Wear black and gold and bring a donation (cash or check) to your homeroom teacher tomorrow to benefit fellow Highlanders and FCIS school, The Village School of Naples faculty members who suffered significant losses due to Hurricane Ian. Let's show our Highlander support!
Today October 11th was the day of the Meditrinalia. It was a celebration of the tasting of the first new wine of the autumn vintage. The wine was offered to the gods as a libation. The Romans were more than happy to raise a glass to the benefits of wine.
@Wufoo my form is throwing up an error telling the person that the name has already been entered and the field needs to be unique. I have not turned on the "no duplicates" option, nor is it even an option given on a name field. Do you know what's up?
The 6th grade leadership students have been working on team building and communication. Toady's challenge: build a house of cards in silence. #lhpclassroom@LHPclassroom@lhpsnews
Today 404AD Last gladiator competition in Rome. They were banned by Emperor Honorius. As the gladiators became more and more expensive to train and maintain, the lanistas refused to allow their money-makers to be put to death during the fights
Prosecuting someone in Late Republican Rome was a brutal, high risk activity. If you were successful, it could mean the end of someone's career. Cicero mentions in some of his treatises about the ethical problems of being a prosecutor.
The Rise of Cicero https://t.co/ksHSmCe7Az
October was a very busy month in terms of Roman Festivals. Today we say Happy Fontinalia. On 13th October the #Romans decorated the fountains and wellheads of the city with garlands of flowers to honour Fontus, the god of wells and springs.