Dickinson College Commentaries

FABULA image by Sansan Lu

Image of an open book with illegible writing. Superimposed over the book are drawings of (left to right) a trident and lightning bolt, a hoplite's helmet, and a three-headed Cerberus.

CORNU image by Sansan Lu

A hand drawn image of a bull's head (left) munching on a small gourd, its horns curving up and out of the top of the image. To the right of the bull sits a cornucopia filled with corn and more gourds. The word "cornu" is written in the center of the image between the bull and cornucopia.

CONSILIUM image by Sansan Lu

The back of two individual's heads are visible as they look at a drawing of a four-story building with abutted by a two-story building with rooftop patio and colonnade on the ground floor. The individual on the right says, "So that's the consilium." The individual on the left points to a blank section of wall on the ground floor of the four-story building, where it meets the two-story building in a right angle saying, "I think you should put a window here." The person on the left replies, "Maybe..."

ARBOR image by Sansan Lu

A mature tree in full leaf, apparently rooted in a small boat or vessel floating on water. Written on the side of the vessel is the word "arbor."

CRIMEN image by Renee Maloney

Computer generated image: on the left is a cupped hand holding what appears to be gold coins, on the right a stick figure holding a pair of handcuffs.

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."