I'm not sure if this post has existed before or not.
For those of us that were drawn to Latin and not have Latin forced upon us in school, as some do.
What drew you?
For me, it was always the love of history. Back in the 90s there was a show that dealt with supernatural antiquities and on a statue was the Latin phrase, CAVE FONS MALI, Beware the source of evil. I thought that was cool. The show died after one season, but it's mark was permanent. The movie Event Horizon with it's quote just added more momentum.
It was a trip to Durham university that was the clincher for me. They were excavating an old part of the property as an archaeological dig and unearthed Roman objects. As a sword restorer, I gravitated to the Gladius behind the glass. I wanted to read the words etched on some on the artifacts. So it began...
For those of us that were drawn to Latin and not have Latin forced upon us in school, as some do.
What drew you?
For me, it was always the love of history. Back in the 90s there was a show that dealt with supernatural antiquities and on a statue was the Latin phrase, CAVE FONS MALI, Beware the source of evil. I thought that was cool. The show died after one season, but it's mark was permanent. The movie Event Horizon with it's quote just added more momentum.
It was a trip to Durham university that was the clincher for me. They were excavating an old part of the property as an archaeological dig and unearthed Roman objects. As a sword restorer, I gravitated to the Gladius behind the glass. I wanted to read the words etched on some on the artifacts. So it began...