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Most of you are probably familiar with the song "Pompeii", released by Bastille in 2013. A few weeks ago, Rachele De Felice sent me this link, of a rather nice Latin translation of the song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG_9Lw_6UrU She expressed some disappointment that the song had not been translated into Oscan, as the more ancient language of... Continue Reading →
A great post here on the new Samnite grave in Pompeii by Virginia L. Campbell. She's also posted about the Oscan epigraphy of Pompeii here. A new discovery at Pompeii is always an exciting event, and even more so when it's from the 'Samnite' period of the town rather than its final destruction. I'm looking... Continue Reading →
Katherine McDonald 