Roman Dog Names
October 25, 2007
Looking for the perfect classical name for your dog? Thanks to forum member "Nephele", the following article presents over 50 historical choices with their meanings and the source material from where they came.
What did the ancient Romans name their four-legged best friends? Lucius Iunius Moderatus Columella gives us a few recommended names in the section of his work on agriculture dealing with the rearing and training of dogs. Other likely sources used by the ancient Romans for dog names may have come from literature, in much the same way that people today draw on literature for naming their dogs...
Names for Roman Dogs
The Golden Ass by Apuleius
October 17, 2007
A modern review of a tale told long ago...
To paraphrase Egyptologist Geraldine Pinch: all myths are sacred, but not all myths are solemn. Some myths are even laced with ribald perversions. The Golden Ass has not the timeless majesty of Homer, the dignified moralizing of Hesiod, or the conscious patriotism of Virgil. Its characters usually range from somewhere between agents of petty self-interest to despicable dregs of society. It is told not as an epic clash of heroes against monsters and gods, but as the absurd adventures of a hapless fool. The setting is not some archaic realm lost to history, but the Roman province of Greece...
Read the full review of The Golden Ass by Apuleius translated by P.G. Walsh.
The Enemies of Rome by Philip Matyszak
October 11, 2007
A review...
As this book has been previously reviewed by an esteemed colleague who is quite knowledgeable of the military history of Rome, I will not approach the book from the same vantage point. Instead, I will be reviewing the book as someone who is college educated with a basic knowledge of Roman history, one who recognizes the majority of the names and places mentioned in this book, but certainly is no expert is Roman history. In this light, Matyszak’s Enemies of Rome is a solid foundation for anyone who is beginning an interest in Roman conquest...
The Enemies of Rome by Philip Matyszak.
Morrigan
October 09, 2007
An overview of the Celtic goddess Morrigan by a member of our discussion community "Lost Warrior"
While there seem to be many differences of opinion with regards to the nature of the goddess Morrigan, the general consensus among sources is that she is a goddess of war, death and fertility. Some sources also attribute to her aspects of prophecy, the moon, and fresh water lakes and streams...
More Morrigan...
