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I’ve been to Fishbourne. It would’ve been really interesting even without the mosaics, but the mosaics are absolutely gorgeous and very well preserved. Staff are super friendly too and were happy to give me a backstage look at their warehouses and restoration areas. 100% worth the visit and helped redefine my view of Roman Britain.
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Aug 8, 2020 22:26
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Schadenboner posted:Doesn't Socrates spend a long-rear end time bitching about the evils of the written word? Kids these days with their drat "writing" and "reading." It'll rot their brains, I tell you! Nobody bothers *remembering* things any more.
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Aug 10, 2020 13:46
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Is anyone here proficient in augury? The last couple of days I've seen: A hawk trying to kill a magpie on the ground A raven flying overhead, then a second raven following a short while after Please also give me your address and let me know how many sesterces I owe you.
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Aug 10, 2020 13:57
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Grevling posted:Is anyone here proficient in augury? The last couple of days I've seen: My prediction is, poo poo's gonna be hosed up
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Aug 10, 2020 13:58
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Grevling posted:Is anyone here proficient in augury? The last couple of days I've seen: Weal.
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Aug 10, 2020 14:02
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I saw a crow chase off a bald eagle that had just made off with a squirrel...
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Aug 10, 2020 19:10
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 what would the romans have made of this incident?
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Aug 10, 2020 19:22
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Rebellion is imminent, you have earned the God's disfavor, but they can be appeased with cold, hard, cash. I'll take it to them you can trust me I look at dead birds for a living.
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Aug 10, 2020 19:27
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Does anyone have any chickens we can ask they're the best for fortune telling.
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Aug 10, 2020 20:25
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Firstscion posted:Does anyone have any chickens we can ask they're the best for fortune telling. They all got thrown in the water.
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Aug 10, 2020 21:38
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Firstscion posted:Does anyone have any chickens we can ask they're the best for fortune telling. fish are better
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Aug 10, 2020 21:43
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If the chickens will not nugget then perhaps the fish will fillet?
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Aug 10, 2020 22:23
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I want you all to shed a single tear for the teenage Teriyaki Hairpiece who, equipped only with the primitive internet of 2002 and the books of his local library, tried to figure out if there was a connection between the Ancient Roman "caupona" and the surname of Alphonse Capone. In 2020 you can find out in about 15 seconds that there is definitely not.
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Aug 11, 2020 02:02
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Grevling posted:Is anyone here proficient in augury? The last couple of days I've seen: Did the hawk succeed? Towards which cardinal direction did the ravens fly?
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Aug 11, 2020 10:19
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Weka posted:Did the hawk succeed? B) I guess the ravens were flying north A) the hawk was killing the magpie in the middle of the road and I had to pass it, which spooked the hawk and let the magpie escape. So it failed because of me. Is that... inauspicious? 
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Aug 11, 2020 10:51
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God the internet in 2004 was so much better that this poo poo pile. Have you tried to load a mobile web page without adblock lately?
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Aug 11, 2020 13:21
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Arglebargle III posted:God the internet in 2004 was so much better that this poo poo pile. Advice to self-harm prohibited in *checks note* ancient history thread! Wait, poo poo...
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Aug 11, 2020 13:33
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Weka posted:Towards which cardinal direction did the ravens fly? Wrong bird 
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Aug 11, 2020 14:37
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The last four eggs I've cracked open have each had two yolks. I feel like this is one of those "seems good but is actually bad" kind of omens. Which god have I caught the ire of?
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Aug 11, 2020 15:36
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Communist Walrus posted:The last four eggs I've cracked open have each had two yolks. I feel like this is one of those "seems good but is actually bad" kind of omens. Which god have I caught the ire of? I dunno, but Baba Yaga's hut was heading your way and looking pissed.
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Aug 11, 2020 15:50
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Communist Walrus posted:The last four eggs I've cracked open have each had two yolks. I feel like this is one of those "seems good but is actually bad" kind of omens. Which god have I caught the ire of? have you recently examined an old monkey's paw while idly wishing to get twice as much out of life?
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Aug 11, 2020 15:54
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Communist Walrus posted:The last four eggs I've cracked open have each had two yolks. I feel like this is one of those "seems good but is actually bad" kind of omens. Which god have I caught the ire of? You're gonna spend 8 years as quaestor.
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Aug 11, 2020 17:56
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I don't like eggs anymore.
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Aug 11, 2020 18:00
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Communist Walrus posted:The last four eggs I've cracked open have each had two yolks. I feel like this is one of those "seems good but is actually bad" kind of omens. Which god have I caught the ire of? You will wear the purple. For a day and a night.
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Aug 11, 2020 18:58
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Not sure if this is the right thread, but does anyone do or know a good service for English to Latin translation? I've been asked to make a logo/motto for an operations support team and want to use the phrase "There is always more, and it is always worse" but in Latin around the logo.
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Aug 11, 2020 21:50
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Not me, sorry.
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Aug 11, 2020 22:19
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ColonelDimak posted:Not sure if this is the right thread, but does anyone do or know a good service for English to Latin translation? Est semper magis, quod peius est semper
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Aug 12, 2020 01:08
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I started reading the letters of Pliny the younger, and just wanted to post a warm recommendation to others like me who are interested in history but rarely go beyond BBC docs and Wikipedia. He comes across as a real Italian gentleman, and makes the era come to life much more than anything else I've read. This nice Kindle edition is $7. – "The Letters of the Younger Pliny (Classics)" by Pliny the Younger, Betty Radice. https://a.co/9gis7KJ
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Aug 12, 2020 08:47
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Grevling posted:B) I guess the ravens were flying north The knowledge you need lies below. You will free the thief from the bonds of war.
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Aug 12, 2020 09:20
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If you go to war, you will destroy a great empire! (plot twist, I meant your empire)
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Aug 12, 2020 10:04
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E. Nesbit posted:Est semper magis, quod peius est semper "Semper magis, peius semper" would work.
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Aug 12, 2020 11:39
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I recently subbed to a youtube channel called Fall of Civilizations. It doesn't seem to be that old, maybe a year and not too many subscribers but it has very interesting documentaries on it. I've only listened to two of them in the background while I was doing some work, but it was pretty interesting. Yesterday I watched this one: 7. The Songhai Empire - Africa's Age of Gold and thought it was pretty drat interesting. Anyways though some of you guys might enjoy this channel and the more professional of you guys might be able to say whether these documentaries are actually good or not.
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Aug 12, 2020 14:08
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Zopotantor posted:"Semper magis, peius semper" would work. Sounds better to me. Wouldn't it be 'magis semper est' normally for example? And I'm not seeing quod as a good equivalent of 'and' here.
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Aug 12, 2020 16:04
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The suggestions seem grammatically correct to me, but maybe too literal. My suggestion would be either semper plura, semper mala, i.e. "always more things, always bad things" or semper plura, semper peiora, "always more things, always worse things".Weka posted:The knowledge you need lies below. Thank you O Oracle, I will renumerate your services in drachmata or sesterces as per your preference.
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Aug 12, 2020 16:49
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does anyone here have any knowledge of what bronze age boats/sailing was like? Any well-preserved wrecks, or scattered evidence of how navies worked before triremes?
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Aug 12, 2020 23:14
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cheetah7071 posted:does anyone here have any knowledge of what bronze age boats/sailing was like? Any well-preserved wrecks, or scattered evidence of how navies worked before triremes? The best preserved wreck was this whopper from two years ago: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/23/oldest-intact-shipwreck-thought-to-be-ancient-greek-discovered-at-bottom-of-black-sea But it's a trading vessel, not a military one which I guess you want to know about. But that Black Sea find didn't disagree with historical sources, so you can count it as a small piece of evidence that historical sources can be trusted in their descriptions on military ships. I also gather you meant Mediterranean cultures, but even if this boat was found in Denmark and is iron age, it is at least military not a trireme and in tune with historical sources (looks like bronze age rock carvings): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hjortspring_boat Amazing, but probably not what you wanted. 
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Aug 12, 2020 23:23
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All I know is that they mostly sailed along the coast and no one deliberately sailed out to open high seas until the iron age.
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Aug 12, 2020 23:24
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Ola posted:But it's a trading vessel, not a military one which I guess you want to know about. I'm actually interested about any bronze age boat knowledge you have, thanks for the links!
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The context is just sort of a vague idea that many things were invented much later that I was originally aware of--things like how the saddle was a surprisingly late development. That train of thought led me to wonder if there's any core concepts of how boats work that were still relatively new in the classical era, which is the earliest period I know anything about
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