albeit a minor one, in his heralded careeras a general. His men chased off a small contingent of Octavian's cavalry as they scouted their enemy, but this was a short-lived success. As the opposing armies prepared for what seemed to be the final battle after nearly 20 semi...
O11Presumed abbreviation ofonze(French for the number 11). F40Presumed abbreviation of the word forty in English. S70Could also stand for the number 7, with the same derivation (see "S,Z" above). R80 N90Presumed abbreviation ofnonaginta(Latin for the number 90). Ambiguous with N for "no...
I'll conclude with a few remarks on technical terminology and Fachsprache in general.doi:10.1515/9783110912104.155Malcolm D. Hymanantike fachtexteHYMAN, M. D. (2005) "Terms for `word' in Roman grammar", en FOGEN, T. (ed.) Antike Fachtexte, Berlin, pp. 155-170....
A method of notation for all spoken sounds, proposed by Mr. Sweet; -- so called because it is based on the common Roman-letter alphabet. It is like the palaeotype of Mr. Ellis in the general plan, but simpler. romish adjective (a.) Belonging or relating to Rome, or to the Roman ...
and hemp, the word for it in Latin is cannabis. So you can see the connection, but there's no sense that the Romans, first of all, smoked it. Smoking was not a particularly good thing in Roman culture. But there's also not great evidence that they recognized its sort of mind alteri...
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The name ‘Áine’ has connotations of the Irish word for ‘circle’: ain. The goddess was associated with the seasons and agriculture, and to the moon and the tides associated with them, and thus somehow to the mystical Gaelic ‘otherworld cycle’ linked to mountains, spring wells, lakes...
By 67 AD, however, the Roman general (and later emperor)Vespasian arrived and things began to go well for the Romans. He invaded Palestine from Syria and stamped out resistance in the north with great speed. By the summer of 68 AD, only Jerusalem and the stronghold of Masada remained in...
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