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Bellum Mercium

7/6/2017

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Today began like most other days here at academy: breakfast and then classes. In Loquenda, we discussed words we would need for our afternoon activity. In de scelere we watched Atreus enact his plan for bloody revenge. In oderint, we looked at wall paintings in various villas. After lunch, we all ventured to the library for quaestio. As a pleasant surprise the very FIRST GLA newspaper was distributed! It seems as though everyone thoroughly enjoyed this student-run publication. We'd like to give a shoutout to Magistra Ghosheh for hatching this idea and supervising the production of it!

Finally, we all gathered anxiously in the atrium for instructions on our longest (6 hours!) activity of the day. We were grouped into our provinces, and the Bellum Mercium (commodity wars) commenced. This game is far too complicated to explain fully in this blog post, but, to put it simply, this game involved conquering other lands, trading with other provinces, and declaring war. Congrats to Rome, who emerged victorious at the end. Even though it was stressful and tense at times, you can rest assured that everyone had a exceptional experience!

The game left us all super tired, but we should be well-rested for tomorrow's adventures, which include going to see MacBeth!

- Caroline and Britney
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Mater
7/7/2017 02:26:36 am

Would love to see a photo of the GLA Newspaper!

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Teresa Harrell link
7/7/2017 08:03:29 am

So glad the kids are having a great time

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