Nephele

When you get to NYC, Doc, we can pour that libation to the baseball gods in Foley's. Which, of course, is a veritable temple to the baseball gods. -- Nephele

Chris08, your friend, like you, is also a freedman of Appius Anius Gallus. Like you, he also bears the nomen gentilicium of your former master: Anius. Your friend, however, was not a skilled craftsman like yourself, but instead was the wine-bearer to your master. As such, your master named him "Beator", which means "bringer of blessings" (for your master did so appreciate the blessings to be found in a good goblet of wine). When your friend was freed, like you, he took his slave name as his cognomen, while adopting the nomen gentilicium of your master. Your friend's praenomen is "Numerius", traditionally abbreviated as "N." His full Roman name is: N. Anius Beator = rbnenhayakto -hky +ius -- Nephele

Just want to say for the record that I've read Julia's poem. Her university Latin is quite well done -- and her use of footnotes as a Latin aid was a nice touch! -- Nephele

PM!, you are descended from that noble Cneius Petreius Atinas, a primipilus centurion, who killed his tribune during the Cimbrian wars because the tribune hesitated to attack the enemy. According to Pliny (Natural History 22.6), Petreius was rewarded for his valor with the Grass Crown, being the only centurion ever to have been so honored. Your cognomen of "Melior" means "better than just good." Your praenomen of "Decimus" is traditionally abbreviated as "D." Your full Roman name is: D. Petreius Melior ItfeeEmirrrplde -fer +uso Welcome to UNRV! -- Nephele

Yikes, I got here late to this party! Hope you had the best day ever, Ingsoc! -- Nephele

Bazta, you are descended from P. Barronius Barba, a Curule Aedile of the late Republic whose name has come down to us by way of an inscription on a Roman stone. Your cognomen of "Allator" is a variant of "Alator", which is a Latin name (of unknown meaning, but suggested as meaning "he who nourishes") for a Celtic god who was associated with the Roman god of war, Mars. You were given this cognomen by your fellow soldiers, because you reminded them of this god while all of you were on campaign in Celtic territory. Your praenomen is "Decimus," traditionally abbreviated as "D." Your full Roman name is: D. Barronius Allator = Barry Ronald Taylor -ryy +ius Welcome to UNRV! -- Nephele

Chris08, you didn't say whether you are male or female, so I'll take a guess and give you a name for a Roman man. You are a freedman of Appius Anius Gallus. Your former master is noted for having helped Otho to murder the Emperor Galba, but you wisely avoided involving yourself in such sordid shenanigans. While in the servitude of Ap. Anius Gallus, you carefully minded your own business by focusing on your work as a skilled craftsman -- a master of stucco work, to be precise. This earned you your Latin name of "Tector" ("plasterer"). Upon gaining your freedom, you took the gens name of your former master, and added your slave name to it as your cognomen. Your praenomen is "Gaius", which you abbreviate as "G.", preferring the newfangle letter of "G." to the traditional "C." abbreviation for Gaius. (This was a source of irritation to your former master, in addition to your ability to be carefully elsewhere when your master was hatching plots and in need of assistance.) Your full Roman name is: G. Anius Tector = rishc etanogt -h +u Welcome to UNRV! -- Nephele

I have only an anagram for comment... Barack Hussein Obama = "O.K., u can b Arab Messiah." -- Nephele

nina, you are the daughter of Gaius Urbinius, a Quaestor administering in Spain in the year 74 BCE. (Your father had served under the military commander Metellus Pius in Farther Spain.) As is Roman custom, you were named for your father's gens -- "Urbinia". Your feminine cognomen of "Nida" is from the Latin word nidus, meaning "a nest" and metaphorically referring to a nestling, or young bird. This is an affectionate nickname that was bestowed upon you by your parents. Your full Roman name is: Urbinia Nida = NNURHIBBAAD -bh +ii Welcome to UNRV! -- Nephele

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What a creative -- and intriguing! -- undertaking! I'll be looking to this thread in the weeks to come in expectation that you'll share some of your work-in-progress here (with English translation?). -- Nephele

Hi, Bazta. Male or female? And, can you include a middle name in your scramble? -- Nephele

Welcome aboard, Nina! Glad you finally de-lurked yourself! -- Nephele

Well, since my baby left me, I found a new place to dwellium. It's down at the end of Via Solitaria, At Heartbreak Hospitium... -- Nephele

Ze Knust, you are a member of the Menenia gens, a very ancient and illustrious patrician house at Rome. You have the rare praenomen of "Kaeso". You are somewhat of a rebel in your patrician family -- wanting to make your own way in the world rather than live off the wealth of your family's landholdings. And so you took up a trade -- and became proficient at masonry and carpentry. Thus you were given the cognomen of "Structor" by your puzzled patrician family. Your full Roman name is: Kaeso Menenius Structor = ejunstrnoskeoateusomr -jo +ic Welcome to UNRV! -- Nephele

Philip Matyszak -- our own "Maty" here at UNRV -- has done it again! For those of you who enjoyed Maty's Ancient Rome on Five Denarii a Day (click on link to read the review by Ursus), a new book by Maty is due to be published this October. This time, Maty is our travel guide to ancient Athens (431 BCE), in Ancient Athens on 5 Drachmas a Day. Thanks, Maty, for another grand tour! -- Nephele

I think a Google search on "Mark Antony speech after death of Caesar" is far more likely to turn up the well known speech from Shakespeare's play -- which is only Shakespeare's speculation on what Marc Antony may have actually said. I believe we only have historians' second-hand accounts and piecings-together of what the speech might actually have been like. Here's a link to a webpage belonging to Fordham University, which provides Appian's account of Marc Antony's famous funeral oration and what took place (and also showing how it differed from Shakespeare's version): http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/app...uliusdeath.html -- Nephele

Welcome back, bro'! Can't wait to see your piccies! -- Nephele

Your public library will have resources not generally available on the 'net, from authoritative sources. Surely you must have access to the Houston Public Library, or one of its many branches. I suggest you start with your public library. -- Nephele

Various pedigrees for Constantine show him to be descended from the Flavians. However, such descent is questionable and requiring confirmation. Even Atwill has admitted that Constantine's ancestory was "an interesting area of speculation." Internet Infidels provide a popular discussion board for non-theistic viewpoints, in which prominent skeptics and atheists participate (such as Richard Carrier, author of Sense and Goodness without God). Joseph Atwill came on board to defend his conjectures and unsupported claims. He was skeptically received, of course. At one point in the discussion, one person accused the board members of "bullying" Joe Atwill, for which he received the following response: You can read the discussion "Atwill's Caesar's Messiah" at Internet Infidels (click on link). The discussion ran from November 2006 through March 2007. -- Nephele

I'd like to read what he has to say about it. Also, whether the electric fish produces the sort of electricity that (as Asclepiades described previously in this thread) might set an arrhythmic heart beating normally again -- or perhaps make matters worse! I should think that, in the absence of ancient electrocardiograms, the use of an electric fish on an already debilitated patient's heart might more often than not be a hit-or-miss undertaking, possibly resulting in dire consequences! -- Nephele

I wouldn't presume to correct any of that, Maty! Many thanks for your further illumination on proto-Indo-European roots. I especially found interesting your theory on a connection between the word zarah ("seed") and the name "Sarah" ("princess = royal seed"). Although the Hebrew word for "seed" that I'm most familiar with is zera and that's spelled differently from "Sarah" (the first being zayin-resh-ayin, the second being shin-resh-hey), your theory on the implied meaning of the name "Sarah" certainly seems to be borne out in the following passage from the Torah, where god changes Sarai's name to Sarah while telling Abraham that Sarah shall be a "mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be of her." (Genesis 17:15-16) -- Nephele

Nicely said, NN. In my humble opinion, any such individuals with or without a learning disability, who "have a very active and broad interest in their world and are very well read and knowledgeable despite their limitations," are already above "average". -- Nephele

Hi, Doc. I'm not quite sure what the problem is that you're talking about. You may not have remote access to electronic copies of all of those lovely journal articles in the SJSU database (via that magnificent public library of yours), but surely you should nevertheless have access to all of them when you're present in your public library and using the library's public computers? Have you tried accessing these databases from within your public library? I hope I've got this correct, as this is the way a lot of these academic databases are set up for public library users. For my own public library, my patrons don't have remote access to JSTOR -- but they can access JSTOR from our computers within the library. As for the lack of call numbers... I believe when you search via the Library Catalog (from the Home Page), you'll find Library of Congress classification call numbers for the journals. I understand that the hard copy journals in your public library's periodicals collection are stored in your library's basement level, to which you should also have physical access. Hope I've got this right, not having any personal experience of my own with your public library. -- Nephele

Zanatos, you are a member of the Atia gens. While of plebeian rank and although none of your family ever rose to consulship, your familiy's connections with the maternal side of the family of the emperor Augustus has profited you throughout life. Your cognomen (which you acquired as a youth from your peers while studying abroad in Greece) is "Ater", meaning "dark; black". This name also denotes a gloomy or somber disposition -- for as a Roman youth you were more serious than your peers when it came to your studies. Your praenomen is "Gnaeus", customarily abbreviated as "Cn". Your full Roman name is: Cn. Atius Ater = Chartienrst -hr +au Welcome to UNRV! -- Nephele