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Happy 2,768th Birthday Rome! Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Apr 22, 2015
In honor of the Natale di Roma (the annual birthday celebration of Rome), this post will include 10 factoids about Rome and its founding! 1. The date April 21st based on the legendary foundation of Rome by Romulus in 753 BC. 2. The name of the city is generally considered to refer to Romulus, but there are other hypotheses…
5 Amazing Libraries of the Ancient World Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Apr 14, 2015
In Honor of National Library Week ( in the U.S), I would like to take a moment and honor some of ancient libraries. Some of these libraries are well known and others are rarely discussed. I do hope you like the list! Make sure to comment which libraries should have made the list and why!…
Spotlight Text of the Month: Book of Kells Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Apr 8, 2015
Salvete Omnes! I have been giving it some series thought and I think it would be a great monthly post addition to have Spotlight Texts! By this I mean to summarizes a text of Latin in all its major facets and include an excerpt from the text with Latin and English. This week I thought…
Jokes You Only Get If You’ve Studied Latin Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Mar 31, 2015
In honor of tomorrow being April Fool’s Day, (Last year I wrote a very popular post on April Fools if you are interested), I wanted to impart some jokes and humor for those Latin lovers, Latin users, and Latinists! #1. Underestimating Latin’s Difficulty Many people think when you say you study Latin that it is…
Oldest Known Ancient Roman Fort Discovered! Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Mar 24, 2015
Oldest Known Ancient Roman Fort Discovered! Place: Italy (First Roman military camp discovered in Italy. This is excluding Castra Albana and Castra Nova.) Year: Built 178 B.C.E Latin: Castra (or singular castrum) are buildings or plots of land reserved for or constructed for use as a military defense position. Castellum was term for smaller…
4 Ancient Roman Good Luck Items Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Mar 18, 2015
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, this post will be completely about luck (Latin: felix or fortuna).Luck has been seen in the form of a four leaf clover, a rabbit’s foot, a rainbow, or even a lucky penny. Everyone has those moments, at some point in the lives, were they just hope and pray this…
Measurements of Time in Latin Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Mar 12, 2015
Salvette Omnes, In honor of daylight savings- and springing the clocks an hour ahead, I thought a post about Roman timekeeping was in order! A Quarter Pass Twelve? The Romans time of day was divided into 12 hours (Latin: horae) of light and 12 hours of darkness. The Romans also divided the day into other periods, such as…