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SLMZ17 t1_it0uga4 wrote
Reply to comment by Wooster182 in One of the longest ancient Roman inscriptions ever discovered in Britain is to go on display for the first time. by Demderdemden
Also the fact that the first two thirds of the inscription are all just qualifiers for the actual info being communicated.
Like if you wrote a two paragraph memo with a monster header that takes up half the page.
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itimedout t1_it0rbeh wrote
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Can’t wait to see the show on the Science channel where they’ll scan it with that cool laser thing that shows every minute detail. It should turn up eventually, these things usually do.
getBusyChild t1_it0qbww wrote
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Any good books, in English of course, about the Spanish King Charles III?
taint-juice t1_it0pfpu wrote
Reply to comment by veluna in One of the longest ancient Roman inscriptions ever discovered in Britain is to go on display for the first time. by Demderdemden
Thank you for the correction! I did indeed get them mixed up. I still struggle with the extremely long names they accrue throughout their lives.
IndigoSkyfall t1_it0ozxm wrote
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This is so cool, I love art history.
Wooster182 t1_it0jpm1 wrote
Reply to comment by GedichteundKunst in One of the longest ancient Roman inscriptions ever discovered in Britain is to go on display for the first time. by Demderdemden
This probably would have been the shortest inscription if they had just used first names…
DaBoskie t1_it0j4un wrote
Reply to comment by vikio in One of the longest ancient Roman inscriptions ever discovered in Britain is to go on display for the first time. by Demderdemden
I have a son named Happy, born 7 days before my Nephew's son Felix. They're best friends. We had no idea they meant the same thing until now. Thank you!
veluna t1_it0g7cb wrote
Reply to comment by taint-juice in One of the longest ancient Roman inscriptions ever discovered in Britain is to go on display for the first time. by Demderdemden
It sounds like you are referring to Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, who indeed were co-emperors and got along well. This inscription does not refer to them. It refers to Septimius Severus and his two sons, Caracalla (referred to here as "Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus") and his brother Geta (Publius Septimius Geta). They got along rather less well than Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus :-).
Maccabee2 t1_it0g6gh wrote
Reply to comment by GedichteundKunst in One of the longest ancient Roman inscriptions ever discovered in Britain is to go on display for the first time. by Demderdemden
Darn, I was hoping it was a recipe.
Mister_Vandemar t1_it0fzht wrote
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And, apparently, happy. When I took Latin, I learned it as lucky, but I’m hardly an authority on anything
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taint-juice t1_it0egpi wrote
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Wow this is so cool. I love Antoninus and Lucius! The first official co “emperors” in Roman history. Although Antoninus was primed to dawn the purple he demanded of the senate that his brother be able to join him when he took the throne. The senate was afraid of conflict via succession if Antoninus was not granted the request and allowed it to happen. They were extremely different people from each other but worked surprisingly well in tandem.
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FearGunner t1_it0dq2i wrote
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Dang it.
I was hoping it was one of those neat Roman pet tomb inscriptions.
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vikio t1_it0a9x7 wrote
Reply to comment by GedichteundKunst in One of the longest ancient Roman inscriptions ever discovered in Britain is to go on display for the first time. by Demderdemden
Now translate it again, but including all the names translated to what they mean. Like I'm guessing Felix means "happy"? And Septimius means "the seventh"?
GedichteundKunst t1_it07uzj wrote
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Inscription Translation:
For the Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax Augustus, and for the Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus, and for Publius Septimius Geta most noble Caesar, in the consulship of Our [two] Lords the Emperor Antoninus for the second time and Geta Caesar [205]; the Sixth Cohort of Nervians which Lucius Vinicius Pius, prefect of the said cohort, commands, built [this] barrack-block, under the charge of Gaius Valerius Pudens, senator of consular rank
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