[Welcome and Introduce Yourself Here]

Salvete, omnes -

 

I've been a member at UNRV for some time, but I rarely get over here.  Despite that AND because of that, I thought I would post a Hello once more.  Rome has been an interest for me (to whatever degree!) since I was a teen (a late 1960s teen) when I read Rex Warner's translation of Caesar's Gallic War.  And I have made some study of Rome and the Latin language since.  But I wanted to say hi, and say it especially to Ursus and Nephele, who greeted me when I first arrived here, years ago. 

[Happy New Year!]

Thanks, Viggen. 

 

Ut felix sit hic Novus Annus nobis omnibus. 

[The Heritage of Roman Names]

I wish my mother had named me something vaguely Greco-Roman, instead of naming me after some Old Testament prophet. *sigh*

 

Salve, Urse -

 

However much we love the Classical world, the Hebrew prophets & heroes are powerful & Romantic figures out of literature & history. ("Romantic" in the common, non-Roman, wild & passionate sense.) It's just a name sourced from a different thread of culture - might as well have been Greek, Germanic, Slavic, or even pop-fantasy derived!

 

Vale bene.

[All time favorite book]

I read Sutcliff's Eagle of the Ninth recently - yes, a good book.

 

I had read Frontier Wolf some time ago, enjoyed it. I have sitting at home The Lost Eagles by Ralph Graves (published the year I was born, 1955) which I had started but put aside and need to finish. Can't give a judgment on that one yet - perhaps one of you has read it?

 

Any fans of 'Eagle Of the Ninth' here?