Below are the 16 most recent journal entries recorded in About.com Ancient / Classical History's InsaneJournal:

Monday, December 1st, 2008
11:16 am	A Christmas Carol Each Day for December http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/12/01/a-christmas-carol-each-day-for-december.htm At the Gaudium Mundo blog, you can learn a new Christmas Carol, in Latin, of course, for each day of the month, although on the 31st, the offering is Auld... (Comment on this)
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
7:53 am	This Day in History http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/11/30/this-day-in-history.htm On this day in history the Greek playwright Euripides may have died in the Athenian year 407/406. "The gifts of a bad man bring no good with... (Comment on this)
Saturday, November 29th, 2008
11:58 pm	How the G Got Its Tail http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/11/29/how-the-g-got-its-tail.htm Have you ever wondered about the form of letters or, more specifically, about the tail on the G? Originally the G was a C, so the regular abbreviation for Gaius... (Comment on this)
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
12:06 am	Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/11/30/advent-christmas-and-epiphany.htm From the last Sunday in November in 2008 until Christmas, it's Advent, time to sing Christmas Carols in Latin. Learn the Latin words to O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste... (Comment on this)
12:10 am	This Day in History - Mommsen http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/11/30/this-day-in-history-mommsen.htm On this day in 1817 Theodor Mommsen was born. Mommsen was a German scholar who wrote authoritatively about ancient Rome. In 1902 he won a Nobel Prize for Literature. Read... (Comment on this)
Thursday, November 27th, 2008
12:14 am	This Day in Ancient History - Horace died http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/11/27/this-day-in-ancient-history-horace-died.htm Son of a freedman, the Roman poet Horace lived from December 8, 65 B.C. to November 27, 8 B.C. Suetonius writes He was born on the sixth of the ides of December,... (Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
9:06 pm	Thank You http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/11/26/thank-you.htm Have I mentioned lately how grateful I am for JSTOR? Not that I ever, ever, ever find what I'm looking for in it, but I invariably find a gem. What... (Comment on this)
3:44 pm	Obama as the New Cicero http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/11/26/obama-as-the-new-cicero.htm Cicero Photo © Clipart.comWe in the U.S. hear little from the current president, but see the president-elect on television almost daily, not because people are tired of... (Comment on this)
12:08 am	Wordless Wednesday - Cornucopia http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/11/26/wordless-wednesday-cornucopia.htm Cornucopia © Clipart.com. Wordless Wednesday and About.com's Wordless Wednesday ... (Comment on this)
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
12:36 am	Thesmophoria - Greek Thanksgiving http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/11/23/thesmophoria-greek-thanksgiving.htm When the Underworld god Hades abducted the young maiden Persephone, her mother, Demeter, wouldn't feed the world, and so, winter came upon the land. When Persephone was restored, an elated... (Comment on this)
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
12:01 am	C.S. Lewis Died on This Historic Day http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/11/22/this-day-in-ancient-history-2.htm On Friday, November 22, 1963, C.S. Lewis died. While Lewis is known for his children's Narnia series and writings on Christianity, he was a scholar trained in the Classics. Among... (Comment on this)
12:24 am	Learn About the Cornucopia http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/11/22/cornucopia.htm The cornucopia, literally 'horn of plenty,' adorns the Thanksgiving table thanks to Greek mythology. The horn may originally have belonged to a goat, but Zeus used to drink from it... (Comment on this)
Friday, November 21st, 2008
12:30 am	The Obligatory Pirate Connection With On This Day in Ancient History http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/11/21/on-this-day-in-ancient-history-september-21.htm On this day in 53 B.C. Marcus Licinius Crassus died. Crassus was a member of the first triumvirate along with Pompey and Caesar. He was a very wealthy and greedy... (Comment on this)
Thursday, November 20th, 2008
10:05 am	See The Locations of the Aquae Urbis Romae - Waters of Rome http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/11/20/aquae-urbis-romae-waters-of-rome.htm Here's another interactive map of ancient Rome to try. There is a timeline by decades, extending past the Renaissance, and a list of artifacts you might want displayed. The broad... (Comment on this)
Monday, November 17th, 2008
12:01 am	On This Day in Ancient History - November 17 http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/11/17/on-this-day-in-ancient-history-november-17.htm Vespasian coin image © Clipart.comAbbreviations on a Coin of VespasianOn this day in A.D. 9, the future Roman emperor Vespasian was born. Vespasian was officially Imperator Titus Flavius Vespasianus Caesar.... (Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
7:08 am	Wordless Wednesday - Female Exemplars of Roman Virtue http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/11/19/wordless-wednesday-female-exemplars-of-roman-virtue.htm Porcia wounding her thigh by Elisabetta Sirani (1638 - 1665). Courtesy of Wikipedia. Wordless Wednesday and About.com's Wordless Wednesday ... (Comment on this)