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Roman Love Deities to Spice Up Your Valentine’s Day Posted by on Feb 11, 2016

Salvete Omnes, Well for many of you know that Valentine’s Day is only a few days away. So this post will obviously be Valentine’s Day themed. If you are lucky enough to have a special someone in your life, I would recommend you check out some of the following posts: How to write a love…

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Make an Ancient Roman Dessert..I Challenge You Posted by on Feb 4, 2016

Salvete Omnes, Oh how I have missed writing! I am sorry that I have written in a while, but I’m back. Today we are going to ease back into the Roman world and Latin. I am trying something new for 2016. I will be posting bucketlist post every once in a while to inform readers…

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The Horrors of the Latin Grammar Revisited Posted by on Oct 8, 2015

For first time language learners (or even masters), the way and method a language handles their grammar ( and more specifically the oddities or exception rules in their grammar) I wrote a posts in the past that help tackle some of the language’s difficulties, but I have also written this one to provide some additional…

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Pope’s U.S Visit included Latin Mass Posted by on Sep 30, 2015

Greetings Everyone! As most of you know the Pope came to the U.S within the last week for a visit and during this visit I found it very exciting that he gave a mass partial in Latin! So this article is a report of the mass, history of Latin mass, the reception of mass in…

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Pop Culture + Antiquity Posted by on Sep 10, 2015

Salvette Omnes! This week we will be discussing pop culture and antiquity. The everlasting influence of antiquity can be still be felt in our modern culture, particularly, popular culture. Television shows, movies, and other mediums of entertainment have included ancient mythology and culture for generations. What are most interesting, however, are the examples of references made…

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Fruit Symbolism in Antiquity Posted by on Sep 2, 2015

Produce in ancient, agrarian times played a key role in the lives of all. It’s no surprise that fruits and vegetables over the centuries had acquired varying symbolic tones and divine affiliations. Here, listed, are some examples of the most prominent mythological and everyday appearances as well as symbolic meanings ascribed to produce in antiquity…

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5 Latin Dinosaur Names Posted by on Jun 24, 2015

In the spirit of the Jurassic World, I wanted to do a post on dinosaurs! The world of dinosaurs is vast and overwhelming! They are tons of dinosaurs and all of them have different names! However, most of the names are in Greek, but there are a few in Latin.  Dinosaur comes from the Greek words…

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