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Monthly Latin Spotlight Text: Magna Carta Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Jun 10, 2015
In celebration of 800th anniversary, this month’s text is the Magna Carta! Name: Magna Carta (Latin: the Great Charter) Also Known As: Magna Carta Libertatum (Latin for “the Great Charter of the Liberties”) Date: June 15 1215 Author(s): UNKNOWN. Many 19th-century historians suggested that the charter was written by one of its most influential signers, Archbishop of Canterbury Stephen…
25 Latin Phrases Every Student Should Know Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Jun 3, 2015
These phrases will assist in all student’s ability to write well and impress their instructors. Thus, here is a list of Latin phrases that student should try to use and commit to memory during the summer for their fall terms (if they are not in summer school/session). Latin is more than a dead language…
Monthly Latin Spotlight Text: 12 Caesars Posted by Brittany Britanniae on May 6, 2015
Salvete Omnes! Welcome to the second Monthly Latin Spotlight Text Post! 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 we would spotlight one of the most interesting, juicy, and somewhat gossipy book from Roman…
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…
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…
Latin Mass to be offered to mark reinterment of Richard III Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Mar 4, 2015
Salvette Omnes, I hope everyone is doing well this fine day! So for today- I will be doing a bit of news-jacking. I love finding these tidbits in the news about Latin being used in everyday life, for historic events, or even old traditions kindling anew. In today’s news, a Requiem Mass in the traditional Latin…