July 2012

  • Zenobia: Empress of the East: Lost in the Dust of the Marathon.

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  • Laudator Temporis Acti: Vergil, Georgics, Book I.

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  • 2012.07.35:  A. P. M. H. Lardinois, J. H. Blok, M. G. M. van der Poel, Sacred Words: Orality, Literacy, and Religion. Orality and Literacy in the Ancient World, vol. 8. Mnemosyne supplements. Monographs on Greek and Latin Language and Literature, 332. 2012.07.34:  C. D. C. Reeve, Action, Contemplation, and Happiness: an Essay on Aristotle. 2012.07.33:…

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  • fructify (Merriam-Webster) desolate (Dictionary.com) Latinitweets: verb 4: scio , scire, scivi, scitus => know http://t.co/pTGZGjM0 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) July 21, 2012 pronoun: se , sui => himself, herself, itself, themselves http://t.co/pTGZGjM0 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) July 21, 2012 natura: nature: noun. Example sentence:Ex libris unius de natura rerum discemus.Translation:From the…

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  • ante diem xii kalendas sextilias Lucaria (day 2) — the followup to a similar festival on the 19th commemorating the Sack of Rome by the Gauls; this day marked Rome’s subsequent victory ludi Victoriae Caesaris (day 2) — games instituted by/adjusted by Octavian to honour his adoptive father shortly after the latter’s death (possibly moving…

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