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Latin Epigraphy II Posted by leire on Jan 11, 2012
TYPES OF INSCRIPTIONS Honorary: in statues or monuments devoted to an important figure. Name of the figure (in dative, also in nominative or otherwise), name of the dedicator (nominative), dedication reasons and possible additional sentences. Funerary: in the tombs or other monuments erected in memory of a deceased. The formulas varied over time and places, but the…
Latin Epigraphy I Posted by leire on Jan 8, 2012
Epigraphy is the science of the inscriptions. Latin epigraphy works on reading and desciphering the Latin inscriptions. It also helps to interpret the writings and to infer data that can be applied in many fields. Epigraphic texts are authentic and original compared to other writings that are copies (of copies). There are inscriptions of various types…
Roman movies Posted by leire on Dec 12, 2011
The heritage of Classical Rome is not only reduced to the language field and traditional Western arts. When speaking about roman influence we tend to think of painting, sculpture and some kind of aesthetic values. Instead, we often ignore the roman influence on the movies. Next, we will review the most important aspects of roman…
New Latin blogger Posted by leire on Dec 11, 2011
Hello to all lovers of Latin and Ancient world! I have been honored with the gift of being the new blogger of this site 🙂 So it is a pleasure to introduce myself to all of you. My name is Leire, I am a 25 year old girl from Pamplona (northern Spain). I grew up…
Latin Numbers Posted by Transparent Language on Oct 17, 2011
Here is a table of Latin numbers 1 – 30. Unus 1 Duo 2 Tres 3 Quattuor 4 Quinque 5 Sex 6 Septem 7 Octo 8 Novem 9 Decem 10 Undecim 11 Duodecim 12 Tredecim 13 Quattuordecim 14 quindecim 15 sedecim 16 septendecim 17 duodeviginti 18 undeviginti 19 viginti 20 viginti unus 21 viginti duo…
Black Sabbath and Latin? Posted by kunthra on Aug 30, 2011
What do you think of when you hear the lines, “Generals gathered in their masses Just like witches at black masses…” That’s right, this is the lyrics to a Black Sabbath song called ‘War Pigs’. It’s nothing new when it comes to combining Latin with metal music, but the band Rondellus takes it further by…
Books on Ecclesiastical Latin Posted by kunthra on Aug 29, 2011
One of the reasons why people want to learn Latin is because of ecclesiastical reasons. The Vatican still uses Latin and has been doing so for centuries. Here are a couple of books that are specifically geared for ecclesiastical or ‘church’ Latin: A Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin by John F. Collins is ideal for learners…