The usual little tidbits that accumulate over the week (or so) ... we'll begin with Father Foster on Roman beliefs about the afterlife ... MK sent in another piece from Harper's (thanks!): Boethius on the rewards of virtue ... he also sent in Sappho's Exhortation to Learning ... I don't think I've mentioned the recent updates to Martin Conde's photos relating to the Imperial Fora ... Eternally Cool has a lengthy interview with Debbie Felton on matters Hallowe'enish ... outside of that, issue 10.29 of our Explorator newsletter has been posted as has the weekly version of our Ancient World on Television listings (slim pickings in the latter) ...