Nephele

Yes, but a lot of times reactions get worse after each episode. Not sure if it works the same way with seafood allergies, but I know from experience it works that way with bee venom allergies. Are you going to check with your doctor today, just to be sure? Glad you were better last night. How are you feeling today? -- Nephele

Hello, John. If you'd like a "Hidden Roman Name" please provide a scramble of your actual first and last names. I ask people to scramble the letters in their names to protect their privacy. Welcome to UNRV. I believe the help will be reciprocated. -- Nephele

Yikes! Do you have an EpiPen? I've got one that I carry around with me all summer in case I should get a bee sting (bee venom puts me in anaphylactic shock). I know how scary it gets. Are you going to be okay? I'm worrying about you, DoL. -- Nephele

Moonlapse discovers the cause of all the recent UNRV downtime was due to a clown in the system, and initiates immediate correction. Burrrrn 'im, Moonlapse! (And, thanks for all you do.) Have a cool birthday! -- Nephele

I should have cited the direct entry for "perduellio" from Seyffert's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. Which more clearly defines the term as being: "The Roman term for all acts whereby an individual within the State showed himself an enemy, perduellis, of the established constitution. It included attempts at despotic power, usurpation or abuse of magisterial powers (e.g. the execution of a citizen), violation of the sanctity of the tribuni plebis, etc." The definition of perduellio under Seyffert's entry for "maiestas" may be misleading in this case, as obviously there wasn't an emperor in the time of P. Appius Claudius Pulcher. Perhaps MPC can explain the term better, as he used it in his compilation that I linked above. I can only guess that somehow ignoring a sacred omen during a time of crisis (as in the case of war), with disastrous results, could conceivably lead to the responsible person being declared an "enemy of the State". -- Nephele

What is perduellio? Check out Seyffert's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, under the entry for Maiestas: "Denoted among the Romans the sovereign power of the people and the State, or that of the emperor. To detract from this sovereign power was a crime (crimen mlnutce maiestatis). Originally the term perduellio (q.v.) included all offences of this kind ; distinctions were first made in B.C. 100 by the Lex Apuleia, which declared some offences to be treason that had previously been regarded as perduellio, such as hindering the tribunes and exciting to sedition." Also, from Seyffert's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, under the entry for "Auspicia": "(3) Signs from the behavior of chickens while eating. It was a good omen if the chicken rushed eagerly out of its cage at its food and dropped a bit out of its beak; an unfavourable omen if it was unwilling, or refused altogether to leave its cage, or flew away, or declined its food. This clear and simple method of getting omens was generally adopted by armies in the field, the chickens being taken about in charge of a special functionary (pullarius)." -- Nephele

If this is the same chicken story (and I believe it is) then the "when" can be answered by a look at MCP's 101 Statesmen of the Roman Republic. Scroll down until you reach P. Appius Claudius Pulcher, Consul in 249 BCE: "after killing Sacred Chickens, lost 93 of 120 ships to Adherbal in worst naval defeat in Roman history; charged with perduellio, Pulcher died before trial" -- Nephele

Jerikagoddess, you are a member of the Iulia gens (sometimes written "Julia"), one of the most ancient patrician gentes of Rome, which gave birth to Caesar, among other noted Romans. Your nickname is "Rhina", as you were born in Germania, near the Rhine ("Rhenus") River, when your pregnant mother bravely decided to follow her military general husband on campaign, much in the same way that Agrippina followed Germanicus. Your full Roman name is: Iulia Rhina = Runi Likhik -kk +aa Welcome to UNRV!

My favorites (especially for miniature pinschers) "Loki": the Norse god of mischief and destruction. "Teivel": (pronounced TAI-vel) Yiddish for "devil". -- Nephele

Oh, that looks somewhat like another seaside painting (by Alma Tadema) that you gave me for my birthday! That one was lovely, too. I see a reoccuring theme in your tastes, Pertinax. -- Nephele

I don't watch teevee because I can't tolerate all the commercial breaks. Even with cable (which is supposed to be commercial-free), those distracting little pop-up ads and station identification logos in the corner of the screen drive me insane. So I wait for stuff that interests me to come out on DVD (which means I'm always a year or more behind everyone else when it comes to teevee shows). I'm currently watching on DVD Season 2 of Bones -- a brilliant detective drama series about a forensic anthropologist assisting the FBI on seemingly unsolvable murder cases. The series (airing on the Fox Network) is based on the novels of real-life forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, who not only produces the television series, but who also has appeared in at least one episode ("Judas on a Pole", Season 2). Bones often combines a touch of macabre humor with horrifically realistic scenes of corpses that have been eviscerated, boiled, charred, sliced, diced, and whathaveyou. (This is not a series for the squeamish.) The interplay between the two main characters, atheist forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan and theist FBI Agent Seely Booth, plus the wonderful supporting cast of characters, truly makes this television at its very best. -- Nephele

Here's a favorite of mine of a girl seated and reading in a quiet corner of a Roman peristylium. This engraving originally appeared in Jakob von Falke's Hellas und Rom, a 19th century collection of classical "restorations." Many of these engravings were reproduced for my favorite old book on daily life in ancient Rome by William Stearns Davis: A Day in Old Rome (1925). Ahhh, it was this book, and these old engravings, which first caused me to fall in love with ancient Rome. I never grow tired of this book as, each time I open it, I'm transported back to Rome in the year 134 CE. (I really must get my act together and review this book for UNRV.) -- Nephele

"Believe me, Caesar, the one we have is hard enough to live with!" -- Herod Agrippa, from I, Claudius

Thank you, Asclepiades. And thank you also for the top dog names list. Now, I charge you with the mission of translating each of those names into plausible Latin (or Greek) names for Roman dogs! 1. maximus 2. samuhel 3. domina 4. ursus 5. fumosus 6. umbra 7. catti 8. maria 9. conpotor 10. bacchus 11. subrufus 12. infantulus 13. nebulosus 14. puellula 15. capsicum 16. Iacob 17. latro 18. tigris 19. samuhela 20. fortunatus 21. panis 22. principissa 23. margarita 24. carolus 25. sacramentum 26. petrosus 27. centunculi 28. tiggris 29. aeruginosus 30. domitor Bravo, Asclepiades! Mission accomplished! *applause* -- Nephele

I think that makes an end to it, as well. Am locking this topic for the time being, as the subject is pretty much done in now. If another Mod feels differently, then he can reopen this later. -- Nephele

Thank you, Asclepiades. And thank you also for the top dog names list. Now, I charge you with the mission of translating each of those names into plausible Latin (or Greek) names for Roman dogs! -- Nephele

Salve - No where did I see one named Rover; but. . . a dog that roves (roams?) a lot isn't very convenient or family friendly, perhaps. What would the Latin equivalent be for a Rover? Rover is yet another classic dog name. In his translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, Charles Martin gives "Ridge Rover" for Actaeon's hound named Oribasos. There is also a "Rover" (as translated by classicist E.S. Foster) listed in Xenophon's Kynegetikos ("On Hunting with Dogs"). Polus or Poleus is the dog's name, but I didn't include Xenophon's dogs in my list as I limited my list to names of dogs from Roman writers, or from people writing about the Romans. As for a direct Latin translation of "Rover" for a dog... I guess "Vagator" (meaning "rover; tramp") would be a good choice. D. Herbert Abei of Loyola University wrote an abridged, Latin translation of Disney's Lady and the Tramp titled Domina et Vagator, for The Classical Journal (January 1956). Getting back to "Spot" -- there were a couple of cognomina for humans meaning "Spot" (or "spotted"): Macatus and Macula. Since dogs throughout history have frequently been named after people, presumably these cognomina could have been given to dogs, as well. -- Nephele

Hahaha! Truly a classic dog name, as even Ovid includes a Greek "Spot" among Actaeon's hounds in his Metamorphoses: "Sticte". -- Nephele

Hahaha! No matter the century, Romans kick heinie. Good one, Ingsoc! -- Nephele

Welcome to Nomina et Gentes ("Names and Families"). This sub forum is intended for the discussion of Roman nomenclature and genealogy, and related subjects. -- Nephele

Here's another classical female rebel for you: Astyoche. She was a sister of King Priam of Troy and, when Troy fell and she was taken captive by the Greeks and brought to Italy, she helped to set fire to the Greek ships. This forced the Greeks to settle in Italy, with their descendants contributing to the stock of the later, emerging Romans. Although Astyoche was only one of several bravely rebellious women captives, I chose her for an anagrammatical reason. If you add the surname "Cott" to her name (and every self-respecting, anthropomorphized tech toy should have a surname), then "Astyoche Cott" is an anagram of "Cato's tech toy". Plus, "Asty" makes a cute nickname. -- Nephele

Neph innocently gazes skyward and pretends not to have a clue... -- Nephele

Cloelia defied a king, if not a god. She was a Republican-era (your kind of girl, MPC) Roman virgin given to the Etruscan king Porsena as a hostage. She escaped from him and swam the Tiber back to Rome. Although she was promptly returned to him (those Romans were sticklers for doing the honorable thing!), Porsena was so impressed with her courage and defiance that he released her along with some other hostages. He also rewarded her with a magnificent horse (so she wouldn't have to take to swimming to escape any more) and gave the Romans a gift of a statue of a woman on horseback, representing Cloelia. -- Nephele

Ah, Commodus, then? He wore the occasional animal skin, too, didn't he? -- Nephele

There is no hair visible in the original uncropped photo. That having been said, there are several clues to this person's identity in the photo I've posted. Is he a youthful Hercules? (With fanged lion's cape over his head)? -- Nephele