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Latin Profanity: How to Swear in Latin Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Jan 13, 2015
Salvete Omnes, With the beginning of the New Year, I know many people have started about learning a language for a resolutions. While last week’s post discussed the top ten posts to help inspire and teach the language to beginners. WARNING: This post is not for the faint hearted. Romans were swearing and cursing in…
New Year’s Resolutions: Learn Latin! Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Jan 7, 2015
2015 has begun! Hopefully you have decided on what your New Year’s Resolutions are going to be, but if not I may try to persuade you that learning Latin (or some basic Latin) may be an awesome one to add! I have listed below the top 10 posts that I believe will inspire you to…
Star Wars & Ancient Rome Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Dec 31, 2014
Salvete Omnes, So over the last week of November, there was the trailer release of Episode VII of the Star Wars series. For those of you who have been living under a rock, here is the trailer: For any fans, one can actually see that there are several parallels between Star Wars and Ancient Rome. I have…
Learning Latin Basics: Lesson II Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Dec 10, 2014
Salvete Omnes, We have much to cover today! We are going to review the 1st and 2nd Conjugations and Declensions along with some sentence work. VERBS 1st Conjugation “Amo= I love” 1st s.= amo “ I love, I do love, I am loving” 2nd s.= amas “You love” 3rd s.= amat “He loves, She…
Learning Latin Basics: Lesson I.A Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Dec 3, 2014
Salvete Omnes, The first lesson when it comes to learning a new language is understanding its most used verb: the verb “to be.” One must also become accustomed to the sentence structure. So in today’s lesson, we are going to EASE into this language by covering the verb “to be.” Learning Latin Basics: Lesson I “To…
Disney Mythology vs. Greco-Roman Mythology: Part II Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Nov 25, 2014
Salvete Omnes! Let’s continue with the Disney theme for this week! But don’t worry those Latin learners, next week we will begin Latin from the basics to the advance. If you have any questions or requests- please let comment below. #6. Pandora’s Box Film or Series: Once Upon a Time; 2011 Disney Mythology: Pandora’s Box…
Disney Mythology vs. Greco-Roman Mythology: Part I Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Nov 19, 2014
Salvete Omnes, With the many of you learning Latin and the Roman culture; I believe it is important to observe how antiquity permeates through modern media. So today I propose we observe the role of mythology, mythic characters and items within Disney films and series. #1. Character or Item FEMALE CENTAURS OR KENTAURIDES Film or Series…