"Nullis amor est medicabilis herbis" (Ovid)
Love is not to be cured by medicinal herbs.
(The Routledge Dictionary of Latin Quotations) &nb...
ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN~April 8, 2025
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Tuesday, 12 April 2011
So it seems the Romans did not invent cement after all...
It seems that the Romans have been wrongfully credited for inventing cement, according to archaeologists in charge of digging at Vergina, Northern Greece. A collection of some of the finest ancient treasures of Greece displayed at the Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum suggests that the Macedonians used cement 300 years before the Romans. Who would have thought that Alexander the Great's people were innovative builders on top of being excellent fighters?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13046...
Monday, 11 April 2011
Latin Quote of the Day - Should We Offer Candies to the Government?
"Rempublicam duabus rebus contineri dixit, præmio et poena". (Cicero, attributed to Solon)
A state is regulated by two things, reward and punishment.
(The Routledge Dictionary of Latin Quotations)&nb...
Sunday, 10 April 2011
Libertini vs. Liberti
In ancient Rome slaves could gain freedom in a variety of ways and some manumission methods conferred the freed slave a higher status than others. A man who was legally freed was known as “libertinus” and a woman as “libertina”.
Ex-slaves who were legally freed were eligible for Roman citizenship, but this was not the end of the bod between the former slave and his former master. The ex-slave became a client of his former master, now his patron....
Latin Quote of the Day - Isn't it time you watched your figure?
"Accipe nunc, victus tenuis quid quantaque secum afferat. In primis valeas bene". (Horace)
Now learn what and how great benefit a moderate diet brings with it. Before all, you will enjoy good health.
(The Routledge Dictionary of Latin Quotatio...
Saturday, 9 April 2011
Blogum Primum
What is the Latin word for blog? Well, you will most certainly not find it in the Oxford Latin Dictionary. It might be blogum. Or blogus. Neutral is better than masculine, though. Other people suggested blogis, but since there is no definitive candidate for the word, I'll stick with blogum. Easier to decline as well, just remember the golden rule of neutrals.
In 2003, the Vatican published a two volume up-to-date Latin-Italian dictionary, with...
