FLavius Valerius Constantinus

Yeah I know, it is such a great misconception that most gladiators died, which in fact, they lived most of the time. And if the emperor thought the gladiators fought well, he would usually let both of live because the crowd most of the time would actually want the good fighting gladiators to live. By the way, have you ever watched the discovery channel documentary/actual movie about how a gladiator lives his life from the start of his career. Its very accurate and good details like a real movie.Link to buy the documentary Seriously this is a good one if you are interested. Its called A gladiator's story. Exerpt :

From my knowledge of Latin, here's what I gather from the word origin of stilettoes using latin words. : Stylus,-i, m. - pencil, iron pen leto, letare, letavi, letatus - to kill (Very rare verb to use to say to kill.) Now if you put those two together, well obviously you get styleto or something near. Also it might be letum,-i., n. which means death and destruction. So lets see, in latin it would be in this short phase: Stylo letat. --> He kills with a pencil/iron pen. (For Pertinax, the ablative used here is called the ablative of means which means you do use a preposition when it involves using objects or instruments, however, when it involves a person its called the ablative of agent which is commonly used with a or ab.

You know, the US government will get that data one way or another in light of the domestic surveilance by the NSA issues. I mean really, the government have their own top of the world hackers working for them. Google is gonna be trampled. Also, when Congress eventually discusses about extending the Patriot act, Big Brother is gonna defintely do some dirty work.

Well its not assistance, they are 'demanding' it for whatever reason so. Even Yahoo has to do it and they've complied.

Its absolutely hilarious. I sure do love SNL Link to Chronicles of Narnia Rap by SNL

You know, this kinda goes for the same when theologists examine the Bible using the 5 types of critical methods. In a way, the methods used are really useful in examining the authors of the bibles and its sources. They are: Text criticism- Textual criticism is a branch of philology that examines the extant copies of a written text to produce a version of the text that is as close as possible to the original. This original is called the archetype. Also, it is used to decide which is the best text to read. Form criticism- Form criticism is a method of biblical criticism applied as a means of analyzing the typical features of texts, especially their conventional forms or structures, in order to relate them to their sociological contexts. Form criticism begins by identifying a text's genre or conventional literary form, such as parables, proverbs, epistles, or love poems. Again this is also used to determine which is the best form of writing. Source criticism- a method of literary study used especially in the field of biblical criticism that seeks to understand a literary piece better by attempting to establish the sources used by the author and/or redactor who put the literary piece together. redaction criticism- A critical method for the study of the Bible, especially the Gospels and other books whose contents have overlap, is redaction criticism. Redaction criticism is a historical discipline which is concerned to discover the intended purpose of the final author/editor of a book. It focuses on how the author/editor has shaped and molded the material in his sources to express his literary goals for the work, i.e., the reasons he is writing his work. historical criticism- is simply used to discover the age of the sources, not try to verify the sources or biblical events.

Same goes for McCain, both candidates are too far from the main area that thier respective parties are. Clark is not liberal enough... and McCain not conservative enough. Which is why its gonna be McCain 2008! Heck yeah!

Because it adds to the richness and depth of flavor, carries the tastes of other ingredients and its high acidity helps tenderize meat & poultry... Flavious, If you wish to abstain for health reasons; because you a worried about your liver or because of a family genetic tendency towards substance abuse that is quite admirable and commendable for a youth confronted with today's deteriorating moral fiber. However, if it is due to fear of some kind of divine persecution in the afterlife, then I must say you are missing out on one of the heavenly father's (or mothers!) most loving gifts to mankind... No, it's just that I've made a promise to never drink/smoke and I've never had drank/smoke anything so far. For what reason, I don't know but I just made the decision quite randomly. Being a teenager, I too well the effects and seen others do stupid things. Also peer pressure really doesn't affect me, my beliefs are too strong.

I agree with Princeps. Out of personal preference of course.

Haha, hormones. Yeah, every teengager suddenly goes from one moment as really not caring much about others to what the hell, I still don't have a girlfriend. Don't worry, by no time, you'll get the girl. All you have to do is get noticed by her, just do something stupid to make her laugh is my way. Just kidding, really don't do that.

"If I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. If I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist." Si cibum populum miserum do, me santum vocant. Peto si cur populum miserum nihil cibi habent, communistam vocant.

For people who read the news, you've recently have read articles about Osama bin Laden. For the most interesting part, Osama is offering a truce to us! Bah! I'm mean come on, who's gonna listen to a guy who lives in a cave. Until recently, Al-Qaeda has been taking big hits, such as the elections in Iraq. But now, you've got reports that four top terrorists of Al-Quaeda were killed in that bombing by the Unmanned Predator. In other news, the US government has subpoena Google. The government wants a list all requests entered into Google's search engine during an unspecified single week

Experts study rubble in central Italian town of Amelia (ANSA) - Amelia, January 18 - Part of a massive wall started in around 600 BC around the central Italian town of Amelia collapsed on Wednesday morning for reasons still unclear . The so-called Polygonal walls around Amelia are famous not only for their age but also their size. Built out of huge polygonal stones, they are 8-10 metres high and about 3.5 metres thick . via Ansa.it

Hm... Having a little rodent teaching me Latin? Sounds interesting, however, I already have a great teacher and his name is Dr. Lowe!

I go to a Jesuit school, so you better believe it that we learn a great deal from the bible.

Well, today begins anew with 'more pain.' Sarcastically and thank you for the welcoming words.

Wow, now I've just come to my senses. This thread and Skar's post just made me rethink everything about how a person's image can be so falsely depicted and to a sad end. Thanks for the info.

Well everyone, I'm in the fight for my life. Today finals started and so far, I think I did very well. Scriptures was about a 150 questions, but the test was so straightforward that it made the test easy. So no stress there, but math is my major weakness, however, the test was easy this time even though there were so many trick questions. As for tomorrow, I have Literature, the one I'm most of afraid of. Then Gym, haha that class is such a blowoff. Lastly for the day, I have Honors Latin II, now that is gonna be an easy one since I'm such a Latin geek. But then on Thursday, Chemistry is gonn screw me over. Lastly and finally, I have a very important project to turn in for Design, luckily Design has no final.

LInk to full article A handful of ancient Roman coins have been dug up in a playing field in West Wickham, near Bromley, south London. The artefacts may have been thrown into water for good luck by superstitious Romans, an archaeologist suggested. They were discovered at the Sparrow's Den field during work by Thames Water to reduce flooding risk from sewers. The low denomination coins, two of which depict Roman emperors Constantine and Diocletian, are said to date back to the Third and Fourth Centuries...

link Scientists in Ireland may have found the country's most fertile male, with more than 3 million men worldwide among his offspring... The scientists, from Trinity College Dublin, have discovered that as many as one in twelve Irish men could be descended from Niall of the Nine Hostages, a 5th-century warlord who was head of the most powerful dynasty in ancient Ireland. His genetic legacy is almost as impressive as Genghis Khan, the Mongol emperor who conquered most of Asia in the 13th century and has nearly 16 million descendants, said Dan Bradley, who supervised the research. "It's another link between profligacy and power," Bradley told Reuters. "We're the first generation on the planet where if you're successful you don't (always) have more children."