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MT Cicero?

Oh! dear! What the god-Consul must endure! The Pater Arcanae wrote what he meant (properly ), and meant what he wrote! Salve, Kemo Sabay! While we wait to Lady A's contribution, I think we will harm nobody if we check the answer of my previous post Here comes Aulus Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, Liber IV, Ch. II, sec. IV-V: "For pain in the head ... Of these the case that is acute, also that which surpasses ordinary limits, and that which is of sudden causation and although not deadly, is yet violent, has its primary remedy in blood-letting. But this measure is unnecessary, unless the pain is intolerable, and it is better to abstain from food; also from drink, when possible; if not possible, then to drink water. If, on the day following, pain persists, the bowels should be clystered, sneezing provoked, and nothing but water taken. For often, in this way, all the pain is dispersed within one or two days, especially if it has originated from wine of indigestion. But if there is little benefit from the above, the head should be shaved down to the scalp; then it should be considered what cause excited the pain." Don't try this at home, kids!

Salve, GM! When I began on this thread, I was unable to upload the pics. If you have any problem, simply leave a link to the selected pic (without any original legend or clues, of course) and I will upload it for you (my pleasure). Dear Lady M explained me how to upload pics; if you wish, I can send you her explanation later (as soon as I find it).

An example may be in order: Here comes Caius Suetonius Tranquillus, De Vita XII Caesarum, Divus Iulius, Ch. XXXIII, sec. I: Alea iacta est (the most famous transcription) Iacta alea est (what you actually find in the primary source) Alea est iacta Est iacta alea Iacta est alea Est iacta alea Most Latin speakers would get the right idea with any choice.

C.J. Caesar?

Oh man...try teaching an ESL course...it's horribly hard! It's as hard to learn English as it is any other language. Particularly if one comes from a highly-inflected language, and is used to everything being 'labeled' in the language...when they learn a minimally-inflected language, they have the worst time in trying to understand what they're saying. The truth is that there is no 'hard' or 'easy' language to learn; it completely depends on the linguistic background of the 'student' and on the way that they learn language in general--if they can see the 'logic' in a language. No, the reason that English is so heavily taught is purely business...if you want to do business on any level outside of your country, you pretty much have to learn English. That, and American and British (and perhaps Australian) culture is popular around the world. And maybe also the last two centuries of British and American World preponderance. Excellent answer, Doc. English has almost no problem with inflections because it relies heavily on word order (syntax). Inflections because problem with English has almost no heavily on (syntax) relies order word. Almost no heavily Inflections because with English has relies order inflections (syntax) word on. Syntax is far less a problem with synthetic languages, like Latin.

Salve, amici! That's right, this is Lady JD, Septimius Severus' wife. Bravo, GM! I totally agree. If there are no "against" votes in this contio, I would think it's your turn, Lady A.

Chronologically, the first use of the word "Imperator" by Titus Livius in Ab Urbe Condita wasn't even for a Roman, but for Mamilius, the Latin enemy commander in the battle fought at Lake Regillus (258 AUC / 496 BC). Here comes Liber II, Ch. XX: "Ibi alia inter proceres coorta pugna. Imperator Latinus, ubi cohortem exsulum a dictatore Romano prope circumuentam uidit, ex subsidiariis manipulos aliquot in primam aciem secum rapit. Hos agmine uenientes T. Herminius legatus conspicatus, interque eos insignem ueste armisque Mamilium noscitans," " There another engagement took place between the leading officers. The Latin general, on seeing the cohort of the exiles almost surrounded by the Roman dictator, hurried up some companies of reserves to the front. Titus Herminius, a lieutenant-general, seeing them advancing in a body, and recognising Mamilius, distinguished among them by his armour and dress," (Translation by John Henry Freese, Alfred John Church, and William Jackson Brodribb, 1904) "Another single combat between the leaders took place; the Latin commander saw the cohort of exiles almost hemmed in by the Roman Dictator, and hurried to the front with some maniples of the reserves. T. Herminius saw them coming, and recognised Mamilius by his dress and arms." (Translation by Rev. Canon Roberts)

Salve, Lady A! Nope. Almost unbelievable!

As an (over)compensation for relinquishing the consulship (eleventh time) at 731 AUC(23 BC), Octavius (aka Augustus since 727 AUC) gained permanent Imperium proconsulare maius over the provinces as part of the "second settlement". From en. wikipedia article "Imperator": "In the late Roman Republic, after an especially great victory, the army proclaimed their commander imperator, an acclamation necessary to apply to the Senate for a triumph. The victorious general had a right to use the title after his name until the time of his triumph, where he would relinquish the title as well as his imperium. The title was given in 90 BC to a G. Julius Caesar, in 84 BC to G. Pompeius Magnus, in 60 BC to the other, most famous, G. Julius Caesar, relative of the former, in 45 BC again to Caesar, in 44 BC to MI Brutus, and in 41 BC to L. Antonius. In 15 AD TA Germanicus was also imperator during the empire of his relative Tiberius Augustus. After Augustus established the hereditary, one-man rule in Rome , the title imperator was generally restricted to the emperor, though it would occasionally be granted to a member of his family. As a permanent title, imperator was used as a praenomen by the Roman emperors and was taken on accession. The act of being proclaimed imperator was transformed into the act of imperial accession. In fact, if a general was acclaimed by his troops as imperator, it would be tantamount to a declaration of rebellion against the ruling emperor. In the imperial period, the term did continue to be used in the Republican sense as a victory title; however, it could only be granted to the emperor, even if he had not commanded the victorious army in person. The title followed the emperor's name along with the number of times he was acclaimed as such, for example IMP V ("imperator five times")."

Salve! Based on Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (pg. 628-629): "The mixtum Imperium was nothing more than the power necessary for giving effect to the Jurisdictio. There might therefore be Imperium without Jurisdictio, but there could be no Jurisdictio without Imperium. Accordingly, Imperium is sometimes used to express the authority of a magistratus, of which his Juris

Nope, and they were no relatives, for LOL. Another difference with poor 'Pina was that this lady really became an empress. Keep on trying.

Octavian was an Equestrian, or are those considered to be Plebian as well? Ie - Anything below a Patrician? Patricii is an ancestral term derived from pater = father, of controversial origin but presumably referring to the purported original founder clans (gens) of Rome. By exclusion and definition, plebes were the remainder of Roman citizens (civis). Patrcii plus plebes were the whole Roman people (populus). At least from the accession of plebs to the consulate at 388 AUC (366 BC) on, the critical dichotomy between the ruling and the ruled classes at Rome was not patricii / plebes but nobiles / ignobiles, basically meaning you have (or not) a Magistratus Curules ancestor, preferably consular, but also dictator, praetors, censors, and the curule aediles. A plebeian who first attained a Curule office was the founder of his family's Nobilitas , a Novus homo (new man). That would be the case for Octavus' father, who never got beyond the praetorship (693 AUC / 61 BC).. Then, Octavius himself was born an ignobile plebeian (691 AUC / 63 BC), but by adoption from C. Julius Caesar into the gens Iulia he became a full patrician.

Here comes another lady:

Salve! I can't read Greek, but relying on the Loeb translation, here comes Appian, Bellum Civilis, Liber II, Ch. CVI: "...Caesar having ended the civil wars hastened to Rome, honoured and feared as no one had ever been before. All kinds of honours were devised for his gratification without stint, even such as were divine

Four, as far as I can tell: C. Trebonius (699 AUC / 55 BC) C. Cassius Longinus (705 AUC / 49 BC) Pontius Aquila (709 AUC / 45 BC) P. Servilius Casca (710 AUC / 44 BC) We may add P. Cornelius Dolabella (adopted Lentulus; 708 AUC / 48 BC), but it appears that he was only a late accomplice and not a true conspirator.

Interesting dates (ten) were selected for the alternative History within this book: The prologue is set at 1203 AUC (450 AD). The last date ("promised land") is 2723 AUC (1970 AD). The ten stories of this book were written between 1989 and 2003.

She is Serena (wife of Flavius Stilicho) with her son Eucherius.

Hmmm... I would think Lady A (Post # 18 on this thread).

Salve, GO! Maybe you were talking about this one.

Salve, Lady A! OK, let's try to get this straight: GO question was "Try this: Standing up and suddenly fainting". "Fainting" is a non-specific non-clinical term more or less related with "syncope" (An abrupt, usually brief loss of consciousness), although this last term usually implies the mechanism (generalized cerebral ischemia). "Postural syncope" is a reasonable clinical depiction of GO question; "Postural" or "orthostatic hypotension" is a very likely explanation, requiring for its confirmation the evidence of a reproducible blood pressure drop of at least 20 mm Hg if it's the systolic measure or 10 mm Hg if it's the diastolic, after standing up abruptly from a lying position. "Vertigo" is the subjective sensation (illusion) of rotation or movement of one's self, as when you get down from an amusement ride. Here is a nice free online medical dictionary.

Gratiam habeo, MPC

The answer to your question, of course. Well, if you mean an alternative (wrong) writing of "pan-ileitis" (Inflammation of the ileum), your answer is wrong. Anyway, we will have to wait until the end of Lady L_W's post to deal with that question.