Nephele

Hahaha, I LOOOOOVE Carmen Miranda! She's the Latina Fanny Brice! -- Nephele

Thanks for the clip! I have always considered Rita Hayworth to be a MUCH better dancer than Ginger Rogers. I'm very much into dance, and I've got a collection of those old movies on DVD. -- Nephele

So, in your view it is pointless to right new biographies - fine with me (and compeletly against my view), but that was not my intention I am not a biographer, just making lists, I believe it is usefull and would do no harm except to my boss (who is paying me to do other things) I repeat: Perhaps this idea for a list will have more meaning if participants will include a few descriptive sentences -- a sort of snapshot review -- on each selected book, stating why these particular books are recommended above the many others that are available. Caesar CXXXVII, it takes very little effort to compile a list of books on any particular subject. A selective list would have more meaning here -- and that would entail the greater effort of explaining the strengths of each book you have chosen to include in your bibliography. -- Nephele

Perhaps this idea for a list will have more meaning if participants will include a few descriptive sentences -- a sort of snapshot review -- on each selected book, stating why these particular books are recommended above the many others that are available. -- Nephele

I would choose Boadicea too. Hell, I would choose any of the girls over Enrique Iglesias! Absolutely. -- Nephele

LOL, good one, Neph! Glad to be giving people something to talk about. Hah, we'll give people even more to talk about if we females participate in the survey, too. For the record, I would choose Boadicea. -- Nephele

The way Fred and Ginger stick their foreheads together throughout most of that dance (even twirling around with barely a break in the forehead action) leads me to re-name that: "The Conjoined Twin Dance." -- Nephele

Oh, so that's what the word Carioca means! Thanks -- I never knew that! I always thought it was a type of dance, as in the brilliant dance number that Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers did in the movie Flying Down to Rio (1933): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFBt929GtdU Now I can understand how the dance got its name! -- Nephele

Urrrgh! Can't... resist... Must... anagram... quasi-Roman names for all of them! Boadicea Tigerlynx = Gladiatrix Beyonce Dexinia Brattygirl = Gladiatrix Britney Praxidika Ting'l = Gladiatrix Pink Aquileiensis Reg.* = Enrique Iglesias *Reg., abbreviation of "Regnator," Latin for "ruler; king." Boadicea, Dexinia, and Praxidika Aquileiensis -- Nephele

You're very welcome. As for Caesonia's living relatives... You'll have to use your imagination (like author Caroline Lawrence) and invent some! No, but you might like to check out The Cambridge Latin Course The ancient Romans didn't have middle names the same way that we have today. Even a Roman "last name" -- or cognomen -- was not quite the same as our modern-day last names, in that cognomina could be given names as well as hereditary names. -- Nephele

Jess, you are the daughter of the noble Marcus Caesonius, a colleague of Cicero who also served in the magisterial position of Aedile of the Plebs along with Cicero in the year 69 BCE. Three years later (in 66 BCE) your father was elected to the higher office of Praetor, and three years after that (in 63 BCE) your father was a competitor for the highest office of Consul (although he did not win that office). In addition to being customarily named for the gens of your father, your father has bestowed upon you the cognomen of "Glorina," an affectionate diminutive of gloria -- for your are his pride and glory. Your full Roman name is: Caesonia Glorina roajoscnsenhigl -hjs +aai Welcome to UNRV! -- Nephele

Well, it's been over a month, but I finally heard back from the Archives Assistant at Braesnose College. Here is your translation, Ludovicus: ************************************************ Dear Nephele, Thank you for your enquiry regarding the Latin inscriptions in the College History. The translations are as follows: Nicolaus Birch S.T.B. hujus Collegii Comensalis Legavit Decern Libras 10 o o means: Nicholas Birch, Sacr

Nice blog! You may find this discussion on the subject interesting, that we had last year: http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=8353 -- Nephele

400BC, you are a member of the Annii, a plebeian gens of considerable antiquity. "The first person of this name whom Livy mentions, is the Latin praetor L. Annius of Setia, a Roman colony. (B.C. 340.)" Your cognomen is "Tiro," a word indicating a young soldier, or recruit. Although it has been many years since you were recruited into the Roman army, your fellow soldiers have always affectionately called you "Tiro" (because you joined the army at a very young age), and so the name has stuck. Your praenomen is "Gaius," customarily abbreviated as "C." Your full Roman name is: C. Annius Tiro = ionbicannrt -bn +us Welcome to UNRV! -- Nephele

mannagen, you are a member of the Hoenii, a gens to which belonged the consul of 141 C.E., T. Hoenius Severus. Your own cognomen, however, is "Maro" -- a cognomen of Umbrian origin that was also shared by the poet Virgil. Your cognomen is derived from the title of the Umbrian magistrates (marones) who were in charge of public works. Your praenomen is "Decimus," customarily abbreviated as "D." Your full Roman name is: D. Hoenius Maro = rooadhmdgyne -agy +ius Welcome to UNRV! -- Nephele

Thank you for your kind words, Formose carissime. Medusa, I must say it's nice to see a use of names from Greek mythology over here! (Says, Nephele, who has taken a Greek mythology name for herself. ) -- Nephele

That's a handy bump, GPM. I've just moved postings from one of our newest members (Hi, Formosus!) into this thread, as he has some fun stories to tell about his own screen name. -- Nephele

Very interesting stuff, Formosus! So, you chose to be a member of the Sempronia gens when you joined SVR? I did an article on the Surnames of the Sempronii that you might enjoy. Perhaps you already know this, but your screen-name cognomen of "Formosus" means "handsome." -- Nephele

http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=4365 Welcome to UNRV! -- Nephele

...and scratching and biting in frenzied blood lust Hahaha! Continuing with the Pride & Prejudice remake theme... Just tonight I watched the DVD of a marvelously clever television series from the U.K., titled Lost in Austen. It's released as a 3-hour movie here in the U.S. Here's the blurb from the back of the DVD case: "A thoroughly modern heroine threatens to ruin one of the world's greatest literary love stories in this ingenious reinvention of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. The acclaimed cast includes Alex Kingston (ER, Croupier), Hugh Bonnerville (Notting Hill, Iris), Lindsay Duncan (HBO's Rome), and Bond girl Gemma Arterton (Quantum of Solace). Bored bank worker Amanda Price (Jemima Rooper, The Black Dahlia, As If), literally becomes lost in her favorite Austen book after she finds a strange portal in her bathroom and swaps places with its heroine, Elizabeth Bennet. Once she gets entangled in the affairs of the Bennet family and the dashing Mr. Darcy (Elliot Cowan, The Golden Compass), how can she keep this celebrated romance on track?" The dialogue is witty and the plotting unpredictable. Lovers, lesbians, and lunacy all rolled up into what would make Jane Austen (to quote the heroine Amanda) go "durrr...urrr... urrr... That's the sound of Jane Austen spinning in her grave like a cat in a tumble-dryer." I give Lost in Austen two snaps and :) :thumbsup: -- Nephele

Oooo, nice! My cold heart beats a litter warmer at the fond thought of cemeteries. I happen to be a member of The Friends of Woodlawn Cemetery (established in 1863 in the Bronx). As a member, I get access to the old mausoleums. -- Nephele

Many thanks for the pictures! Between you and Klingan this past month, I almost feel as though I've travelled to Italy myself! -- Nephele

You bet they don't make 'em like that anymore -- and I love those old moobies! Here's a classic musical number from Jupiter's Darling: I Never Trust a Woman Who can resist lyrics like A man who is a he-male should never trust a female and Though she may be a goddess, I know beneath her bodice there beats a heart that's probably untrue...? And one can never have enough Cunctator jokes. -- Nephele

That place is absolutely on my "must see" touring list! I don't remember, but I think that place might have been featured in The History Channel series called "Cities of the Underworld." I did a little mention of the series here. The first season DVD is definitely a good buy! -- Nephele