TTT: Virtual Julius Caesar

So I'm busy trying to track down all the bloggish sorts of things I can find which have to do with Classics and I come across a series of sites (blogs, etc.) put together y Mary Harrsch, whose work I don't recall ever having seen before and, I confess, had never heard of (if I had and have since forgotten, please forgive me!). While I'll reveal some of her other work over the course of the weekend, I just have to point out her Virtual Julius Caesar site, which quite possibly is the coolest thing since Pompeiian garum. You can actually chat with Caesar and he'll turn the conversation into something he can respond to. As you chat, in another window will open websites dealing with the topic of conversation. Definitely worth a look.

::Saturday, August 30, 2003 2:27:17 PM::
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THIS DAY IN ANCIENT HISTORY

ante diem iii kalendas septembres

• 490 B.C. -- battle of Marathon (one possible date)
• 37 A.D. -- dedication of the Temple of Augustus (and associated
  rites thereafter)

::Saturday, August 30, 2003 8:03:54 AM::
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NUNTII: Labours of Hercules

Twenty or so years ago, Seattle artist Michael Spafford made two huge murals depicting the Labours of Hercules to adorn the House of Representatives chambers. They were removed a few years later after complaints that they were too "offensive and sexually suggestive" (and, of course, things that are offensive and sexually suggestive have no place in government ...). In October, however, the murals will be 'redeployed' in Centralia College's Corbet Theatre. Read more in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer ...

::Saturday, August 30, 2003 7:53:19 AM::
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NUNTII: Roman Ruins at Edinburgh

An Explorator passed this one along for inclusion in Sunday's issue (thanks LA!). The Roman site of Cramond (whence came the famous Cramond Lioness, soon to return to its find site) is revealing more of its secrets. A dig in progress has uncovered pieces of pottery, remains of a Roman road, and some defensive fossa. More in the Edinburgh Evening News ...

::Saturday, August 30, 2003 7:15:05 AM::
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