| Subject: |
[novaroma] New Latin Materials Available |
| From: |
"M. Apollonius Formosanus" <bvm3@--------> |
| Date: |
Sun, 13 Aug 2000 02:02:39 +0200 |
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M. Apollonius Formosanus C. Mario Merullo et Omnibus SPD
I am happy now to be able to redeem the pledge I made at
the inception of the Nova Roman Practical Latin Course to
make previous lessons available on the Nova Roma eGroups
site. Go there to "Files", then "Latina". All lessons from 1
to 5 are there in TXT format for your downloading
convenience. So, if somehow you missed a lesson or are new
to Nova Roma, you can find what you want there. (N.B. In the
original posting Leson 4 was erroneously numbered "3" on the
subject line. This has been corrected in the TXT versions.)
You should also note that various Latin materials such
as dictionaries, study software and parsers are available
for downloading at the Sodalitas Latinitatis eGroups site.
("Files")
Censor, Senator and Triumvir of the Sodalitas
Latinitatis C. Marius Merullus asked how it is possible to
produce long and short marks (macrons and breves) over Latin
vowels. The answer is that one simply requires the correct
font. I have uploaded a suitable font to the Nova Roma
eGroups site, where it can be found together with the Latin
course materials. Unless you want to print in bold face or
italic letters it would be enough to download just
"msgeotr1.ttf". This is a special Times New Roman font from
Microsoft. It has all the long and short vowels except the
Y, and some other special interesting letters as well.
(Other such fonts also exist.)
Once you have downloaded it, it is necessary to install
it, as is normal with new fonts. Once it is installed, you
can go to your word processor, for example Word, and use
Insert/Symbol or your programme's equivalent to select and
insert the special letters. Naturally this can be automated
by creating macros.
Note that these will not be legible on the internet or
in other people's mail clients unless the reader has
installed the same font (or a font with the same codes)
*and* selected it for the browser/mail client. (If you or
the reader have unicode, perhaps this will make a
difference. I do not have it and cannot say.)
If someone does download the font provided, I would
appreciate a report on whether it works correctly.
Happy Latin studies, omnes!
Valete!
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Paterfamilias Gentis Apolloniae
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Scriba Censorius
Civis Novae Romae in Silesia, Polonia
ICQ# 61698049
The Gens Apollonia is open to new members.
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Re: [novaroma] FROM L.CORNELIUS SULLA! |
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jmath669642reng@-------- |
| Date: |
Sat, 12 Aug 2000 22:29:01 -0400 (EDT) |
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Salve, Brian;
I like you have made similar errors in posting items more times than
necessary, and like you I do not believe it necessary to ridicule
someone for an honest mistake.
However, the other side of the coin is whatever you may think of the
Magistrate that you are dealing with, coarse language does no-one any
good, and may do some innocent citizens some harm. I ask that you
refrain or using coarse language on the net.
I am truly sympathetic to your outrage at being called "spammer", but as
in all things, as I am sure that you will agree, moderation makes the
man and reveals to all the real fool. I hope that you will take this
message in the friendliest possible way.
Vale, Respectfully;
Marcus Audens
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| Subject: |
[novaroma] Honest mistakes and list behavior |
| From: |
"pjane@-------- " <pjane@--------> |
| Date: |
Sun, 13 Aug 2000 02:37:14 -0000 |
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Marcus Minucius Audens has wisely made the point that multiple posts
to
the list are often inadvertent, and that accusing someone of "spam"
for
doing this is perhaps not the best way to alert him or her to the
problem.
He also mentioned that calling other people vulgar names is
inappropriate. I would add that this is true no matter what the rank
or
station of the person being so called.
As Curatrix Sermonem (list moderator), I would also like to suggest
that if you have a problem with someone's behavior on the list, it
would be wise to take it to me privately rather than play out your
conflict in front of everyone. Such behavior adds to no one's
dignitas.
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| Subject: |
Re: [novaroma] Honest mistakes and list behavior |
| From: |
"L. Cornelius Sulla" <alexious@--------> |
| Date: |
Sat, 12 Aug 2000 19:37:37 -0700 |
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Ave, the reason I posted was each of his posts were staggered.
1 @ 2:25
1 @ 2:40
1 @ 3:18
If they were mistakenly posted they woudl have been a minute or 2
apart...but they werent. :)
Hope this helps
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
----- Original Message -----
From: <pjane@-------->
To: <novaroma@-------->
Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 7:37 PM
Subject: [novaroma] Honest mistakes and list behavior
> Marcus Minucius Audens has wisely made the point that multiple posts
> to
> the list are often inadvertent, and that accusing someone of "spam"
> for
> doing this is perhaps not the best way to alert him or her to the
> problem.
>
> He also mentioned that calling other people vulgar names is
> inappropriate. I would add that this is true no matter what the rank
> or
> station of the person being so called.
>
> As Curatrix Sermonem (list moderator), I would also like to suggest
> that if you have a problem with someone's behavior on the list, it
> would be wise to take it to me privately rather than play out your
> conflict in front of everyone. Such behavior adds to no one's
> dignitas.
>
> Patricia Cassia
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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| Subject: |
[novaroma] Pompeii |
| From: |
"Gaius Metellus Valentinus" <websurfer07@--------> |
| Date: |
Sun, 13 Aug 2000 03:04:22 -0000 |
|
Salvete omnes,
I just thought I'd post a little tid bit about a small book on
Pompeii I came across. It's one of those books in a series, Time-
Life, but I purchased a single copy for only $5. I thought it would
be a run of the mill brief book. It's actually very informative and
has a lot of beautiful photos throughout. I was amazed.
Maybe some of you have come across it. It's titled "Pompeii:
The Vanished City." Very beautifully illustrated with photos of the
artifacts, homes, and some full page images of statues of deities
such as a 6" tall statue of Jupiter, Fortuna, Isis, Bachus, and the
strange Sebazius.
There is a poignant section on the human remains found at the
site, including a wooden cradle with the remains of a baby.
All in all a nice book despite only running 160 pages. It's
worth it if only for the photos.
G. Metellus Valentinus
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| Subject: |
[novaroma] Chapter 5 |
| From: |
Lykaion1@-------- |
| Date: |
Sun, 13 Aug 2000 02:50:22 EDT |
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THE INQUIRY
Chapter V: Memories
The man slapped her across the face with an open hand. "Slut!", he
shouted, and struck her again, this time with the back of his hand, sending
the fifteen year old girl crashing into a table. "My daughter, a common
slut!" The girl was hysterical, and she sobbed and held her bruised face,
taking her hand away to look at the blood smeared on it. "Papa!", she cried,
as her mother tried to shield her from the man's fury. "Don't strike her,
Lentelus!"
"Your daughter is a tramp! She has disgraced the family!"
"She's YOUR daughter, Lentelus, and she's only fifteen!"
"Oh, no! Don't even try to make me share the responsibility for this,
Camilla! She was yours before we married! And what kind of mother are you
that the little whore shames us this way?" Camilla was furious. "You
thought I was a good enough mother to have me raise your son!"
"Then why has she done this to us?"
"Done what???", the woman cried. "How has she shamed us? She loves the boy!"
"She was betrothed!"
"She never asked for that betrothal!"
"What does that matter? She has disgraced us!"
"She has not disgraced ME! You never loved her as a father should!"
The man was indignant. "I fed her, let her under my roof, arranged a good
marriage for her."
"She never liked Marcus," the woman protested, "and she could never love
him." The man picked up a glass from the table and hurled it across the
room, shattering it into a thousand shards of glass. "What does love have to
do with any of this?", he screamed. The girl was shaking, crying on the
shoulder of her mother who held her protectively. Lentelus stood before her.
"Get up, girl!", he demanded. "Lentelus, don't you dare!", Camilla warned
icily.
"I said get up!" he shouted.
Slowly, timidly, the girl rose to her feet. She tried to choke back her sobs
and wiped her eyes with her bloody hand.
Her stepfather stood at his full height, and looked down on the frightened
child. "Girl, you are no longer part of this family." Camilla was
horrified. "What do you think you're doing!", she cried out at him. But the
man turned on her ruthlessly. "Camilla, you have other children to think of,
and you care at all about their welfare, you will not cross me again on
this!" "You wouldn't!", she pleaded. But Lentelus ignored her. "Girl, I
have the power to kill you for your adultery. But out of respect for your
mother, I will not do that." He called for his slave, Alexander and when he
arrived, he ordered, "Bring me a bag of fifty denarii!" Alexander left in a
hurry for his master's study. Camilla took Lentelus by the arm and begged
him. "Please Lentelus, do not do this!" But he ignored her, and focused his
glare on the pitiful girl in front of him.
When the slave returned with the money, Lentelus put it in the girl's
hand. "There! This will take you away from here. Far, far away!" The
girl started to shake violently. "Papa....please don't send me away." Her
stepfather took one step back. "Be gone from here. Now." The girl looked
helplessly at her mother, who was now in a state of shock, speechless. The
girl started to cry again. "How will I live?", she asked him. Lentelus
looked at her, no feeling or pity in his eyes. "As all common whores live,"
he said, coldly. Then he turned his back to her, and gave Alexander a
command. "This girl is leaving immediately. See her to the gate."
Lauria Crispa shut her eyes and tried to block out the memory. Two
years had gone by since her step father had thrown her out of his house. Two
years since she had seen or spoken to her mother and her siblings. She
reached for the wine glass with a trembling hand, and slowly and deliberately
emptied the glass, hoping the burning sensation of the drink going down would
stop the shaking. She closed her eyes again for a moment, letting the
fermented drink do it's work. Then, she finished dressing as her customer
dropped some coins on the counter. "Will you be working the tavern this
week?", he asked. She looked over and nodded. "See you then!", he said.
Then he left, and Lauria sat back down on the mattress. Picking up a
polished mirror from the lamp stand, she looked at her reflection, and saw
her sallow cheeks, and the darkness around the eyes that she hid with makeup.
Was it possible, she wondered, that a person could change so drastically in
two years, or for a girl of seventeen to feel thirty seven? She set the
mirror down and picked up the coins that was her pay. "Common slut," she
whispered, as she let them drop to the floor.
Gaius Lupinius Festus shook his head. "I don't think so, Cassius," he
said to his old friend. "I really have no interest in meeting him." Cassius
looked slightly irritated. "Will you please let me finish?", he said.
"There is a reason I want you to meet Porcius Festus. Now as I told you
earlier, I am assisting him in getting settled into his Procuratorship, in a
strictly unofficial capacity. Earlier today, I had the chance to look over a
few legal cases and some provincial affairs, and there is one delicate matter
that you and Draco can help us with. I still have to run the idea by the
Procurator, but I think he will agree with my idea."
"Does Draco agree with your idea, whatever it is?"
"Well, he doesn't exactly know about it yet."
"Oh, wonderful!" Gaius looked around the room. "How long does it take Draco
to do a Greek woman anyway?", he wondered. Cassius chuckled. "He likes
getting his money's worth. He always has." Gaius gave his friend a grin.
"What a pair you two make! You, the stodgy old Stoic, and Draco, the
hopeless Epicurean!" Cassius pointed his finger in Gaius' face. "And you,
Gaius, were quite the Peripatetic! I wonder how Aristotle would compare your
lifestyle with his idea of virtue." Gaius poured another glass of wine for
himself and another for Cassius. "Ah, Aristotle.....everything in
moderation! Well, not to put to fine a point on it Cassius, but I exemplify
Aristotle's ethics. I am very moderate in all things. I am moderate in my
debauchery and wine drinking, getting drunk, laid, and parleyed only in the
evenings. Never in the daylight." Cassius nodded. "Now that is moderation,
I must admit!" He raised his glass in a toast. "To Aristotle!"
"To Aristotle!", Gaius echoed, raising his own.
They drank, and when their cups were empty, they drank again. Cassius
had apparently forgotten his stoic self control for a time, at least as far
as the excellent Italian wine was concerned. But tonight was a special
occasion, he reasoned. No harm in making a little exception now and then.
And Gaius had fetched a second bottle of Sulla's personal store of Italian
wine.
"Do you remember the first time we did this?", Cassius asked him. Gaius
smiled. "We were twelve, I think, hiding in the park on the other side of
the river. You snuck the bottle out of your father's stock!" "That's
right", Cassius said, staring into his cup. "Draco took the first drink."
"But you finished the bottle."
"I don't remember that!", Cassius replied.
"Of course you don't! We carried you home!"
Cassius groaned and dropped his face into his hands. "Now the boy
remembers!", laughed Gaius. Cassius shook his head. "I don't even want to
think about the punishment I got!"
For a few moments they were silent, staring at the little flame of the
oil lamp on the table. Cassius broke the silence. "I guess we couldn't be
farther away from those days now, could we?"
"Not likely."
"Years and miles."
Cassius looked over at Gaius, staring into his wine. Cassius then looked
back at the lamp flickering, almost hypnotic in it's dance, blocking out the
sounds of music and revelry about them. And he began to remember...
Fifteen year old Marcus Cassius Julianus was awakened by a commotion
coming from downstairs. It had begun as muffled sounds of pounding on the
front door of the house, followed by voices, one frantic, hysterical,
followed by his father's voice, calling for the servants, and his mother's,
worried, nearly inaudible. Getting up from bed, he dressed quickly and
rushed downstairs. Justinia was already up. She was sitting on the couch in
the atrium, crying on her mother's shoulder while her mother held her close,
stroking her hair, trying to comfort her. His father and the male servants
were nowehere to be seen. Young Cassius knew something terrible must have
happened, but he tried to hide his fear. Approaching the couch, he tried to
appear every inch the man his recently donned toga virilis declared him to
be. "Mother", he asked, "what has happened? Where's father?" She looked at
him, but hesitated, not knowing how she could begin to answer him. "Mother,
please! What is wrong?" The worry in his voice demanded and answer. She
spoke. "Son, Gaius Lupinius was here."
"He came here? At this hour?"
"Yes. He was inconsolable. I have never, ever seen him so distraught. Your
father had Strabo take him back home."
"But what happened? Where is father?"
His mother spoke slowly, carefully. "Son, Arsinoe is dead."
"Oh gods", young Cassius gasped. "How?" Then, a horrible thought entered
his mind. "Gaius! Did he..."
"No! Of course not!", his mother interrupted. "He could never harm anyone.
You know that!"
"Yes, I know", he replied, taking a deep breath. "He found her?"
"I think so. Your father and the servents have gone out to the park, to see
if it is so."
"She was in the park? What did she die of?"
"I...I don't know. He spoke with your father alone. Perhaps he will be able
to tell you."
The senior Cassius came home about an hour later, looking tired, and
very grave. When he saw Justinia still weeping, he kissed her, whispered
something in her ear, and then asked his wife to take her upstairs.
"Julianus", he said to his son, "come with me to the study." The younger
Cassius went with his father to the study. "Close the door", his father
said. The young man did so, and then Cassius Senior sat down at his desk,and
motioned for his son to take the chair on the opposite side. When they were
both seated, his father looked his son in the face. "Your mother told you
about Arsinoe?"
"Yes father."
"Did she tell you anything else?"
"Only that Gaius had come here, sir."
"He's your best friend, isn't he?"
"Yes sir, along with Draco."
The old man smiled. "Yes, I know. The terrible triumvirate!" Young Cassius
said nothing, and his father's face turned grave. "Son, Gaius Lupinius is
going to need his best friend in the coming weeks. Arsinoe was murdered,
though not by Gaius. Of that I am absolutely positive. Gaius told me
everything, and I am going to tell you. But you must take care not to share
this with anyone. If this gets out both Gaius and our family could be in
terrible danger, and the humiliation and insult to the Lupinii would be
extreme. So you are not to say a word of this to anyone. Not with Draco,
nor even Justinia. Do you understand me, Julianus?"
Marcus Cassius Julianus sat up straight. Though he had officially been a man
for some time now, his father was now speaking to him, not as father to boy,
but as man to man. "I do understand sir".
End of Chapter V
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| Subject: |
[novaroma] FYI |
| From: |
Lucius Cornelius Sulla <alexious@--------> |
| Date: |
Sat, 12 Aug 2000 22:36:33 -0700 |
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Just in case anyone is wondering. www.amazon.com is CLOSED. For the
time being, so all of our links to amazon.com are not going to work.
The rumor at Earthlink is that they lost their Doman Name. But, there
has been no validation. But, I just wanted to let everyone know.
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
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[novaroma] Re: FYI |
| From: |
"pjane@-------- " <pjane@--------> |
| Date: |
Sun, 13 Aug 2000 12:10:21 -0000 |
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HUH? It's working fine. This has got to be some Internet rumor.
Patricia Cassia
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| Subject: |
[novaroma] Amazon--FYI |
| From: |
jmath669642reng@-------- |
| Date: |
Sun, 13 Aug 2000 10:16:25 -0400 (EDT) |
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Salvete All;
The Amazon link mentioned in the forwarded message has worked fine for
me. However, you all must realize that I am a tyro at this at this
internet business, and not an expert. I likely have made a mistake.
Just thought that I would let you know that I got through.
Valete, Respectfully;
Marcus Audens
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[novaroma] Advena. |
| From: |
"j.mason4" <j.mason4@--------> |
| Date: |
Sun, 13 Aug 2000 04:04:28 +0100 |
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Saluto,I thought i would sit in the bath house for a while and listen in on your conversations.I hope you don't mind,i am an Advena.
Structor
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Re: [novaroma] Advena. |
| From: |
jmath669642reng@-------- |
| Date: |
Sun, 13 Aug 2000 11:26:58 -0400 (EDT) |
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Salve, Structor;
You are most welcome to take a seat in the baths and listen as you will.
Many of our citizens currently do the same and a significant number of
those have come into Nova Roma through that path.
I am not sure of the signifigance of Advena, but if you desire to
enlighten, I should be interested to learn. One of the pleasures of
this micronation is meeting others with new and exciting interests.
Welcome to Nova Roma!!
Vale, Respectfully;
Marcus Audens
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| Subject: |
Re: [novaroma] Advena. |
| From: |
"j.mason4" <j.mason4@--------> |
| Date: |
Sun, 13 Aug 2000 05:11:02 +0100 |
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Advena, or the newcomer, i need to bathe my firm, sculpted torso in the
communal pool.Which oils would you recommend for my supple Mediterranean
skin.?
----- Original Message -----
From: <jmath669642reng@-------->
To: <novaroma@-------->
Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: [novaroma] Advena.
> Salve, Structor;
>
> You are most welcome to take a seat in the baths and listen as you will.
> Many of our citizens currently do the same and a significant number of
> those have come into Nova Roma through that path.
>
> I am not sure of the signifigance of Advena, but if you desire to
> enlighten, I should be interested to learn. One of the pleasures of
> this micronation is meeting others with new and exciting interests.
>
> Welcome to Nova Roma!!
>
> Vale, Respectfully;
> Marcus Audens
>
> Fair Winds and Following Seas!!!
>
>
> http://community.webtv.net/jmath669642reng/NovaRomaMilitary
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Re: [novaroma] Re: FYI |
| From: |
<gmvick32@--------> |
| Date: |
Sun, 13 Aug 2000 12:07:01 -0600 |
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Actually, for a time last night it wasn't working fine.
The real news about Amazon.com is that Friday they announced a merger with
Toysrus.com, to combined strenghten in conquering the kiddie market. No
joke. I found it on Reuters and the WSJ.
L. Cornelia Aurelia
"pjane@--------" wrote:
> HUH? It's working fine. This has got to be some Internet rumor.
>
> Patricia Cassia
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| Subject: |
[novaroma] In the latest Explorator |
| From: |
Marcus Papirius Justus <papirius@--------> |
| Date: |
Sun, 13 Aug 2000 14:03:45 -0600 |
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In the latest edition of my newsletter:
Two items strike me as major news this week (and my Roman bias shows
through!); the first is the discovery of a massive Roman POW camp near
Hadrian's Wall, as reported in the Telegraph (watch the wrap):
http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=000405944438668&rtmo=gwwYwrNu&atmo=hhhhhhhe&pg=/et/00/8/11/npow11.html
... and the second is that some bigwig from Hewlett-Packard is providing
$100 million to finance the excavation and preservation of Herculaneum:
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk:80/news/pages/tim/2000/08/08/timfgneur03005.html
OLD WORLD NEWS
ABCNews reports on the discovery of 26 Minoan Pithoi:
http://abcnews.go.com:80/sections/science/DailyNews/minoanpots000809.html
CNN has a report on the discovery of a major Thracian temple (watch the
wrap ... hopefully this article comes up):
http://www.mycnn.com/jbcl/cnews/Go?template=otmDetStory&art_id=5909110&uid=966174764479&page_exclude=1
The Sydney Morning Herald reports on the discovery of a fort in Wales
associated with Caractacus:
http://www.smh.com.au:80/news/0008/10/text/pageone9.html
The Times also has a report on ancient taxation, as revealed in a Greek
papyrus from Egypt:
http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/2000/08/12/timfgneur01007.html
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on a mounting campaign by Italy to have
plundered artifacts returned:
http://web.philly.com:80/content/inquirer/2000/08/08/front_page/ART08.htm
CLASSICISTS' CORNER
The Washington Post's Book Report section talks about the Latin version of
*The Cat in the Hat* amongst other things (you have to scroll down a bit):
http://washingtonpost.com:80/wp-dyn/articles/A14831-2000Aug12.html
Classicists feature as authors of a couple of opinion pieces in the
Christian Science Monitor, one on the relationship between Arcadia and the
Electoral College; the other on valuing academic curiosity:
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/08/10/p11s2.htm
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/08/09/p8s3.htm
ON THE NEWSSTANDS
An important one I missed: Discovering Archaeology has a very nice article
on porphyry, its discovery, and use by the Romans:
http://www.discoveringarchaeology.com:80/0900toc/9feature1-emperors.shtml
FOLLOWUPS
Herakleion and other cities in Abukir bay:
http://www.suntimes.com:80/output/news/sunk08.html
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| Subject: |
[novaroma] Of 'Roman' Tattoos |
| From: |
"Nick Ford" <gens_moravia@--------> |
| Date: |
Sun, 13 Aug 2000 18:43:52 +0100 |
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Popularibus salutem
By some miracle of the gods I have been enabled to re-engage in public business a week earlier than anticipated.
I have read some interesting posts about the expression of one's Romanitas through tattos recently. I myself have a spread eagle on my left forearm, which has perched there since I was 17. I'm very fond of it, but at times I do wish it were removeable, or somewhere less obvious. Every time I appear publicly in Roman garb, if I want to look completely, traditionally Roman, I have to wear a tunica with long sleeves.
If cives wish to display their Roman affinity and identity with pride through symbols on their persons, I would suggest they seriously consider having a signet or cameo ring or a pendant instead. And if anyone then decides (s)he MUST have a tattoo, try having one drawn in semi-permanent ink first, and see how you like it after a month, and how people react to it, and you. Then, if you're still sure you want it, I recommend you put it somewhere you don't have to show it to the whole world whenever you wear short sleeves.
There are people in this life whose first impression of you can be important, and such people sometimes make very negative value-judgements on 'the kind of person' (as they generally put it) who wears a tattoo. It's unfair, of course, but unfortunately it's the way things are.
Mea sententia
Vado.
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| Subject: |
Re: [novaroma] Re: FYI |
| From: |
Lucius Cornelius Sulla <alexious@--------> |
| Date: |
Sun, 13 Aug 2000 10:39:52 -0700 |
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Ave,
It was down last nite for over 4 hours. :) Glad its back up! Amazon has
merged with Toys-R-US so who knows whats going to happen. :)
SF
"pjane@--------" wrote:
> HUH? It's working fine. This has got to be some Internet rumor.
>
> Patricia Cassia
>
>
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| Subject: |
Re: [novaroma] Re: FYI |
| From: |
Marcus Octavius Germanicus <haase@--------> |
| Date: |
Sun, 13 Aug 2000 14:56:00 -0500 (CDT) |
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On Sun, 13 Aug 2000, Lucius Cornelius Sulla wrote:
> It was down last nite for over 4 hours. :) Glad its back up! Amazon has
> merged with Toys-R-US so who knows whats going to happen. :)
Actually, they've just agreed to build a web site together, and entered
into a ten-year partnership.
M. Octavius Germanicus
Curule Aedile, Nova Roma
Microsoft delenda est!
http://www.graveyards.com/
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| Subject: |
[novaroma] Nehalennia |
| From: |
"Nick Ford" <gens_moravia@--------> |
| Date: |
Sun, 13 Aug 2000 20:38:24 +0100 |
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Salutem iterum
Students of comparative Romano-Celto-Germanic religion should find this interesting, and I commend it to Fl. Vedius Germanicus, Vedia Serena and Venator in particular (it's written by two heathen friends who recently went to pay their respects to Nehalennia):
http://www.anglo-saxon.demon.co.uk/goddesses/pilgrimage/index.html
Bene valete in pace deorum,
Vado.
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| Subject: |
Re: [novaroma] Tentative Nova Britannia event Oct. 14-15 |
| From: |
Lykaion1@-------- |
| Date: |
Sun, 13 Aug 2000 17:15:11 EDT |
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Well, unless there is a change of schedule, I cannot attend in October. The
schedule shows another damn Guard drill that weekend.
Maybe I can get to the west coast one.
Festus
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| Subject: |
Re: [novaroma] Re: FYI |
| From: |
"L. Cornelius Sulla" <alexious@--------> |
| Date: |
Sun, 13 Aug 2000 15:01:35 -0700 |
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Yeah....Long term partnership... :) Thanks for the correction. :)
Sulla Felix
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marcus Octavius Germanicus" <haase@-------->
To: <novaroma@-------->
Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: [novaroma] Re: FYI
> On Sun, 13 Aug 2000, Lucius Cornelius Sulla wrote:
>
> > It was down last nite for over 4 hours. :) Glad its back up! Amazon
has
> > merged with Toys-R-US so who knows whats going to happen. :)
>
> Actually, they've just agreed to build a web site together, and entered
> into a ten-year partnership.
>
>
> M. Octavius Germanicus
> Curule Aedile, Nova Roma
> Microsoft delenda est!
> http://www.graveyards.com/
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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| Subject: |
Re: [novaroma] Tentative Nova Britannia event Oct. 14-15 |
| From: |
"L. Cornelius Sulla" <alexious@--------> |
| Date: |
Sun, 13 Aug 2000 15:03:44 -0700 |
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Ave,
That would be execptional if you can make it to the West Coast Roman Days!
Please let me know. :)
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
Proconsul
----- Original Message -----
From: <Lykaion1@-------->
To: <novaroma@-------->
Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: [novaroma] Tentative Nova Britannia event Oct. 14-15
> Well, unless there is a change of schedule, I cannot attend in October.
The
> schedule shows another damn Guard drill that weekend.
>
> Maybe I can get to the west coast one.
>
> Festus
>
>
>
>
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| Subject: |
[novaroma] ATTN [Religio Romana] Idus Sextilias (August 13) |
| From: |
"Lucius" <vergil@--------> |
| Date: |
Sun, 13 Aug 2000 18:58:21 -0400 |
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Sunday 13 Idvs / Diana / Vortvmnvs / Fortvna Eqvestri / Hercvles Victori /
Castor et Pollvx / Camenae / Flora nefastus publicus
This is a dies nefastus publicus (NP), a day for special religious
observance on which no legal action or public business can take place.
The Idus of every month are sacred to Iuppiter. An white ewe is
sacrificed to Iuppiter by the Flamen Dialis.
The Vertumnalia
This day (NP), is for special religious observance.
This day is sacred to Jupiter and is also known as the feriae Jovi, or Festival of Jove, and was once the day of the sixth full moon of the year, which made it the turning point of the sacral year.
This is one of those also sacred to Diana, the goddess of the moon, and is also called the Festival of Diana. This deity is a celestial goddess and was often viewed as the female equivalent of Jupiter, though not his wife, who was Juno. A temple to Diana was consecrated this day on the Aventine hill. Cow horns, symbolic of Hercules, were hung in front of the temple on this day.
This is one of those also sacred to the god Vertumnus and the goddess Pomona. They are the patron deities of gardens and fruit orchards. Vertumnus was viewed as the male counterpart of Diana. This god was believed to be able to change shape, similar to the changing of fruit trees through the season. The name Pomona comes from pomus (fruit).
This day is furthermore the dies natalis of the temples of Hercules, and to Castor and Pollux, the twin gods associated with horses, and is also used to honor Flora, the goddess of flowers, whose temple was dedicated on this day.
DI NOS AMENT
Valete, Lucius Equitius Cincinnatus
Pontifex
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