FLavius Valerius Constantinus

Since its for a tattoo, forget eveything I said. Just wait for Scerio to translate it properly. Don't want to mess up your tattoo.So far, here's my best, but don't use it because my choice of latin diction for the words forgiven and forgotten may not exactly mean those things. So you want to say: You are forgiven, but you are never forgotten. Justificaris autem numquam obliteraris. Since we have no actual noun, the vocative(address) can't be used.

Singular: Justificatus es autem numquam obliteratus es. Plural: Justificatus estis autem numquam obliteratus estis

Pertinax, sometimes your comments about medicine makes my head explode. Fairly complicated, but interestingly enough that I can work it out in my head. I suppose I should better learn more about chemistry and biology.

Oh, I think you're thinking about the Theban legion. I don't think the Romans had ever or barely a legion that was recruited in Egypt. The story I kinda believe is true, but I don't know.

Uh, never use free online translater, never! Just don't, its like 70% wrong every time. Don't trust my translating, sometimes I'm wrong. What you're looking for is: Justificatus sum autem numquam obliteratus sum. (Literally says: "I have been forgiven but I have never been forgotten" or "I was forgiven, but I was never forgotten.") My choice of latin words may be wrong too, but they are close enough. I'll just wait for Scerio correct me.

Having known that the Catholic Church actually has priests who serve as exorcist, especially in Africa. Also having watched the Exorcism of Emily Rose, I was wondering about Roman exorcism, if they had it? If so, in what manner and style do they do it? Who were the patients?

Bravo, these are all good stories. I'm just waiting for a Romance-type short story. For some reason, I find myself a Romantic reader with the exception that I hate stories that end in tragedy or just bad endings. I love happy endings.

Sorry Sextus, but that was just wrong. There was a good reason by Constantine approved and always supported funds for the Church in Rome and elsewhere. He found good use in the Church in caring and providing for those poor and unfortunate. I don't know where you got that view from, because I doubt eugenics was even thought about. The disabled were just pitied, but not looked upon as hellspawns. One would actually have to commit or show signs of being possessed or an agent of Lucifer before being persecuted by the Church. The time which you talk about is important too. Your view might be possible in Medieval times, but during the Roman Empire, Christianity was solely about spiritual matters and cura personalis, since the Pope wasn't heavily involved in political disputes except those concerning things such as Arianism and opposion or rifts in the unity of the Church or its views.

Hmm, never read any other Roman fiction book other than those of the Sub Roma series. But I would be interested if someone can describe the plot of one of the books a little bit.

I assume your wife didn't like any of the names.

Well there's a thing called paterfamilias. So really, the husband can commit adulturey anytime and anywhere(so clique). But as for the wife when she commits adultery, well the husband has the option of killing her and the children. But in the high classes, Patricians, you would simply divorce because you don't want to piss of the father of your wife whom may be of great reputation and wealth. I think I might be wrong, so someone correct me.

CANBERRA, Australia - Hundreds of human footprints dating back to the last Ice Age have been found in the remote Australian Outback, an official and media reported Thursday. The 457 footprints found in Mungo National Park in western New South Wales state is the largest collection of its kind in the world and the oldest in Australia, The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper reported. CNN

link to article ATHENS, Greece (AP)

It's no nightingale, but a new seismic technology nicknamed Chirp is making music for the ears of archaeologists interested in the wrecks of sunken ships. Named for the bird-like blips it makes in action, GeoChirp 3-D is able to generate three-dimensional images of just about anything lying beneath the seafloor, including shipwrecks hidden under years of muck and sand build-up.

Uh Rvmaximus, I think you're forgetting that these were two different time periods.

Oh, yeah, I might be pretty much exaggerating about the bread, but as for the wages, the army charged pretty much many things, which explains why soldiers didn't have good pay. But read the link above. The cost of the ration, four modii or four pecks per month, at a rate of three fourths of a denarius per modius would thus be about thirty-six denarii per year (about $7.50). This cost was charged against the man's pay ($48.00) and deducted therefrom.

Oh, its a mix of things that I remember. I read it from some text book about the Roman Legion. Sorry, I can't remember the name. Also, I did happen to see a History Channel documentary on the life of a Roman soldier, one thing for sure, their life wasn't easy. I like to change my comments, actually bread was not the main source of food, whatever the Romans could hunt, then they could eat. So meat was somewhat rare, but oftenly eatened. I suppose they eat mostly grained stuff which provide the real strength and vigor,its not to say that the Roman soldier didn't eat meat or poultry. It depended on the conditions. For example, during summer, you can't exactly preserve meat like in winter, so you eat grain in summer when ripe. Also pork was a commodity, I suppose they ate good stuff on a special occasion. It really depended on where the Legion was based and what conditions were the land and time of the year. You don't expect legionaries hunting in Syria do you, rather a legion based near the forest would. Not everything was the daily food, but the Roman Legion did eat much of everything they found. Don't listen to me, I might be wrong since its all memories, but this site gives good detail, scroll to the bottom link

Uh...I doubt that Clodia should be used. The name brings itself a bad reputation. Just imagine when she's studying Roman history and someone brings up, " Who's Clodia." Then someone answers, a promiscuous women who...

A soldier's diet was extremely limited.Legionaries ate only bread and drank only water plus a little vinegar when the weather was hot. It was considered that "bread was the only food "fit for a soldier, hard food for hard men. Soldiers in the Roman had a diet made up of very plain foods. The rip-off was that soldiers were required to pay up to one third of their wages for their food. They ate mostly bread, perhaps porridge, cheese or beans with cheap wine to wash it down.

Yeah, I know. It is wrong that public schools these days decided to actually study a religion called Islam, yet why can't public schools study Christianity. So hypocritical when you claim a separtion of Churh/state yet you learn another religion that has settled into society.

Huh, oh, I thought something was amiss. It seems that Imperator Viggen is gonna be making more announcements.

Its weird but: Lucia , the equivalent of Lucy also is one of the forms of the latin verb luceo( actually abstact noun of the verb) which means to shine; be clear. Not too sure about this word though. Serena is the a feminine adj that means clear fair bright SERENE(get the idea) Helena(an actual Roman form), not Helen(greek form) Maria seems english but its also latin Maria,mariae feminine Non roman- AnnMary Seriously Well its weird suggesstions but...well its weird. Oh by the way, I hope this site is helpful Female Latin Names