Homines volo ut perveniiant ad astra. Diu, hic est noster somnium. Tamen, nunc esttempus Quod...

Origins: This quote is attributed to early imperial poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus, or Horace,...

The study of classics hinges on one perennial tension: whether archeology or textual sources hold...

Every classicist will have their own personal definition of classics, but the term “classics” has...

Quaero meumfenestra, Respiciens adclara lumina de urbs Currus stridenset turbae clamantes...

Dico Divo Augusto, Salve, Augusto! Pax Romana est eximius tempus in historia de humano....

Epistula ad Augustum Divo Augusto dico, Puto me loquinimium de nostra societate et nunc de...

Epistula adAugustum Divo Augusto dico, Salve, imperatorAuguste! Duo septimanas transierunt...

Ad Robertum, Salve. Putabam oblitis sum, sed enim, quod non est verum. Caesariani cognomen...

Epistula ad Augustum Divo Augusto dico, Salve, imperator Auguste. Admirari maxima tuas...

De moribus Non ego cedemus! Sed omnis orbis non permittit, Sed habeo nonvirtum, sed...

Interitus mortemque cano, O res publica! Ogloria! Cicero olim dixit, Nunc quoque innostrum...

What can a civilisation which ceased to exist thousands of years ago have any pertinence on an...

Historical Context: This enduring quote is attributed to one of the most famous generals of all...

Like modern poetry, classic Latin poetry also contains something called meter. Meter is the...

During the late Roman Republic, there was no modern technology, so propoganda spread via letters....

Roman discovery of Germania began with Caesar's invasion of Germania. In his Gallic Wars, he...

The Romans had an interesting relationship with the Greeks: although Romans had long captured...

"Arma virumque cano"- so began one of the most famous texts that the world has seen- Vergil's...

“Carpe diem”   Another Augustan poet who lived through troubled times was Horace. He sought...