Katie DeBoer, Ph.D.

@ktdeboer.bsky.social

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Teaching Latin, Greek, Classical Studies | writing about women, gender, identity in the ancient world | reading Homer, Vergil, Ovid, et al. | ea / eam 🐶

I’m skydiving!!!
you will never regret taking Latin but you will regret not taking Latin
Graphic showing the common descent of chivalry and cavalry from Latin caballus (“pack horse”). Chivalry enter English via French chevalier; cavalry from Italian cavalier.
Sister feeding kids
Domus Romana facta a graham crackers
Sestertius of Nero on the left. An Oreo abominable snowman on the right.
Collage of Roman coins re-created in Oreo! Augustus' Sidus Iulium coin, Nero's Porta Ostia sestertius, a coin with the deification of Sabina, and Augustus' Aegypto Capta crocodile coin...all recreated in Oreo. Optime factum!!!
Files with gorgeous and actually legible labels!
Game pieces: Roman characters
View of the Ohio river & Roebling bridge on a cloudy fall day
Bulletin board with book covers & quotations in Latin
Sex game instructions: Take turns rolling the dice. The first person to roll a 6 shouts SEX, grabs the pencil, and begins answering questions. Others continue to roll. The next person to roll a 6 shouts SEX, grabs the pencil, and answers as many questions as possible before the next person rolls a six...
Book covers paired with Latin titles