June 5, 2012
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The gist: Roman mosaics and a piece of wall dating from the Republican period (2nd/1st century A.D.) beneath some former police barracks … From Oggi Notizie: Un mosaico romano, una parte di muro ed un pavimento musivo di epoca romana: questa l’importante scoperta archeologica annunciata ieri dal presidente della Provincia di Rieti, Fabio Melilli, durante…
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Looking at the photos again, here’s a ring (click for a larger version): … can anyone figure out who/what this is portraying? Addendum (an hour or so later) … in addition to the comments attached to the photo itself, check out #169 on this page, which seems to be an identical ring or at least…
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Here’s the second installment … if you missed the first couple, ecce; as always, click for larger versions:
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tempestuous (Merriam Webster) apoplectic (Dictionary.com) liege (Wordsmith) Latinitweets: tacere: to be silent: verb. Example sentence:Qui tacet consentire videtur. Translation:He that is silent is thou… http://t.co/3GnFSwzP — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) June 5, 2012 *tempto, temptare, temptavi, temptatum* – to try #etymology of English verb "attempt" – to make an effort to achieve something #goforit — Latin…
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