FLavius Valerius Constantinus

What class was this essay for.

"My majesty desires to see this pygmy more than the gifts of the mineland (Sinai) and of Punt." Pretty weird the Egyptians defniately are.

Link to articleThe ancient Egyptians left an immense legacy about their culture and daily life through inscriptions and representations on tomb and temple walls, documents on papyrus, and funerary objects. In addition, the hot dry climate and elaborate burial systems have left intact many human remains, including complete and partial skeletons. As a result, Egypt is a major source of information about how achondroplasia (the bone disorder that causes the most common type of dwarfism) was perceived in ancient times.

Oh I see, well if you need help interpreting, I can help you.

Why do I sense the influence of Star Wars. Is it or is it that Padme Amidala from Star Wars said that line in the third movie during the scene whre the Chancellor becomes the Emperor in the senate. Well, anyways I though that line was really interesting too. As for Oligarchies, I doubt it. But if it happens, I can only hope its for the better cause. For example, were the US economy to crash(unlikely) and hope of revival are non-existance, you've gotta find a leader. Out of desperation, people won't notice that they are being possibly ruled by a dictator out of manipulation like the Emperor from Star Wars. They won't care really as long as they are cared for, somewhat like the concept of feudalism. I think feudalism serves oligarchy best.

Sorry, I'm suspicious about it. When you said you wanted to translate a paragraph, most people don't ask to translate a whole paragraph do they. Got me thinking a little. BTW, if do ever find a site, don't trust them because I seen what happens when people get the wrong words put on their tattoos.

Ah, I didn't know it came from a book. Well anyways, the person doing the documentary was just re-examining the stuff and trying to legitimize it.

Sapiens prudentiae ab mare. ( You can use de or ex instead of ab too. In a sense, all those means the same thing, well not really but in the sense.) Sapiens means a wise(virtuous) man, sage philosopher. You probably can use educator which means tutor; bringer up. Also magister which means teacher. The latin literally says A wise man of wisdom from the sea. Well if you use sapiens, I doubt you need the word wisdom because the person himself is already wise.

Sorry, but you won't find any. Latin is too much of a complicated language and so you can't really create a program to translate whole sentences. You can, but there are some many flaws in the Latin language that computers can't compute like us when it comes to those complications. Plus, if someone ever tried making a program, they will fail out of frustration and laziness.

It amazes me how the Greeks thought of such monsters, but then one day I saw a history documentary that had strong finds and reasons for such mythical beings. The answer was that the Greek imagination came from the fossils and bones of extinct animals whom roamed the land of Graecus long ago( dinosaurs, prehistoric animals, etc.). The bones of dinosaurs happened to be bountiful in Graecus and many areas had the kind of soft terrain so that bones belong to the dinosaurs became exposed or protrude out of the sound ground and exposed sides of hills resulting from landslides. were a common site. Inevitably, someone's gotta notice it and be perplexed by it. What explanation would they give, thus the creation of mythical beasts. For example, a skull of one extinct organism a had huge nasal cavity, and from it resulted the creation of the cyclopes because they thought the nose are was the eye. There are other explanations for the mythical beasts using the bones of extinct animals. I can't seem to remember the name of the documentary, but it appears on the discovery channel once in awhile.

My interests in Rome began when I first took Latin class and from there on, I joined the Latin Certamen team and has become the Latin geek that I am. As for Gladiator, for some reason, I found a new respect for Commodus out of the movie's portayal of him. He brought a feeling of the insanity of Caligula, but I suppose its the actor who should be given the credit since he's the one portraying Commodus.

I suppose entomophobia will do, though I do like butterflies, ladybugs, fireflies, and dragonflies.

In mea sententia: Num is dignus non.

Sorry, I don't recall this myth. Would you mind explain how he "killed" Zeus in round one.

As your Herbalist I advise ........a course of leeches. Uhg, I hate leaches and worms. What phobia is that called again. Scared of creepy crawlers.

In my opinion, I believe it was truely the fourth crusade that damaged and destroyed the Byzantine Empire and economy. The lost of Asia Minor was a big blow economically, but Constantinople was still the major trade center of the East because its location in terms of trade. The Venetians were anxious to replace Constantinople in trade, though it would be hard. They only achieved that by helping the Fourth Crusade that almost never happened due to political upheavals also at the time. When Alexius IV was overthrown, the Crusaders used this as an excuse to sack Constantinople for three days, thus establishing the Latin Empire along with other ones. Though Constantinople still remained a good trade site, but the Venetians were given a part of the conquered city and territory to control, obviously they tried to suppress trade in favor of the Venitian port.

I think you should see Batman Begin Zeke, its much more darker with a better plot/storyline than those previous lame Batman movies. I really liked Batman Begins.

Oops, I keep thinking the phrase "life is beautiful" (personifcation) and so I gave it first person quality. By the way, are you sure prodet doesn't come from the word prodo which means to project instead of from prodeo.

Well, that last clause may more reply to the Chinese whom we get all our imported manufactured stuff from. (They've been having problems with overpopulation and toxic spillings lately.) But as to solve the Africa situation, I believe in the free trade system that we've recently helped them out with, and so far, that system is going really well. Abstinence education and condoms seems also to be the only true way to fight Aids. Sorry to be offtopic

link Oscar White Muscarella, "Metropolitan Museum ancient Near East expert," speaks with Suzan Mazur about the current antiquities smuggling trial in Rome. Muscarella was fired from the Metropolitan for opposing the purchase of the Euphronios vase in 1972, but was reinstated after a court battle. He talks about the destruction caused by looting and the Metropolitan's board of trustees.