Happy Dies Belli Stellarum!

I still don’t think folks agree how to translate Star Wars into Latin, but here’s a couple of vids to mark the day … the first one’s been around for a while and the sound quality is a bit rough:

… the second one has subtitles (they say they have an unsubtitled version, but I couldn’t find it):

 

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iv nonas maias

ante diem iv nonas maias

11 B.C. — dedication of the Theatre of Marcellus

ca. 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Florian in what would become Austria

Teatre de Marcel, Roma
Teatre de Marcel, Roma (Photo credit: Sebastià Giralt)

ca. 304 A.D. — martydom of Pelagia at Tarsus

1406 — death of Coluccio Salutati (humanist and proto-Classicist)