Excesses?", Christmas song lyrics in Latin, "Why Leave the Riviera?", "Labors of an NBA Hercules", assorted poems, "A Saturnalia Gift Gone Awry", "Medusa Maliciously Maligned", "Shangri-la", "The Mysterious Brooch", "An Old Sailors' Tale", Roga Me Aliquid, "I Hate Grammar", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Isicia Omentatta, Ludi Apti ad Discendum et se Oblectandum, Reading Comprehension Questions from page one, "Proscriptiones Nundinariae", Comics page, answer key for teachers.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVII.3, November 2000


Content: "Candidati Praesidis Statuum Foederatorum Americae", "Travertine . . . the Fabris of Rome", "Chimera", "Did You Remember to Celebrate 'Hanno Day' Last Month?", "Hey, Wanna Go Take a Bath?", assorted poems, "A November Visit with the Queen of the Dead" script, "Ancient Roman Pastime Picked up by McDonalds", "Colosseum Highlights", "'Wuzzup' with Our Language?", "University Touts its Vain Ladies", "Hewlett-Packard to the Rescue", "How Much is that Doggy by the River?", "A Nebulous Modern Myth", Roga Me Aliquid, "Would You Vote for Vespasian for President of the United States?", "I Hate Grammar", "Why American Railroad Tracks Match the Width of Roman Chariot Axles", "We Triple-Dog Dare You!", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Ientaculum Romanum Ova Spongia Ex Lacte, "Do You Certamen?", Ludi Apti Ad Discendum et se Oblectandum, "Sophitia and the Magic Stairs", "SPQRPD: Roman Cop Show Set to Air", "Proscriptiones Nundinariae", reading comprehension questions from page one, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVII.2, October 2000


Content: "Americana Alta", "Two Gentlemen from Como", "The Walking Dead", "The Greek Rip Van Winkle", assorted poems, "Your Day in the Forum", "Lucius Licinius Sura Not Spooked", "A Visit to the Baths of Caracalla", "Life Decisions of an Ancient Greek", "Oh the Times, Oh the Customs!", "Pizza: The Real Story", "Free at Heart", "Listen to the Mockingbird", "Hieronymus (Jerry) Qui Salit (Springer)" script, Roga Me Aliquid, "Dead Romans", "I Hate Grammar", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Assaturas in Procina, "Gladiator: A Teacher's Apologia", Ludi Apti ad Discendum, "Kiwi Revenge", "Proscriptiones Nundinariae", reading comprehension questions from page one, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVII.1, September 2000


Content: "Gladiator", "The Catacomb Chronicles", "I Hate Grammar!", assorted poems, "The Lost Brother", "Dallas-Ft. Worth Area Schools Revive Latin", "If Horatio had Defended the Bridge Today", "Unexplained Creatures of the Ancient World", "Zeus and the Moose" script, "Did Someone Say 'Nude' Olympics?", Roga Me Aliquid, "Watch Out for that Rhetorical Device!", "The Stolen Arch", "Vergil's Shakespearean Encounter" play, "Pondering Potter - Harry, that is", "We're Surrounded by Neo-Classical Architecture", Ludi Apti ad Discendum et se Oblectandum, "Top Ten Reasons to Take Latin", "Ecce Romani Sunt!", reading comprehension questions from page one, "Proscriptiones Nundinariae", comics page, answer key for teachers.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVI.9, May 2000


Content: "Quinque Pueri Qui Musicam Facere Amant", "Rendezvous in Rome", "A Letter to a Friend", assorted poems, "A Roman Wedding", "Latin Still Lives, and, boy, is it fun!", "Lighten Up, Man", "Pennies: A Ciceronean Parody", "A Perfect Husband", "Princess Mononoke Themesong" (Latin lyrics), "In the Footsteps of Alexander", Roga Me Aliquid, "Pisa: Pompeii of the North", "Latin Teachers No Longer Found Only in Classrooms", "Classics Take Center Stage", "Conversations with Socrates", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Porrorum Frictorum Offae", "Mummy Dearest", Ludi Apti ad Discendum, "CyberLatin Site Praised", "Thesaurus Rerum Quae Magistris Utiles Sint et Quae Teneant Illos Qui Latinam Ament", comics page, answer key for teachers.

Friday, January 29, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVI.8, April 2000


Content: "Carolinus Brown, Snoopius, Linus, Lucia . . . quo modo eorum umquam oblivisci possum?", "The Pagan Priest in the Vatican", "Fencing Battle Sees Perseus Victorious", "Apollo Reports Sun Chariot Stolen", "Auriga Resigns from Whites Team", "Cicero, It is Thee I Emulate", "Buffy: No Match for Lamia", "Coins of the Roman Empire", "Argus: The Real Story . . . Sort Of", "And That's Why Spring Has Come Again: A One-Act Skit", "Exclusive Interview with the Founder of the Greatest City Ever Built", "Archaeology Confirms Ancient Literary Record", "Happy Birthday, Roma!", "After the Big One", "Radio news", Roga Me Aliquid, "In the Steps of Alexander", "Conversations with Socrates", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Acetaria ex Cucumeribus, "Latin: Multicultural and Interdisciplinary", Ludi Apti ad Discendum, "The Real Founder of Rome", reading comprehension questions from page one, "Thesaurus Rerum Quae Magistris Utiles Sint et Quae Teneant Illos Qui Latinam Ament", comics page, answer key for teachers.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVI.7, March 2000


Content: "Tu Etiam Nunc Es Tu, Et Amo Te!", "The Dinner Paty: A Roman Tradition", "In the Footsteps of Alexander", "Just Another Day at the Flavian Amphitheater", "The Lifeless Baby", "Net News", "Mercy Killings on the Rise", "Ants in Antiquity", "Cleopatra Murdered!", "Carissime Sychaeus", "A St. Patrick's Day Tale with an Ancient Twist", "A One-Minute History of the Fall of Rome", Roga Me Aliquid, "Conversations with Socrates", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Gustum de Armeniacis, "The Man of the Month", Ludi Apti Ad Discendum, assorted poems, "Spring . . . When a Young Lady's Fancy Turns to . . . Catapults!", "Say, Julia, Who Does Your Hair?", Thesaurus Rerum Quae Magistris Utiles Sint et Quae Teneant Illos Qui Latinam Ament", reading comprehension questions from page one, Ioculare Visu, answer key for teachers.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVI.6, February 2000


Content: "Charlotta Ecclesia: Canta Voce Angelica", "The Open Air Market: A Roman Delight", "Commemorate Terminalia at Your School this Year!", "In the Footsteps of Alexander", "Modern Day Vestals", "Your Brother's a Real Dog!", "Gossip Column from the Nile Daily News", "Triple Trickery", "Pompeiiana on Cutting Edge of Digital-Library Technology", "Roman Repast Review", "If Two Roman Children Came to My Town", "One Eyed Poly, Shepherd", "Creation of Polyphemus", Roga Me Aliquid, "Latin Crowns A. D. 2000", "Conversations with Socrates", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Globi, "Cleopatra's Needle", "Did George Washington's Family Tell a Lie?", "Georgius Washingtonius: Pater Patriae", Ludi Apti Ad Discendum, assorted poems, "Noteworthy Lunar Miscalculations", "Dear Cassandra", "No Matter Where You Dig, There They Were", reading comprehension questions from page one, "Thesaurus Rerum Quae Magistris Utiles Sint et Quae Teneant Illos Qui Latinam Ament", Ioculare Visu, answer key for teachers.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVI.5, January 2000


Content: "Pocemontes" (Pokemon), "YIIK: Two Ways to Look at It", "Bread & Wine: Symbols of Rome", "In the Footsteps of Alexander", "The Price of Freedom", "There Always Was a Doctor in the House", "So, Like, Did Sampson Ever Meet Heracles?", "The Mysterious Birth of Athena", "Little Miss Deponens", "Berlin Wall Nothing in Comparison", "Catullus XLVI: Farewell to Bithynia", "Love and Courage", "A Hero Lies in You", "Astronomers Improve Calendar", "Hello Mother, Hello Father", Roga Me Aliquid, "Conversations with Socrates", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Patina de Piris, "Ludi Apti ad Discendum", "News from the Field of Archaeology", "Looking Out for the Past", "Carcass on Display", "Thesaurus Rerum Quae Magistris Utiles Sunt et Quae Teneant Illos Latinam Amant", comics page, reading comprehension questions from page one, answer key for teachers, assorted poems.

Monday, January 25, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVI.4, December 1999


Content: "Salinae Nativitatis Miraculum", "Pilgrimage to Rome", "Dine Like the Romans", "It's Saturnalia: Sing Up a Storm!" carols, "Peace on Earth" poem, "Looking Ahead to a Fond Farewell" poem, "In the Footsteps of Alexander", "Io Saturnalia!" skit in Latin, "Will Mortals Never Learn?" play, assorted poems, "Nero: The Mystery Solved", "Pondering Potter (Harry, That Is)", "Future of Latin in Hands of Classicists", Roga Me Aliqud, "The Appian Way", "Conversations with Socrates", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Savillum, Ludi Apti Ad Discendum, "Spiraling Shape" They Might be Giants lyrics in Latin, "Presence of Roman Goddess Minerva Felt Strongly in Indy", "Thesaurus Rerum Quae Magistris Utiles Sint", reading comprehension questions from page one, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVI.3, November 1999


Content: "Magos Magasque Etiamnunc Lectoribus Placere", "Constantine, Charlemagne and the Church", "Plan Something Spectacular for Your School During the Year 2000", "Do You Really Want Me?" lyrics, "The Dog and the Goat", "Old Iron Tooth", "Quid Sum?" poem, "A Latin Swan Song" poem, "A Marriage Proposal", "The Schools of America" poem, "All Roads Lead to Rome" poem, "Magna Caepa" poem, "Sic Transit Gloria Arboris" poems, "A Questionable Spice" poem, "Roman Law", "The True Father of Heracles", "My Softball" poem, "Catullus Cinquain" poem, "The Trojan War" poem, "Just Remember" poem, "Si Vales, Bene Est. Ego Valeo", "Let's Face It!", "In the Footsteps of Alexander", "Acronymic Deities", "One Man's Trash", "Is this 'Bonified' Latin?", Roga Me Aliquid, "More Latin CDs!", "Conversations with Socrates", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Persicum Patina, "One Scary Project!", "Thens, a Fragile Kingdom by the Foam", Ludi Apti ad Discendum, "Thank You, Mr. and Mrs. Proto-Indo-European", "Thesaurus Rerum Quae Magistris Utiles Sint et Quae Teneant Illos Qui Latinam Ament", reading comprehension questions frmo page one, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVI.2, October 1999


Content: "Gratiae Terra, Heroos Recentis Fanum", "The Latin Advantage", "Beware" poem, "Pompeii: Dream the Dream, then Make it Happen", "Castles Made of Sand" lyrics, "The Greedy Mouse and his Cheese", "A War Over Helen", "Don't Get Me Started on the Greeks!", "The Trojan Potato", "Neptune on Duty" poem, "Pomponius" poem, "Roman Brothers Three", "Rubicon" poem, "Autumnus" poem, "Return to America" poem, "Name that Goddess" poem, "Catullus Sad" poem, "The Games" poem, "Carpe Diem!" poem, "How Deponentia Finally Set Aside Her Passive Ways", "In School With Elided Hendecasyllables" poem, "Nostra Regina" poem, "In the Footsteps of Alexander", Roga Me Aliquid, "Conversations with Socrates", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Crustula Cum Cerasis, "Ludi Apti Ad Discendum, "Ex Uire i Reticulum", "The Pompeiian Villa in Port Arthur, Texas", "Thesaurus Rerum Quae Magistris Utiles Sint et Quae Teneant illos Qui Latinam Ament", reading comprehension questions from page one, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVI.1, September 1999

Content: "Bella Apud Stellas: Embolium I", "The Two Populations of Rome", "It's Alive, It's Alive!", "Cras . . .", "Gladiator" poem, "Latin" poem, "Catullus XI", "A Kinder, Gentler Dido" poem, "Go Figure!" poem, "Chicago" poem, "Oh, oh! Pandora's Back, And She's Dissin' Bad!", "Too Hot for Mt. Olympus" (Jerry Springer teleplay), "Prometheus' Final Gift", "Pupa Puellaris" poem, "Latin Simile Poem", "Puer Qui Solus Cogitat, Mala Cogitat" poem, "Nemo in Amore Videt" poem, "Latin: A Precise Tool", "Students of Latin (in Name Only)", "The Contemplation of Troy's Future", "I Didn't Start the Fire", "Tres Magicas Numerus Est" lyrics, "International Baccalaureate Organization Endorses Latin", "Puella Crinium Aureaerum et Tres Ursi", "Septimius Severus", "Ceres & Proserpina Reunited!", Roga Me Aliquid, "In the Footsteps of Alexander", "Conversations with Socrates", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Cremor de Ovis et Lacte Compositus, Ludi Apti Ad Discendum, "Latin Test", "Great Caesar's Ghost!" poem, "Horoscope for the Year", "Thesaurus Rerum Quae Magistris Utiles Sint", reading comprehension questions from page one, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Pompeiiana XXV.9, May 1999


Content: "Treccies", "The Wall Writers of Long Ago", "Cleaning Your Room? Don't Trash Those Unneeded Books!", "Tabloid Latin: Pliny the Elder", "Manlius et Anseres Sacri", "Ode to My Puppy", "Navigatio Mean Ephesum", "Tres Parvi Porci", "Pandora is Still My Name" poem, "Using Pompeiiana in the Classroom", "Maia" poem, "Just Another Five Denarii", "Carpe Diem" poem, "Time to Go to School", "Never Look Back" poem, "Does Humor Translate?", "Minerva" poem, "My Love Continues" poem, "Aeneas, Deae Natus", "Fabulae Liberis Aptae", "The Story of King Midas as Told from One Servant to Another" play, "Pyramus and Thisbe" play, Roga Me Aliquid, "And You Thought You Were Puzzled by Latin!", "Rome's Colosseum Getting a 'Lift' for the Millennium", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Panis Quadratus, "Modestus, the Baker", Carmina Optima et Eorum Auctores, Picturae Moventes, "Feriae Aestivae" wordfind, "Cibus Inanis" puzzle, "Corporeal Quiz" puzzle, "Famous Ad Slogans" puzzle, "What Does Cicero Know About Catiline?" puzzle, "Roman Countdown" crossword, "Historically and Culturally Speaking" crossword, "Picture-Picture" puzzle, "Mythology" puzzle, "Signa Caelestia" puzzle, "Facing Up to It" puzzle, Libri Optimi, "Another Fine Mother's Day" poem, "De Nocte Certior Factus" poem, "Guilhelmus Portae", "Aestatem Anticipare" poem, "Poemata Brevia", reading comprehension questions from page one, Nuntia Utilia Eis Qui Emptitetis, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Monday, January 18, 2010

Pompeiiana XXV.8, April 1999


Content: "Laurena Collis", "The Neighborhood Fountains of Rome", "Centesimal Years Not Usually Leap Years!", "He Buried His Mistakes", "Vergil's Story of Eurydice: The Georgics", "Apollo and Marpessa" poem, "Condimentorum Puellae" poem, "I Hope You're Planning to Vote", "Fabulae ad Dormiendum Aptae" poem, "Frusta Poetica" poem, "Hades, a God of the Greeks" poem, "Pandora" poem, "Birth" poem, "Those Hurrying 'Canes'", "Quis Sum?" poem, "Minerva Helps Ulysses Go Home", "Pygmalion" poem, "My Encounter with Roman Soldiers", "The Little Giant Thief", "The Voyage" play, "The Flight of Love" poem, "The Committee for the Promotion of Latin May Have Money for You!", Roga Me Aliquid, "Ode to Medusa" poem, "The Joys of Spring" poem, "Ashen Limerick", "Catullus Revises His Dinner Invitation", "Mercury the Traveler", "For Ice Cube, Rapper, Movie Star", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Pisa Porraque cum Ocimo, "Man Vs. Nation", "Cena Sapida" poem, Picturae Moventes, Carmina Optima et Eorum Auctores, "Roman History" puzzle, "Televisionis Diurnae Dramata" puzzle, "Counting on Latin" puzzle, "Nymphs and Other Famous Groups of Women" puzzle, "Ipsi Dixerunt" crossword, "Roman Potpourri" crossword, "Literally Speaking" puzzle, "Getting a Head Start with Latin" puzzle, "Noae Arca" wordfind, "Good Vs. Bad", "Quis Sum?" poem, reading comprehension questions from page one, Nuntia Utilia Eis Qui Emptitetis, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Friday, January 15, 2010

Pompeiiana XXV.7, March 1999


Content: "Heus, Iuli. Cave Idus!" play, "The Holy Stairs", "A Gift of Deception" poem, "Ya' Wanna Banana?", "The Death of Caesar" poem, "Sallust: The Doubtful Works", "Mommy Dearest" poem, "Pyramus and Thisbe", "Pandora's Box" play, "Playing Rewrite Editor", "Fire!" poem, "Tres Somni Horae Fabulae" poem, "Daughter of the Earth", "Inspiration not Translation", "Perseus Saga Abbreviated", "Latin: A Weapon for the Mind", "Latin from the Beginning", "Just Another Major Calendar Event", "Demeter" poem, "Those Illusive Latin Enrollment Figures!", "Just Like Busy Little Bees" poem, "Ave, Caesar" poem, Roga Me Aliquid, "'Dopey Dactyls' Revisited", "Takin' Latin and Lovin' It", "Latina in Vicesimum-Primum Saeculum Intrat", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Cremor de Ovis et Lacte Compositus, "Saturnalia, a Smashing Success!", Carmina Optima et Eorum Auctores, Picturae Moventes, "Latin on Ice" puzzle, "Ubi Nati Sunt?" puzzle, "Loquamur Latine" crossword, "The Great American Pastime" puzzle, "The Color of Latin" crossword, Libri Optimi, "Paternal Search" puzzle, "Picture These Letters" puzzle, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" wordfind, "Prometheus" poem, "Writ in Blood" poem, "Will You Be My Friend?" poem, reading comprehension questions from page one, Nuntia Utilia Eis Qui Emptitetis, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Pompeiiana XXV.6, February 1999


Content: "Iohannes C. Mellencastra: Pictor, Scriptor, Musicus Saxosus!", "Io, Lupercalia!", "The Story of the Quirinal", "Ovid's Fasti", "Happy Valentine's Day" poem, "I, Pandora" poem, "A Pompeian Love Story for Valentine's Day", "The Myth of Cupid and Psyche", "Psyche, In Medias Res" poem, "Carmina Burana" poem, "Interlinear Love" poem, "Winter Wonderland" poem, "Alcyone and Ceyx" poem, "The Three Fates" poem, "Did Somebody Say, 'Martial'?", "Inquiring Minds Want to Know", "Video Contests", "A Unique Twin" poem, "Lost Paradise" poem, "Snakes Alive" play, "Aeneas" poem, "Sororal Sentiment" poem, "Daedalus ad Icarus Revisited" poem, "Northern Comfort" poem, "A Dinner Invitation" poem, "Love Transformed" poem, Roga Me Aliquid, "A Symbol of Love", "Found Poems on Greek Gods", "ABC's of Mythology" poem, "Terminalia" poem, Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Moretum, "The Blue-Eyed Warrior" poem, "Dopey Dactyls" poem, Carmina Optima et Eorum Auctores, Picturae Moventes, "Hercules a la Disney" crossword, "Persephone" crossword, "nitaL delbmarcS" puzzle, Libri Optimi, "Geographia" crossword, "Poemata Poetaeque" puzzle, "Quis Est? Quid Est?" puzzle, "The Calendar" puzzle, "Roman History" wordfind, "Horace Takes a Snow Day" poem, Nuntia Utilia Eis Qui Emptitetis, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Pompeiiana XXV.5, January 1999


Content: "Bestiolae Vita Proportionum Minutarum Epos", "Hey, Buddy, Can You Spare a Quadrans for a Bath?", "Mithras and His Disciples", "Odysseus Has Mercy", "Cogita de Aenea, Quaeso!" poem, "Ode to Latin" poem, "In Horto Florifero" poem, "From Fear, Courage!" poem, "Using Pompeiiana Newsletter in the Classroom", "The Myth of the Wolf", "Knowledge is the Light of the Mind", "What If Cicero Hadn't...?", "Ovid: Tristia" poem, "Urbs Aeterna" poem, "Vulcanus" poem, "Cicero: Roman Inspiration for Dr. Martin Luther Kind, Jr.", "Nursery Rhymes", "Cupid & Psyche" teleplay, "We Won't Mention the Fact that Cicero was a Giant Among Midgets!", "Morning Has Broken" poem, Roga Me Aliquid, "Asylum Meum" poem, "The Triumphant Gladiators" poem, "The God of Wine in Greek and Roman Mythology", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: "Dulcia cum Cinnamomo", Picturae Moventes, Carmina Optima et Eorum Auctores, "Who's Who in the Odyssey" crossword, "Top Ten TV Game Shows" puzzle, "Mothers of the Children of Zeus" puzzle, "Marius'-Mule Matching" puzzle, Libri Optimi, "Oh, Those Latin Verbs!" crossword, "Consider This!" puzzle, "Mythological Mix-up" puzzle, "A Very Touchy Game" puzzle, "Historical Hills of Rome Puzzle", "I Claudius" puzzle, "Latin Enrollments Triple", Nuntia Utilia Eis Qui Emptitetis, comics page, answer key for teachers.