QuickTips Index

Biblical Maps
Online maps of the ancient lands of the Bible.

Pharaoh Thutmose III and the Battle of Megiddo
The 18th Dynasty Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose III waged the Battle of Megiddo against the prince of Kadesh and his allies.

What Does SPQR Stand For?
The abbreviation SPQR means the Senate and the Roman People, but what is the Latin?

Classical Greeks Attitude Towards the Macedonians
Peter Green explains the attitude of the Classical Greeks towards the macedonians.

Epic Literature
Epic poetry is distinct from other literary genres because of its content and style.

Iliad - Oldest Copy of the Iliad
Information on the oldest copy of the Iliad.

Irregular Latin Verb - Eo
Paradigm for the irregular Latin verb eo.

Latin Pronunciation
Ideas about Latin pronunciation. Latin vowel debate. Vox Latina and Wheelock as sources for Latin pronunciation. What do we know about Latin pronunciation?

The Golden Age of Latin Drama at Rome
Timeline of the Golden Age of Latin Drama.

The Lupercalia From Plutarch's Life of Romulus
This is Plutarch's version of the events and origin of the Roman festival of Lupercalia from Plutarch s Life of Romulus.

Samnite Wars
During the three Samnite Wars, the Samnites and Romans fought for control of Italy during the third and fourth century B.C.

The Great Vowel Shift - The Great English Tense Vowel Shift
The English Great Vowel Shift helps to explain why we have such trouble figuring out how to pronounce Latin.

The Meaning of Confusing Pairs of Greek and Latin Root Words
Greek and Latin combining forms that are used in English, especially in medicine, where they may be confused with one another.

Word Order - Latin and English Differences in Word Order
One of the differences between Latin and English and one of the challenges facing English-speaking students of Latin is the word order.

Articles - Latin and English Differences in Articles
In English, we generally use articles with nouns, but this is not done in Latin.

Epiphany and the Magi
The names of the magi or three wisemen who visited the Christ child.

The Star of Bethlehem and the Dating of the Birth of Jesus
Jesus may have been born under the Star of Bethlehem, a comet that may have appeared in the spring of 5 B.C.

Dating the Birth of Jesus
Dating the Birth of Jesus

Atlantis - Plato's Atlantis From the Timaeus
Atlantis is a story from Plato's Timaeus.

Amber
The story of the origin of amber and Phaethon, from Greek mythology.

A Timeline of Major Events in the Life of Alexander the Great
A Timeline of Major Events in the Life of Alexander the Great.

Latin Supine
The supine is a verbal noun in Latin.

Historia Augusta
The Historia Augusta 'Augustan History' is a mysterious series of biographies of Roman emperors.

Sources for Roman History - Ancient Historians of Ancient Rome
These ancient historians are some of the main ancient sources on the history of the various periods of ancient Rome.

Greater Syria - About the Ancient Area of Greater Syria
The first recorded mention of Greater Syria is in Egyptian annals detailing expeditions to the Syrian coastland to log the cedar, pine, and cypress.