Dec 17, 2025
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Notes from "Did Romans Believe in Ghosts?" UTK Latin Day Lecture:
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we'd love to see your notes
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I know this is an old ask, but I'm clearing out my inbox, so let's gooooo-
(ignore my terrible handwriting 😂)
Notes from "Did Romans Believe in Ghosts?" UTK Latin Day Lecture:
Alright, I've got three more Latin Day™ posts queued up, and then the saga will be complete
Now I'm going to watch Miniminuteman's live stream, keep working on my wig and cloak, then get my butt to my sister's last football game and sit in the cold while I rethink my life choices
You'll probably hear more from me during the football game
Enjoy, my lovelies 🤗❤️🫶
So one of the seminars I attended was led by this archaeologist who did a dig on (one of) the oldest seafaring boats in the Mediterranean that they reconstructed without any actual wood from the boat. The only reason they knew it was there was because of the staining in the dirt that created what she called "a ghost of a boat"
The whole process is very cool, but as you can imagine it was also pretty difficult to do
They pulled a bunch of fancy, technical tricks and now have a whole reconstruction of what it looked like!
When they were rendering the model, though, apparently she saw something wrong and had a conversation that went down like this:
"This looks perfect! Oh, except there, that looks like sand. How strange..."
"That's not sand, that's the wall."
"Oh..."
"Yeah..."
"What are we gonna do??? :("
"Hang on, lemme try something..."
*shifts model to the left a little bit*
"Perfect >:)"
That's how she described it, and I'm sorry, but it feels so unserious and I'm here for it 🤣
Things I overheard:
"[Blank] put fentanyl in my gum!"
(during a panel about teaching Latin) "Is it normal to keep a cheese grater in your class room?"
"As we all know, Latin teachers are weird."
"I have a figurine of Shrek as the Buddha in my classroom."
"Well, you know, ✨job security✨"
"How important is undiagnosed OCD and/or a crippling office supply addiction to being a Latin teacher?"
"Ew, what are you gonna do with that?" "Whatever I want."
"See! I'm relevant!"
"I'm ten steps away from having a tantrum."
"I give up. All hope is lost."
"I went into teaching for the money, y'all, duh 🙄"
"6 7 or something, I don't know, y'all are weird."
"I was miserable. But I did it! 😃"
"As long as they pay my room and board, I'll do anything."
"That's not sand, that's the wall." "Oh :("
It's Latin Day at UT(K), y'all 👀🎉
Therefore, I'll be busy until 3:00 😂
are today and tomorrow (9/10th april) worldwide Latin day or is corriere della sera fooling with me?
I have solidified myself as the crazy teacher, and I have no regrets.
Y’ALL.
I’m almost done with my Athena cosplay.