Welcome

The purpose of this blog is to share the Latin and ancient  Roman references I'm constantly finding myself bombarded with as I innocently go about my daily life.

You may be familiar with the old poem:
          Latin is a language,
          Dead as dead can be,
          First it killed the Romans,
          And now it's killing me!

These postings will disprove those words and show how familiarity with Latin and the ancient Romans can enrich lives of all who pursue it.

Or, as the ancient Roman poet Ovid wrote from his exile on the barbaric shores of the Black Sea in the year 8 C.E.:

Rident stolidi uerba Latina.

(Fools laugh at the Latin language...)

Responde

Please respond to this post by writing Salve! (Hello) in the comments.  Please also write your first name and last initial in partntheses ( ).  Then when I publish the responses you'll know yours came through.  Gratias.

Thanks to the VRoma Project for the image of Ovid above.