Classical Links
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Freeware
There is a freeware program called Tempus Fugit, which will display the time in Roman numerals and put a Latin date down in your tray, near your desktop clock. This can be downloaded into your computer from : http://peccatte.karefil.com/software/TempusFugit/TempusFugitENG.htm
Organizations
American Classical League ACL http://www.aclclassics.org
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages ACTFL http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1
American Philological Association APA http://www.apaclassics.org/
Classical Association of New England CANE http://www.caneweb.org
Connecticut Council of Language Teachers COLT http://www.ctcolt.org
Vergilian Society http://www.vergil.clarku.edu
Latin and Greek Sites
***** Five stars means the best sites, in my judgment.
Perseus Project http://hydra.perseum.tufts.edu/
Text of Greek authors, maps, art and archeology, as well as syllabi, teaching suggestions, and lectures by professors at various colleges and universities. *****
Classics Technology Center http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/endex2.html
A hands on step by step instructional program in the use of the Perseus Project--suitable for independent student use. *****
Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome http://wings.sbuffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas/
Leo C. Curran, who manages this site, has 1100 pictures of Roman and Greek remains in Italy, Greece and other European sites. He has make these pictures available for use without any copyright restrictions. ****
Public Broadcasting System http://www.pbs.org
PBS offers on-line supplementary information for the programs it airs, especially NOVA. Select history from the home page and you can get in touch with The Greeks, The Search for Alexander, and Alexandria, the Sunken City . Suggestions for teaching are also included. ***
Virtual Walkthrough http://www.iei.net/~tran/walk.htm
This site contains photographs of the Colosseum and parts of the Forum that are so arranged that the viewer can "walk" through these ancient sites. *****
Forum Romanum http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/6946/rome.html
This site includes a virtual tour of the Forum, information on Roman history, Roman life with illustrations, also a dictionary of mythology with illustrations, and many other useful features. This is an excellent resource for students.*****
The Roman Forum http://library.thinkquest.org/11402/home_intro.html
This site is maintained by three students in the Netherlands. There are pictures of and information on the Forum, history, religion, life and a quiz. *****
The Imperial Fora http://www.Capitolium.org
This site contains information about the Imperial Fora. There are excellent pictures of the site in the present and in reconstructions. *****
Digital Latin Lexicon http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~barrette/lexicon.html
This contains a Latin lexicon that can be downloaded. Then it is only necessary to type in a word and the word and definitions will appear on the screen. This saves a great deal of time; rifling through pages is not needed. *****
Teacher Resources
A wide range of information and teacher aids from textbook reviews to Latin crossword puzzles are available at http://www.latinteach.com *****
Syllabi and Course Information for college level courses http://www.colleges.org/ctts/clscourses.html *****
Hot Potatoes http://web.unvic.ca/hrd/halfbaked/ ****
This web site enables the user to make up tests that appear on the web. This includes multiple choice, crosswords, and cloze.
The Getty Museum http://www.getty.edu/musseum/exhibits/statue.htm has material on Roman life in the time of Trajan. Even though this might not be the era that is being taught, the civilization of Rome had not changed much from earlier times. ***