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Why is the former castellum (Roman fort) called Matilo in the present day?
It seems that today nearly everyone calls it Matilo, but I started wondering where the name came from. It seems the oldest historical mention of it is on the Tabula Peutingeriana where it is called ...
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What are the languages proposed for international use by Max Müller?
In an article entitled 'Il latino quale lingua ausiliare internazionale' ('Latin as an international auxiliary language'), Giuseppe Peano mentions that various people have proposed that a certain ...
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What is the source of the quote: "the church is a hospital"?
There is an often-quoted saying of Augustine that “The church is not a hotel for saints, it is a hospital for sinners.”
However, in conducting a cursory search of the words on the internet, one finds ...
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Why are Spanish cultures labeled as 'Latin' today, but Italian and eastern Europe cultures aren't?
Based on my limited understanding, I'm just wondering what had to have happened to make the area of the largest Latin speaking civilization (ancient Rome) no longer be later attributed to being 'Latin'...
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Were the names of the 10 months in the ancient Roman Calendar originally named after ordinal numbers?
I was wondering what the original names of the months in Latin? The earliest one that I can find is from TimeAndDate:Roman Calendar:
Months in the Republican Calendar
Month Names Number of Days
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What place was called [in Latin] Audomaropolitanus?
I came across an old image of one of my wife's ancestors from the late 16th century, and below it is written
Jacobus Pamelius, Episcopus Audomaropolitanus designatus
which in English is
Jacobus ...
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When did Russian officially replace Old Slavonic?
When was Russian adopted as the official language of Russia?
Background:
Well into the XVIII-th (or even XIX-th) century Russian co-existed in a state of diglossia with Old Church Slavonic, based on a ...
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Why did Latin language stop being in use in the 18th century?
Why did Latin language fall?
According to Wikipedia, in the 18th century the Latin language stopped to be the language in academia and politics. It is written there in the wiki article that Latin was ...
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What is the origin of the Roman hand-laying ritual which the word "assert" traces back to?
According to the OED 2nd edition (and OED 1913, L&S, and Gaffiot) the earliest known attestation of the word assert is a Roman hand-laying ritual:
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(əˈsɜːt)[f. L. assert- ppl. stem of ...
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Why is this Latin text black but the Latin numerals are red?
There is a Latin inscription on the Old Town Square in Prague. It is located on a copy of the Marian Column. Photo:
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Every letter there has black color except for the Latin numerals ...
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What language did Gaius Julius Caesar speak with Cleopatra?
What language did Gaius Julius Caesar (GJC) speak with Cleopatra?
My thoughts:
GJC spoke Latin.
Cleopatra spoke many languages, including Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew, Egyptian, Greek.
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Why is AD in Latin and BC is in English?
Why does one abbreviation for designating time come from Latin (AD: anno Domini), but the other corresponding to the time before that from English (BC: before Christ)?
BC = before Christ
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Is 'quartodecimo omnium sanctorum' the same as 'Nov XIV' on this Latin grave inscription?
I have been translating the Latin inscription on a 19th century tomb in the parish churchyard, Mitcham, south west London, UK. I'm using a Latin dictionary and a 'Latin Made Simple' book I bought many ...
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What was the first college in an English-speaking country to use Latin in their motto?
I have looked at many universities and seen how in English speaking countries, their mottoes tend to be written in Latin. What was the first college/university in an English-speaking nation-state (...
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What was the real name of Bishop Contumeliosus of Riez?
History has recorded the name of an allegedly badly-behaved bishop of Riez as Bishop "Contumeliosus of Riez" (he was later absolved of his accusations).
Now, Contumeliosus is definitely not the real ...
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