08-31-2007, 10:55 PM
A new book by Philip Matyszak.
It as done as a travel guidebook to Rome in AD 200. It is a great primer or refresher for Roman social life and the feel of life in the city of Rome. Humorously done, though it could use more illustrations (like modern travel guides. I definitely enjyed it and am I am loaning it to a friend.
If you have a chance pick it up and thumb through it, it may be not be groundbreaking for the well read, but I was certainly rusty in my research and reading.
Some "useful" quotes in Latin are in the back...here are a few...
Da mihi fermentum!
Give me a beer
Leo sum-quod signum tibi es?
I'm a Leo, what sign are you?
Estne pugio in tunica, an tibi libet me videre?
Is that a dagger in your tunic, or are you just pleased to see me?
Spero nos familiares mansuros.
I hope we can still remain friends.
Nocte quater
Four times a night.
Do et des?
What do I get for that?
Utrum per diem an per horam?
Is that by day or by hour?
In hac tunica obesa videbor?
Do I look fat in this tunic?
Conclave meum est flagrans.
My room is on fire.
Estne juxtim caupona?
Is there a tavern nearby?
Ursus perpauli cerebri sum
I am a bear of very little brain (Winnie the Pooh)
Americanni ite domum
Americans go home (Originally Britains)
Publisher info:
Hardcover: 144 pages
Publisher: Thames & Hudson (June 11, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 050005147X
ISBN-13: 978-0500051474
Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.7 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces
It as done as a travel guidebook to Rome in AD 200. It is a great primer or refresher for Roman social life and the feel of life in the city of Rome. Humorously done, though it could use more illustrations (like modern travel guides. I definitely enjyed it and am I am loaning it to a friend.
If you have a chance pick it up and thumb through it, it may be not be groundbreaking for the well read, but I was certainly rusty in my research and reading.
Some "useful" quotes in Latin are in the back...here are a few...
Da mihi fermentum!
Give me a beer
Leo sum-quod signum tibi es?
I'm a Leo, what sign are you?
Estne pugio in tunica, an tibi libet me videre?
Is that a dagger in your tunic, or are you just pleased to see me?
Spero nos familiares mansuros.
I hope we can still remain friends.
Nocte quater
Four times a night.
Do et des?
What do I get for that?
Utrum per diem an per horam?
Is that by day or by hour?
In hac tunica obesa videbor?
Do I look fat in this tunic?
Conclave meum est flagrans.
My room is on fire.
Estne juxtim caupona?
Is there a tavern nearby?
Ursus perpauli cerebri sum
I am a bear of very little brain (Winnie the Pooh)
Americanni ite domum
Americans go home (Originally Britains)
Publisher info:
Hardcover: 144 pages
Publisher: Thames & Hudson (June 11, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 050005147X
ISBN-13: 978-0500051474
Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.7 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces
Alan Vales
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