Ben Johnson
@latintutorial
Maine Latin Teacher, YouTuber @latintutorial, 2025 Penobscot County Teacher of the Year, 2026 Maine Teacher of the Year Finalist. Check out http://latintutorial.com!
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If you head over to LatinTutorial.com right now, you'll notice a brand new look that's been my big focus over the last few years. It's still in a beta preview because who knows what bugs exist until a lot of people hit my code and servers. 1/15
The Maine DOE visited my school yesterday for the final round of the Maine Teacher of the Year. I couldn't have asked for a better day. mainedoenews.net/2025/09/26/a-d…
It's even funnier because it should be *them* not *they* lol
43 BC: Marcus Tullius Cicero est omnis divisus in partes tres, quarum una caput est, alia truncus, tertia manus… {Rather macabre. Sorry).
I am so thrilled about the publication of my first book: "Et Cetera: An Illustrated Guide to Latin Phrases"! This project has been a labor of love. It combines my passion for Ancient Roman literature with beautiful illustrations by Marta Bertello. maialeechin.com/book/et-cetera/
Yes. I learned Fortran and studied Latin in 1973-4. One of them is now effectively a dead language, the other provides constant inspiration!
Yr7 Latinists have just had a complete ‘Geek-Out’ over tenses (thanks to @latintutorial - cheers, Ben!). So many links made to other languages they know…. #CastleCourtCurious 🏴 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇩🇰 🇮🇳 🇮🇹 🇩🇪
I assigned the @latintutorial video on Catullus 85 for homework, and one student told me out of all the homework assignments I’ve ever given, this one — he didn’t even have the words, it was too mind-blowing. He talked about Cat85 with his dad for an hour. youtu.be/r7--agTtb5M?si…
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Catullus 85
I just learned that W. R. Johnson, author of the seminal book on Vergil’s Aeneid, _Darkness Visible_, died yesterday. That book profoundly affected me as an undergrad. It took me a while to realize it was the same Ralph Johnson, my next door neighbor growing up in Ithaca. RIP.
QUO USQUE TANDEM ABUTERE, CATALINA, PATIENTIA NOSTRA?
Ten months ago, we launched the Vesuvius Challenge to solve the ancient problem of the Herculaneum Papyri, a library of scrolls that were flash-fried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Today we are overjoyed to announce that our crazy project has succeeded. After 2000…
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