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I would like to invite you to read the Aeneid with us at Roman Roads Press! This year's challenge has two updates. ONE: SIMPLIFIED We have greatly simplified the entire experience. Signing up is very easy, and all the material is available in the Roman Roads media app as well as the web app, in addition to the weekly emails. TWO: FREE While including more resources than ever before, we are making this year’s Challenge entirely free! Learn about the challenge?in the short?video below, or head over to GreatBooksChallenge.com to sign up and learn more.

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I just ordered over 5,000 feet of our custom Old Western Culture packing tape, stocking up to prepare for the curriculum season at Roman Roads Press. 5,000 feet should get us through Spring! When you receive a book or curriculum from Roman Roads Press, you'll know it before even opening the box, and I like to think that a little taste of classical education and beauty are observed through the hundreds of miles and each stop the packages takes along the delivery route. Once opened up, you'll have more goodies in the form of bookmarks and other swag. Come study the great books, read a classic, acquire skills in Logic and Rhetoric, learn poetry, Latin, civics, history, Calculus, and more at RomanRoadsPress.com! #classicaleducation