Dickinson College Commentaries

ASTRUM image by Renee Maloney

Computer generated image of a field of stars. The stars are connected by lines as if defining a constellation.

ANNUS image by Renee Maloney

Image of calendar page. In the header, instead of the month, is the word "annus." Below, is 3 x 4 grid, each square is filled by the name of one of the months of the Julian calendar.

PLEBS image by Lauren Rhude

Drawing of the hierarchy of society under the Roman Empire. The base of the pyramid is enslaved people, then liberti, plebeians, equestrians, senators, and the emperor at the top. To the left of the pyramid is the notation "Plebs: the common people, majority of Roman citizens, working class." To the right of the pyramid the levels from emperor through liberti are bracketed with the notation "citizens." The liberti are asterisked with the notation "not considered equal to other citizens."

IMAGO image by Lauren Rhude

Pencil sketch of a tree with branches twisting out from the trunk and a sprawling root system. The tree branches are decorated with pictures of masks. Written among the roots is "Remember your ancestors." In the foreground, in front of the roots, is a funeral procession with the deceased carried on a bier past a crowd of mourners, two of whom are labeled "imagines" and wear masks. A flute player walks alongside the bier. A single mourner stands in the bottom right corner with tears on his face.

FAMA image by Lauren Rhude

A page drawn in the style of a comics splash page. At the top is the legend "July 2024- This week's zine issue: Forbidden love." "FAMA" is written in bold letters across the top right third of the page. Several vignettes fill the page of people gossiping about Romeo and Juliet. At the bottom right is a screenshot from Baz Luhrman's Romeo + Juliet (1996). To the left of the screenshot is an ink-drawn heart with an arrow through it. Written in the hear is "star-crossed lovers."

CARMEN image by Lauren Rhude

A pencil drawing of two people. On the left a man holds a document titled "Amores." Behind him is a lyre and below a conversation bubble saying "let's welcome back the great poet Ovid." on the right a woman stands in front of a fire singing, a magic wand behind her. A conversation bubble behind her says "She's a witch!" Above both figures are the words "Check out my new carmen."

AURUM image by Lauren Rhude

Image similar to an entry on the periodical table of elements. The number 79 appears in the top left corner. The text "AU" and "Aurum" are centered with an image of a pile gold bars, gold jewelry, and gold coins. Under the image is the atomic mass, 196.967.

FORUM image by Emily Cook

Screenshot from a video game depicting a plaza surrounded by colonnades. Two free-standing brick columns stand in the middle of the plaza with the pediment of a temple or official building behind. Three human figures stand in various locations in the plaza.

FLUMEN image by Emily Cook

Picture of a river flowing between to wooded banks.

DIGNITAS image by Emily Cook

Computer generated image of a group of 5 men and 1 woman, wearing laurel crowns and excitedly raising their hands in the air.