Gaius Octavius

Didn't they have to be able to make out a will and sign for their pay and equipment?

http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~econrad/lang/latin.html Might help. Somewhere in there, there is supposed to be a radio service in Latin from Finland. A 'certain party', MPC, may be able to find it. ----------------------------------------------------000---------------------------------------------- This is what I was looking for: http://www.yleradio1.fi/nuntii/ Would one of you PLEASE get the AUDIO up? I promise to be very nice to you in the future!

If my memory serves, the legions' 'grunts' had to be able to read and write. If this is so, how were they thus educated?

I'd rather have an answer to this.

If you weren't such a delinquent, you'd be on here more often and know what is going on! Have you assassinated AoS, you...you... ragamuffin?

I got it again! http://j-walkblog.com/index.php?/weblog/po...ving_big_rocks/

It just worked for me. Try again. Hope that no one else is having a problem.

Maybe this is how they did it: http://j-walkblog.com/index.php?/weblog/po...ving_big_rocks/

kali4kneeya, the province of hell fire, brimstone, and earth quacks! Karnak IV, predicted that kali4kneeya will become part of the sea floor on 12/12/2012. Wind up your brains; strap on your roller skates; put Bella in a knapsack, and emigrate to America. It will be tough, as you will have to learn English, and give up those weird things you beings eat out there. Have a care when gliding through ohiyo; you neverknow!

Wasn't the 'cognomen' a sort of descriptive name, e.g., 'Cicero' = 'Chickpea'? Wouldn't one then trace the 'family' by the nomen?

Verily, I say unto you: If the rabbit didn't stop to defecate....

Doesn't matter to me, but doesn't it make it more difficult for the casual 'computer illiterate' visitor?

I've no idea where the sentence or motto came from, but could it not have come from the Middle Ages, as 'Caveat Emptor' did?

I like the old one better. What's the difference, except that the main categories are not prominent?

In re building ships quickly with seasoned wood, (and if my memory serves), wood may be seasoned quickly by applying heat to it. Again, if memory serves, the Japanese first attempt at building a battle ship, was to copy a British ship exactly as the plans indicated. Promptly sank.

How did St. Paul become a citizen?

How did the fleet commanders and ship captains communicate with each other while sailing and in battle?

This thread is a pleasure! Thanks to all, and Faustus in particular for starting it. Please continue. Perhaps, it should be collected and added to the 'Culture' heading?

My heart goes out to you. Hope all turns out well. Give some consideration to giving up eating bait. Cecil

Ephesus?

If you have been paying any attention to my blog, then you know that Pantagathus has been plagued by weresquirrels. He has been trying to cultivate some rare species of flora, namely, daisies, in the wilderness called a garden in those parts. Simply put: he plants and waters; the squirrels munch and water. His Greekness finally had enough. He engaged the services of Sherlock Plopodopulous, and his brother Hercule Terraproctulos. They in turn hired the famous Cherokee Indian tracker, Ashley Wilkes. Tracked the varmints to P's friend's estate, Tara, habited by the infamous Grand Redneck, Rhett Butler. Hercule's and Sherlock's investigation concluded that Rhett had been starving the little tree rats, and then siccing them onto the wilderness for lunch. Very calmly, as is his wont, P decided to exact vengeance. He unearthed his ancient Greek Fire equipment, and charged it up. Ambled over to Rhett's place, and circumnavigated it with the gooey Greek stuff. Got the jalopy in the airy-way for good measure. When the so-called garage exploded as a consequence of the ammunition Rhett kept in store for the expected Yankee invasion, it startled the grits out of our hero. A good old fashioned blaze was the result. However, P did make one blunder. He stuck around to admire his handiwork. When the fire brigade arrived, they took note that P was smoking as a result of a minor mishap while engaged in the arson. His hair was also ablaze, so they watered him down, with the well water, and summoned the local carabinere. They hauled P off to the assizes where judge Beauregarde Roy Bean gave him six months on the georgia chain gang plus restitution, in kind, to the cavalier chevalier. Doesn't get much computer time, as electricity really hasn't reached those parts to any great degree. When they do use it, it's to fry some poor Yankee driver for 'speeding'. P will be cut loose soon, but he will have to devote much of his time rebuilding Rhett's bungalow.

I believe that during the First Punic War, the captain of a fleet was told that the Sacred Chickens wouldn't eat before he entered into battle. This was an evil omen and the augurs told him that he should not fight. Disregarding the omen, he flung the Chickens into the sea, commenting that if the Chickens wouldn't eat, then they could drink. Lost the battle. Is this really so? If so, when, and did this practice stop?

The Giants and the Dolphins are to have at each other in the London Stadium this weekend. The next Super Bowl: The Yorkshire Puddings vs The Cheshire Puddy Cats! flush rimflour and o.j. simpleson will announce the game.