Classics Professor Requires Latin Students to Play Ancient Roman Roles Online – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education

A classics professor says students in his Latin classes are usually lousy translators of Horace and Ovid—mainly because they don’t understand the cultural references in their poetry.

So now the professor, Roger Travis Jr., requires students to do weekly role-playing exercises online to put themselves in the shoes (or sandals) of the ancient Romans.

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