Featured Book

Following on from the last featured book, this week is Volume 5 of the History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon.

Find it here

Featured Podcasts

Dickinson College has another series of Latin Poetry Podcasts 

Christopher Francese, Professor of Classical Studies at Dickinson College, reads short poems in Latin.

The podcasts can be found on iTunes here

Featured Podcast

Some recorded Latin conversations recorded for you

Neo-Latin Colloquia by Various Renaissance Humanists 

Haec sunt colloquia scholastica viva voce acta compositaque ab humanistis sexti decimi saeculi ad usum tyronum linguae latinae. Istis fruere! Si dum audis haec colloquia illa et legere volueris, i ad paginam hanc: http://www.chlt.org/sandbox/colloquia/

Featured Book

Following on from the last featured book, this week is Volume 4 of the History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon.

Find it here

Featured Podcast

This week features another podcast by X. Subashi who reads Caesar's De Bello Gallico (Book II) in study speed with 

read at a slow pace, with articulation, word groups, and clauses emphasized.

It can be found on iTunes 

Featured Book

Following on from the last featured book, this week is Volume 3 of the History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon.

You can find it here. 

Featured Podcast

This week features two podcasts by X. Subashi who reads Cicero's Pro Caelio

There are two versions, a natural version

capturing the sound, rhythm, and pace of natural speech and performance

The other is a study version

read at a slow pace, with articulation, word groups, and clauses emphasized. 

These should help to get a genuine idea of what the latin should sound like as well as help to study the texts.

Featured Book

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Volume 1) by Edward Gibbon is a great book for anyone who is interested in the Roman Empire.

It is quite dense, but written very clearly - definitely not an easy read but worth it! 


You can find the book for free on iTunes

Featured Podcast

Dickinson College have a series of six Latin poetry podcasts, available on iTunes.
Here is the list of their podcasts, and the link to get them.

iTunes link

Featured Book

Letters of Cicero Volume 1 by Marcus Tullius Cicero
Available on all devices with iBooks from iTunes for free

Featured Book

Cicero: Ancient Classics for English Readers
Available on all devices with iBooks from iTunes for free

Featured Book

Roman Life in the Days of Cicero by Alfred John Church
Available on all devices with iBooks from iTunes for free

Latin: A Language Far From Dead

Here is a 5 minute video lesson from the University of Arizona, accessible for everyone and available on iTunes U. 


You can find it here. 


It points out (once more) why Latin is a good subject to study. 

Featured Book

Latin Pronunciation by Harry Thurston Peck
Available on all devices with iBooks from iTunes for free

Featured Podcast and Website

I found this great resource about the whole Roman History, they have a series of weekly podcasts that :

traces the history of the Roman Empire, beginning with Aeneas's arrival in Italy and ending (someday) with the exile of Romulus Augustulus, last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire 

The podcasts can be downloaded on iTunes from here. 


They also have an accompanying website, that you should take a look at, its really good and has illustrations and photos to go along with the podcasts. 

The History of Rome Website

Featured Book

New Latin Grammar by Charles Edwin Bennett
Available on all devices with iBooks from iTunes for free

Featured Podcast

This weeks featured podcast is another one by the Open University available free on iTunes U from this link. 

The splendidly evocative ruins of ancient Rome have long been a challenge to historians and archaeologists in reconstructing how it looked and functioned. It became the largest city in the western world during the imperial period, so how was the city constructed, and what were the materials used? How was it defended, supplied with food and water, and how were the people housed and entertained, and above all, how did it function? These video tracks use various famous sites such as the Baths of Caracalla and the Pantheon to answer some of these questions. 

Roman Life: iPhone and iPad App

For anyone out there who uses an iPhone or iPad, there is an app that can show you the streets of Roman London.

Roman London where you can ‘excavate’ finds, using your fingers to dig and gradually reveal ancient artefacts where they were originally found. iPhone users can remove dirt by blowing into their microphone.Key Roman London sites, such as the amphitheatre and Temple of Mithras, have been brought to life through augmented reality video (iPhone only) – produced by HISTORY™ – showing scenes of Roman London, overlaid onto the view today. A soundscape to the Roman capital is also included, so you can listen to the hustle and bustle of the forum or the clamour of the Boudican rebellion.

Click here to learn more and download this new app
I think that this would be great for any enthusiast visiting London, or who wants to learn about Roman London in an interactive and exciting way.