Pompeiiana XV.9, May 1989

Content: "Si Quaeris Amoenam Victoriam, Circumspice!", "Modern Myth", "The Romans Ate Vegetables -- But They Had a Passion fo Asparagus", "The Western World's Only Pyramid", "Roga Me Aliquid", "Parvi Pupi", "Musae Romanae: Fairwell to the Muse" poem, "So You Want a Good Translation", "Sing Along with Terpsichore", "Fun with 'Mitto'", "Big Business From Roman Horse Races", "Colloquium" Latin dialogue, "When is Eros not Eros?", "The Roman Nose", "Rap On, Caesar, Rap On", "Sing Along with Terpsichore", "Myths in Art: Garden Herms of Dionysus and a Maenad", "The Acropolis", "The Gods" poem, "Floral and Faunal Myths: The Lizard, The Woodpecker and the Anemone", "Fabula De Tonitru", "The Clone of Persephone", "The Pergamon Museum", "The Truth About Triremes", Comics page, "Magnum Proventum Poetarum Annus Hic Attulit", "Artes Latinae", "Claudia's Kitchen", Classified Ads, Carmina Optima et Aucotres Eorum, Budding Genius quiz, "Famous Romans" puzzle, "'Roman' for a Match" puzzle, "Roman Domain" wordsearch, "Gods and Their Activities" puzzle, reading comprehension questions from page one, answer key for teachers.

Pompeiiana XV.7, March 1989

Pompeiiana Newsletter is now back from haiatus and resumes its schedule of five issues/week!

Content: "Elisabetha Mediatrix" (Bette Middler), "If You Think Julius Caesar Doesn't Matter to Us, Try Living with the Old Lunar Calendar!", "The Twenty-First Century: Let's Get It Right From the Start!", "In Memoriam: Frank Fowle II", "Latin May be Precise, but Try Getting Two Latin Teachers to Agree Precisely", "Hey, Caesar, Don't You Know Which Way North Is?", "Verus Amor", "Roga Me Aliquid", "Fun with Words", "Musae Romanae: The Tears of the Muses", "Update on Romulus' Walls", "Authentic Roman Coins Still on the Market", "Little Tullia", "Caesar Not Delivered by Caesarean Section", "Myths in Art: Nemesis", "Sing Along with Terpsichore", "Contract Cartoonists Sought for '89-'90", "Delphi", "Eau de Caesar", "Floral and Faunal Myths: The Heron, The Screech Owl, The Oak and The Linden", "Latine Loqui Libet", "A Vergilio Excitata", "The Roman News", "The Aeneid, Bk. I", "Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York", Comics page, "The Ides of March: Time for Roman Around", "Claudia's Kitchen", "Latin Class Euphoria", "Derivative Temple Drawing", "The Only English Film Ever Made in Latin", "Poemata Brevia", Classified Ads, Carmina Optima et Auctores Eorum, Budding Genius quiz, "Vocational Placements" puzzle, "Children's Books" puzzle, "Televisionis Spectacula" puzzle, "Labyrinth" puzzle, "A Slave's Quest" puzzle, "Deponent Verbs" puzzle, answer key for teachers.

Pompeiiana XIV.5, January 1988

Content: "ZZ Summum" (aka ZZ Top) in Latin, "Discovering Roman Britain: Silchester", "Moment of Monumental and Irrepressible Silliness Yields Myth", "Zeus and Newtonia", "What to See and Do in Rome this Month", "Ave, Caesarule", "Marcus Tullius Cicero" poem, "Roga Me Aliquid", "Vulpes cornixque", "Haikus Latini", "Esoteric Myths from Greece & Rome: Philomena and Procne", "Pompeiiana Newsletter to Feature Full Page of Comics", "Catullus", "Let's Play a Game, Magister," "New Troy has Fallen", "A Little Roman Advice: Dream Well and Take Notes", "Claudia's Kitchen", "A Short Poem on the Life of Orpheus", Classified Ads, Carmina Optima et Auctores Eorum, The TV Column, "Would You Care to Rephrase That?" puzzle, "Sing Along with Phoebus, "What Time was This?" puzzle, "Classical Mathematics" puzzle, "Can You Decipher these English Proverbs?" puzzle, "Iliad" crossword puzzle, Budding Genius quiz, reading comprehension questions from page one, answer key for teachers.

Pompeiiana XIV.4, December 1987

Content: "Gemini Rapiunt Mundi Seriei Vexillum", "Hadrian's Wall", "'Twas the Night Before . . . Sort Of" in Latin, "What to See and Do in Rome this Month", "So, like, when is Christmas anyway?" story and comic, "Roga Me Aliquid", "Lucretius", "Esoteric Myths of Greece and Rome: Meleager", "Let's Put on a Play, Magistra", "President Speaks Out for Latin" (letter from President Reagan), "Claudia's Kitchen", Classified Ads, Carmina Optima et Auctores Eorum, "Video Words" puzzle, "Sing Along with Phoebus", "Imperial Puzzler", "Words of Wisdom from the Works of Cicero" puzzle, "Iliad Double Trouble" puzzler, "Deistic Devilment" puzzle, Mythology mini-crossword puzzle, Budding Genius quiz, reading comprehension questions from page one, Peacock mosaic craft, answer key for teachers.

Pompeiiana XIV.2, October 1987

Content: "Malus: Revenietne Michael Iacobfilius in Apicem?", "Discovering Roman Britain: Bath", "What to See and Do in Rome this Month", "M.I.T. Plans Re-enactment of the Flight of Daedalus", "Fabula Holloweena", "Roga Me Aliquid", "Missouri 5th Graders 'Lovin' that Latin'", "A Note on the Etruscans", "Esoteric Myths of Greece & Rome: Erysichthon", "A Pius Aeneas Poem for the October Ides", "Let's Put on a Play, Magistra", "Dead Languages can Teach Much of Modern Living", "Claudia's Kitchen", Classified Ads, Carmina Optima et Auctores Eorum, "Marcus Tullius Cicero" crossword puzzle, "Sing Along with Phoebus", "Mythological Post Office Boxes", "A-Maze-Ing Puzzles", "An Autumn Amble through the Arboretum" puzzle, "Latin Magic" puzzle, "Italian Musical Terms are Easy to Understand" puzzle, Buding Genius quiz, reading comprehension questions from page one, answer key for teachers.

Pompeiiana XIII.8, April 1987

Content: "Eboraci Ducissa", "Please Pass the Bread", "The Aurora Borealis", "Aerobics with Dumbells: Modern Exercise Craze", "Disci Summi et Auctores Eorum", "Say What?" puzzle, "Liborum Optimorum Tituli", "Temple Builder's Scramble", "Countries of the Roman Republic", "Omnia de Cicerone", Classified Ads, "Greenhouse is Centuries Old; First Mentioned in Roman Era", "Myth of the Month: Pyramus and Thisbe", "Flavian Amphitheater Most Preferred Poster", "Linguistic Metamorphosis", "Historical Hindsight: A Roman Matron's Guide to Sound Advice", "Roga Me Aliquid", "Cooking with Claudia", "Tsk, Tsk" poem, "Looking for a Career? Teach Latin", "Letter to the Editor: Gladiatorial Disappointment", "A Mixed Catastrophe", Budding Genius quiz, reading comprehension questions from page one, answer key for teachers.

Pompeiiana XIII.7, March 1987

Content: "Prior" (an article in Latin on Huey Lewis), "Who was St. Patrick?", "Diocles Named M.V.A.", "Comus, Bacchus & Endymion All 'Worshipped' During Carnival in New Orleans", "The Poet John Milton and The Teaching of Latin", quote from Francis Bacon, "Disci Summi et Auctores Eorum", "Petere Tuam Veniam: Punishers & Punished" puzzle, "Olympic Scramble" puzzle, "Where's the Ides of March?" word search, "Unscrambling Famous Latin Sayings" puzzle, "Monster Mix", "Expand Your Pundit Range" puzzle, "Di Immortales -- Ubinam Gentium Sunt?" puzzle, Conundrums, Classified Ads, "Myth of the Month: Orpheus and Eurydice", "Latin", "Herculanean Double-Take", "Rome's Most Ancient Monument Dates to 15th Century B.C.", "Hospitality and the Roman Traveler", "Roga Me Aliquid", "Cooking with Claudia", "Happy are Those who Mingle with Mythology", "Daphne" poem, "Deja Vu Latine et Grace", Budding Genius quiz, reading comprehension questions from page one, answer key for teachers.

Pompeiiana XIII.6, February 1987

Content: "Minima Vertrix" (aka Tina Turner), "Romans not 'Dead Heads'", "Latin Club Teaches 'Societas'", "And if I'm Elected . . .", "Mythology: The 'Psychologist's Couch' of the Romans", "Disci Summi et Auctores Eorum", "Dialecticae", "When the Statues Come Out to Play" poem, "Quanti Sunt?" puzzle, "Code 'In Schola' Puzzle", "VerbaVerbaVerba" crossword puzzle, Classified Ads, "School Board Reinstates Latin in the Curricula of two Cedar Rapids, Iowa, High Schools", "Myth of the Month: Phaethon's Mad Adventure", "Something Sweet Began in Rome Centuries Ago", "Roga Me Aliquid", "Cooking with Claudia", "Regius Color Purpureus", "Florida Middle School Sold on Latin", Budding Genius quiz, reading comprehension questions from page one, answer key for teachers.

Pompeiiana XIII.5, January 1987

Content: "Siderium Iter IV: Navigatio Domum" (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home), "Herculaneum: Archaeology's Most Flagrant Unfinished Business", letter from NFL Commissioner, Pete Rozelle, on taking two years of high school Latin, "Oldest New Year Present", "Sing Along with Sempronia", "Latin Phrases Used in Everyday English" puzzle, "Do You Know Who I Used to Be?" puzzle, "'B' Careful with Matches" puzzle, "Disci Summi et Auctores Eorum", "Roman Drama" word search and matching puzzle, "Worcestershire Sauce Related to Pompeian Garum", Classified Ads, "S.A.T. Tempus", "Myth of the Month: Damon and Phintias", "Robert Frost: At Heart a Latin Student", "Dream Tree" poem, "Roga Me Aliquid", "Cooking with Claudia", "Fici Aromatis Conditi", "Let the Visitor Beware", "A Technical Publication Consultant Looks at a Roman Architect", Budding Genius quiz, reading comprehension questions for page one, answer key for teachers.

Pompeiiana XIII.3, November 1986

Content: Late Night with David Letterman ("Sera Nocte cum David Litteraeviro"), "Back Street Life in Ancient Rome", "Apollo Smiles on 10th National Chariathon", "Disci Summi et Auctores Eorum", "Mind Mixer" crossword puzzle, "Cicero's Philosophies" puzzle, "Latin Droppings" puzzle, "Men on Parade" puzzle, "Sing Along with Sempronia", "Verb Search", "So What Do Palimpsets Have to Do with Computers Anyway?", Classified Ads, "Myth of the Month: Baucis and Philemon", "Latin Coming on Strong as an Ethnic Leveler and a Cultural Bridge" article from the Indianapolis Star, "The Ancients Knew Our Games", "Roga Me Aliquid", "Cooking with Claudia", "The Aeneid in Iulus' Eyes" poem, "Cleopatra's Cats Continue to Clutter Colosseum", "Barrels Ancient", Budding Genius quiz, reading comprehension questions from page one, answer key for teachers.

Pompeiiana XI.5, January 1985

Content: The lead article for this issue is a Latin discussion of the David Lynch movie, Dune. Also in this issue, "Roman Impluvia & Frigidaria Presage Christian Baptismal Fonts", "Aenigma Verborum" crossword by Katie Callaghan, "Latin -- Your Clue to Accurate Understanding" by Bernice Fox, "Conundrums" by Bernard Szymczak, "Latin Similitudes" by Wilma Sukapdjo, "Sing Along with Sempronia", "Tres Libri Qui Magistris Bene Notandi Sunt", "The Aeneid:pars IV" by Sister Michael Louise, Classified Ads, "Minerva" poem by Jeffrey Nast, "Beatum Initium Anni", "Cooking with Claudia", Budding Genius quiz, reading comprehension questions for page one, "VIII Disci Summi et Auctores Eorum, answer key for teachers.

Pompeiiana X.4, December 1983

Content: "Grinchus Qui Saturnalia Rapuit", "Dis Manibus/Requiescant in Pace", "Nunc Est Bibendum!", "Introducing: A Latin Full Color Comic Book", a matching quiz for Latin footnote abbreviations, Latin vocabulary crossword puzzle, "Saturnus vs. Santa", "Nox Ante Saturnalia", Classified Ads, "Roga Me Aliquid", "Cooking with Claudia", "Poetae Angulus" featuring Martial, "Budding Genius" quiz, reading comprehension questions from page one.

Pompeiiana X.3, November 1983

Content: It was only a matter of time before Michael Jackson made the cover of . . . Pompeiiana. "Michaelus Jacobifilius: Cantor Quie Animos Commovet" is one of the stories. "Domus Aurea Neronis", "7th National Chariathon Largest Ever" are the others. Other content includes the skit by the Latin department of the Academy f the Immaculate Conception in Oldenburg, Indiana, "Anybody Got an Aspirin?", "Carmel's Classical Clout", "Proverbial Matches" quiz by Michael Louise, "Poetae Angulus", "Experience the Fantastically Inaccurate Clash of the Titans", Clasified Ads, "Floating into the Public Eye", "Raga Me Aliquid", "Cooking with Claudia", "Budding Genius" quiz, and reading comprehension questions from page 1.

Pompeiiana X.2, October 1983

Content: John Stamos (Johannis Stamos) graces the October Pompeiiana as does an article on Hardrian's Villa. The Evansville Courier also contributes an article, "Latin Alive." Other content: "Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus: A Fiddler?", "Responde Latine" crossword by another of Rose Williams' students, Mike Caldwell, "The Iliad: Shrink Lit" poem, "Io Bacchanalia!!", an illustrated Latin comic reader from students of Kathy Hayes at Barr Street Junior High School inLancaster, South Carolina, Classified Ads, "Budding Genius" quiz, "Roga Me Aliquid", "The Ermine Street Guard", "Cooking with Claudia", reading comprehension questions from page 1.

Pompeiiana X.1, September 1983

Content: Sting . . . er . . . "Aculeus" is the story above the fold in this issue. Other content includes: "Back to School Time", "The Curse of Fate" poem by Becky Reynolds (a student of Rose Williams), "Carmel Latin Students Sponsor 4th of July Parade Unit", "Clari Viri Romani" crossword by Donna Wright, "Roman Bath Anyone?" by Pat Cupp, Classified Ads, "Roga Me Aliquid ab Annia Maia", "Cooking with Claudia", "Budding Genius" quiz, reading comprehension questions from page 1.

Pompeiiana IX.9, May 1983

Content: A Latin story about Van Halen ("Grave Metallym") graces the cover, as does "Beata Dies, Roma". Other content includes "Marginal Martial" epigrams by students, "What Red Currents are These" poem by Ed Steele, "We're not Done Yet!", "Budding Genius" quiz, reading comprehension questions from page 1, Classified Ads, "Quando tu Gaius, ego Gaia", "Optime, Keith Wyma!", "Salve, Proba", wordfind by John Betzold, "Moral of the Day" by Steve Inskeep, Carmel Junior High School. Yes, THAT Steve Inskeep of National Public Radio.

Pompeiiana IX.8, April 1983

Content: "The real 'Raiders'", "Medusa" poem by Dorothy Green, "Latin Weekender Conference", "The Forgotten Shrine" by Ed Steele, "Rome Lives" poem by Aric Jordan, "No, They Didn't All Die of Lead Poisoning", "Io Triumphe!", "Latin Lovers", Classified Ads, Arizona JCL, "In Memoriam" poem by Mark Finney, "Slave Market" comic by Eileen Boyd Hutchinson, "Budding Genius" quiz, Conundrums by Mansfield Middle School, reading comprehension questions from page 1, "Provinviae Romanae" wordfind by Peleus Brontes.

Pompeiiana IX.5, January 1983

Content: "Joan Jett . . . longe venisti, Infans!", "Latin in the News" from the Chicago Tribune and the Clearwater Sun, "With All Due Respect to Columbus", "Summer Study Tour of Classical Greece", Intensive Study of Latin/Greek Offered by CUNY", "Latin Flourishes in Pennsylvania", "Treat the Whole Patient", "Roman Farmers Superior", "Titus Pontius Sabinus: A Military Career of Distinction", "To the Trojan Horse" poem by Kris Tarmczyaski", "Classified Ads", reading comprehension questions from page 1, "Unde Venerunt" game, "Budding Genius" quiz, a letter from Agricola to his family, metamorphoses.

Pompeiiana IX.4, December 1982

Content: Remember Garfield? Pompeiiana does...in Latin on page 1. "Io Saturnalia" is the other cover story. Other content includes a full-page ad for Roman dress modeled by Barcio and other Latin teachers, "Orbis Juliae Vivit" articles on modern hairstyles with a Flavian twist, Classified Ads, "Dragon Slain", reading comprehension question from the page 1 readings, "Budding Genius" quiz, "A Look at Daily Life on the Roman Frontier", "Obituary to Dragon" poem by Matthew West.

Pompeiiana VIII.1, September 1981

Content: On the cover, Adele Gardner adjusts a palla on Carolyn Clodfelter during the summer Latin Weekender Conference held in Indianapolis, July 17-19, 1981. Articles include "Pompeiianae Praefectus Salutem Dicit Litterarum Classicarum Studiosis!", "Pompeiiana Helps Latin Live" by Karla Taylor of the Indianapolis Star, August 2, 1981, "How Art was Displayed in Ancient Rome", "Supervir II" Latin story, "Teacher Feature: Mrs. Mary Hood, Fulton Junior High School", "Zeus" poem in English by Sally Holland of Miami Palmetto Senior High School, "New Chariathon Date Announced", "Latin Conundrums" by Danny Philbin and A. J. Michel of Hartford High School in White River Junction, Vermont, two Classics-themed poems, call for submissions to an essay contest.