Here's some highlights from the Classical blogosphere ... over at Classics in Contemporary Culture, MH points us to a more extensive piece comparing the position of Taiwan in relation to China to that of Melos or Pylos in Thucydides ... Done With Mirrors celebrated 'Opinion Day' with a disquisition on the Revolutionary French calendar and a nice section on the Roman one as well (today, by the way, is 'Talk Like a Pirate Day', so be sure to use those subjunctives! Alun over at Archaeoastronomy is in the spirit ... click here to see Rogueclassicism in pirate speak (I like the Seneca quote)) ... Novum Testamentum points us to the Virtual Rome site (which I don't think I've mentioned before) featuring some nice photography of various Roman monuments (ancient and otherwise) ... assorted tidbits of interest at Laudator ...