Virgil Was Here

Synopsis What got written illicitly on the walls back before 79 CE? It turns out a lot of stuff! Join Em and Jesse as they discuss the graffiti of Pompeii and also stuff Vikings wrote their names on. Em’s book: Amazon, all other sites. Notes Books! Ancient Graffiti in Context ed. Baird and Taylor: https://www.amazon.com/Ancient....-Graffiti-Context-Ro Medieval Graffiti: The Lost Voices of England’s Churches by Matthew Champion<br /> https://www.amazon.com/Medieva....l-Graffiti-Voices-En Graffiti in Antiquity by Peter Keegan https://www.amazon.com/Graffit....i-Antiquity-Peter-Ke SPQR by Mary Beard<br /> https://www.amazon.com/SPQR-Hi....story-Ancient-Mary-B Pompeii by Mary Beard<br /> https://www.amazon.com/Pompeii....-Life-Roman-Mary-Bea NOTES 1/ Shout out to the Straat Museum in Amsterdam, which is an amazing Street Art Museum.<br /> https://straatmuseum.com/en Museum of the City of New York’s “City as Canvas” exhibit: https://www.mcny.org/cityascanvas 2/ The Outlaws: it’s super funny and on prime. Check it out. Some articles on Banksy’s getting painted over: https://www.theguardian.com/ar....tanddesign/2021/nov/ Stephen Merchant explains the Banksy scene: https://www.tvinsider.com/1036....548/the-outlaws-seas 3/ Artists’ warehouse story: The 21 graffiti artists from the 5Pointz building in Queens will receive $6.75 million in damages from developer G&M Realty for the 45 murals G&M destroyed in 2013.<br /> https://www.nytimes.com/2020/1....0/06/nyregion/graffi 4/ French petroglyphs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lascaux<br /> https://www.smithsonianmag.com..../history/france-chau 5/ Wall art/street art in Richmond, VA (known as RVA):<br /> Ghost signs: https://rvaghostsigns-blog.tumblr.com<br /> RVA Street Art Festival: https://www.rvastreetart.com/2022-festival<br /> RVA Mural Walks: https://wouldilietoyoumuralwalks.com<br /> Google “RVA Street art” for some more great examples! 6/ Beatles’ song: “If I Needed Someone” (lyric: “Carve your number on my wall/and maybe you will get a call from me…” 7/ Life of Brian: Romani ite domum. (Although the movie says the locative is correct, they actually use the accusative, which is, in fact, correct.)<br />