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You Want to Learn Latin: Keep Calm and Read On! Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Feb 5, 2014
So you want to learn Latin? Or, are you already learning Latin? So, let’s look at a sentence: Sed debebatur, ut opinor, fatis tantae origo urbis maximique secundum deorum opes imperii principium. (Livy 1.4) So is your initial reaction is to panic, run for hills, and give up? Well, Don’t! Five Tips that will save you…
Ancient Roman Movies in 2014 and Beyond Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Jan 14, 2014
Are you sitting? Well you’ve better, this list will blow your mind! 2014 Hercules: The Legend Begins debuted last weekend. The film is based in Ancient Greece, but inaccurately attributes the Latin name “Hercules” instead of the Greek form Herakles. Next Month, Son of God and Pompeii are hitting the silver screen. Both films are projected…
Roman Origins of the New Year Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Dec 31, 2013
Whilst enjoying your New Year, remember to look back on 2013 and see what you wish to make of 2014! But before you do that, read on the historic background of New Years Day! Originally, the Roman calendar designated March 1 as the New Year. The Roman Calendar only had ten months with March as…
How to Survive the Ablative Case Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Oct 30, 2013
The Survival Guide to the Uses of the Ablative There are many cases within the Latin language including: the Nominative, the Accusative, the Genitive and the Dative. The last case is call the ablative which has many functions and purpose. This guide consists of all the popular and somewhat unpopular uses of the ablative…
Popular Ancient Roman Halloween Costume Ideas Posted by Brittany Britanniae on Oct 2, 2013
Often when Halloween roles around, we don’t know if we should dress up or host a party or even pass out goodies for neighboring children. As adults, it is a challenge for us to find the time, resources, or even funds to come up with a creative costume. Most individuals have the biggest trouble with…
To work Posted by leire on Dec 17, 2012
For those of you who speak a latin language, such as Spanish, Portuguese, French, etc. it might be familiar the word (in Spanish) “trabajo“, (Portuguese) “trabalho“, (in French) “travail“… For this post I will take as an example the Spanish version, but any other of the mentioned languages’ word for “work” has the same etymology…
Memento mori Posted by leire on Sep 27, 2012
Memento Mori is a Latin sentence meaning “remember you will die” and is used to call to a person’s modesty, reminding that we are all human and we all get the time, and also indicating that life is, after all, very short. If we use Catholic terminology, we could say that the “remember that you…