Classical Words of the Day

November 6, 2012 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

Latinitweets:

noun 3: civis , civis, m and f => citizen http://t.co/pTGZGjM0 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab

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videre: to see: verb. Example sentence:Antonius ad Aegyptum iit, ubi Cleopatram vidit.Translation:Antony went to… http://t.co/EqLejRKk

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This Day in Ancient History: ante diem viii idus novembres

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ante diem viii idus novembres

ludi Plebeii (day 3) — the major festival in honour of Jupiter continues
63 B.C. — Lucius Sergius Catilina and his co-conspirators meet, with nefarious plans for the morrow
15 (or 16) A.D. — birth of Julia Agrippina (“the younger”), daughter of Germanicus, sister to the emperor Gaius (Caligula), mother of the emperor Nero, wife of the emperor Claudius … a very powerful woman