uncouth soldier inscriptions

[Vincula]

You possibly have noticed my comment on the 300 Spartans and Thermopylae thread about the real meaning of "Molon Lave".
(The victorian translation "come and get them" misses the direct and rather "Blunt" (aka with "genitalia") answer of Leonidas!)

Are you suggesting a differnt translation for LABE? :?

[Flavius Promotus]

I've always thought of putting 'move te fellator' on my scutum
(= f*** off ****sucker - an inscription from Pompeii) - but then we go to so many public displays (with children) and surprisingly many people have an at least superficial command of Latin here in Bavaria :?

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

I think most people anywhere would have an inkling as to the meaning of that one! :lol:

[Paullus Scipio]

Was it Caesar who was also referred to as the 'Bythnian stew' ?

Yes, Memmia - Nicomedes was King of Bythinia........

[Ludens]

I always thought "coïto ergo sum" was quite funny ("I f**k, therefor I am"). If kids asks what it means, you can tell them you forgot the "g" in "cogito ergo sum" ("I think, therefor I am") :wink:

I know, this expression is from Descartes, 1400 years later then the time I'm supposed to be in, but still it's quite witty :wink:

[Marcus Mummius]

I've always thought of putting 'move te fellator' on my scutum
(= f*** off ****sucker - an inscription from Pompeii) - but then we go to so many public displays (with children) and surprisingly many people have an at least superficial command of Latin here in Bavaria :?

What's the point in putting it on your scutum when noone understands what it means?

[Ludens]

What's the point in putting it on your scutum when noone understands what it means?

We've been only in the same legion for a few months, but I've got to know you well enough to know you would rather put it on the outside of the scutum in stead of on the inside, just to shock people, lol...

But hey, nobody died of a little mental shock, after all, the visitors of the events came to see live in Roman times, and more openness towards sexuality is part of that :wink:

[gaiusseptimiuslucianus]

"You can´t beat me. You can only kill me" (Very Spartan!!) OY NENIKIKAS ME, MONON APOKTEINIS ME.

Upon a shield (again very Spartan) "you see your death" ORAS TON THANATO SOY!!

If you like them I can try make them in Greek letters.
Kind regards

I really like both of these! Would it be too much of an imposition for you to write them in Greek letters?

Thanks very much,

Lucianus