Do you have a favourite (or favorite) time of Rome and/or Roman person? When, who and why?
(For example, are you more interested in the Republic or in the Empire era?)
(For example, are you more interested in the Republic or in the Empire era?)
The late empire, the barbarian invasions and the empire's fall are also of interest to me.Everything that came before that time is still kind of interesting to me, but anything that came after never interested me much.
The late empire, the barbarian invasions and the empire's fall are also of interest to me.
And their proper names. If I had a son and if I dared, I might call him something like Theoderic, Alfric or Alaric. But I won't have any, so...I've noticed that ... you seem to like those Germanic tribes somehow
And their proper names. If I had a son and if I dared, I might call him something like Theoderic, Alfric or Alaric. But I won't have any, so...
I don't think Tullia would be much of a problem ... it's analogous to regular names like Julia and it quite clearly shows that the child is of female sex. I've seen people get away with worse names than that.In Germany there's a law, as far as I'm aware, that a name has to fulfil certain criteria. If it isn't German name, the onus is on the parents to provide evidence that it exists in some other culture. I've always assumed this referred to those that are currently around, which might scupper Tullia, but perhaps I'm wrong.
In the UK and the US, by contrast, you can be as cruel to your child as the official registering the birth will allow. Can't you get these impulses out of your system on a dog or a cat?
If we're talking classically inspired names, I rather like the name Sophonisba Breckinridge. Though her namesake certainly met a rather tragic end.I think you would actually get away with those names in Germany or in England (not sure about other countries) ... I would advise against Alfric, but the other ones seem decent enough. I once thought if I had a daughter, I'd call her Tullia, but that probably won't happen either ... and if it did, it would probably not be the best name to go with.
I think you would actually get away with those names in Germany or in England (not sure about other countries) ... I would advise against Alfric, but the other ones seem decent enough. I once thought if I had a daughter, I'd call her Tullia, but that probably won't happen either ... and if it did, it would probably not be the best name to go with.
I know a guy who named his daughter 'Tula', from the Sanscrit तुला tulā for 'balance, weight, equilibrium' (= the S name for Libra). He was a Sanscritist, go figure!Pacifica dixit:Tullia, that's lovely.
You're right about most of them. Take a look here: THREAD: capita-latine-loquentium-nostro-in-foroQuestion (about people)...
The sculptures above, on the forum header... Is the first one Cicero? The second is Caesar, right? After him I don't know.. Caligula, maybe? (Or is it Augustus?) After him there is a lady I can't figure out, the following one I think is Claudius (or maybe one of the Flavii?), the next Marcus Aurelius, after him, maybe Severus?, and the last one is the giant head of Constantinus. Do I get them right?
I'll have to say a big NO here I'm afraid. Not that I've ever tried to memorize them all.Do you guys know all the emperors
Whoa! I can't see anything after Constantinus! Monitor ends there...You're right about most of them. Take a look here: THREAD: capita-latine-loquentium-nostro-in-foro
I haven't (yet) memorized all of them. But at least I don't feel lost anymore. I mean, if you give me a random emperor's name, I can (reasonably enough) tell where in the timeline he is, and to what group of emperors (I'm not sure the word dynasty aplies) he belongs... (I did so precisely to get to ground myself in the timeline of the Roman Empire. I gather that in the Republic, I'll have to go for events, once there's no monarch to think "this happened in the days of that man", and I'll definitely not list all the Roman consuls...)I'll have to say a big NO here I'm afraid. Not that I've ever tried to memorize them all.