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Dicis me non bene egisse, sed quid facerem?

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Medieval flirting tips

thin ougan sint duvan ougan.

"Your eyes are as pigeon eyes."

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"o qui complexus et gaudia quanta fuerunt! Nil ego contulerim iucundo sanus amico." - Horatius, Sermo 1, 5

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Saw this beautiful manuscript today, the Sermones of Horatius

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"Nostris illi dissensionibus ac discordiis clari vitia hostium in gloriam exercitus sui vertunt." - Agricola, Tacitus They are famous for our quarrels. They turn the flaws of their enemies into the glory of their army.

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Reading old medieval Latin manuscripts is so difficult, but also so cool. And when you finally understand their handwriting and understand the words... Omg there is no better feeling!

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18 march 37

Tiberius' will is declined and Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, aka Caligula, is proclaimed as emperor.

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Runic alphabet

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17/3/180 Today, many years ago Marcus Aurelius died in Vindobona of the plague.

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"Quare furtum facis?" "Ut habeam quod non habebam" "Quare vis habere quod non habebam." "Quia miserum est non habere."

'why did you steal?"

"to have what I have not."

"why do you wish to have what i don't have."

"because it is miserable to not have."

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"natura tamen infirmitatis humanae tardiora sunt remedia quam mala" - Tacitus, Agricola

yet in the nature of human weakness remedies are slower than evil.

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"Nunc demum redit animus." - Tacitus, Agricola

Now finally the soul returns.

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"Clarorum virorum facta moresque posteris tradere."

Tacitus, Agricola

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"Praeterita mutare non possumus."

Further more, we cannot change it.

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Going from "why did I choose to study Latin?" to "I love Latin" to "If i see one more adverb starting with n, I am going to die" really quickly these days.

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Gallisch-Römisch Museum - Keulen