Roman words

Words are a way of singing to the world

30 ancient Roman Latin phrases and sayings uttered by the various eminent ancient Roman poets, philosophers, generals, and even emperors.

Pulvis et umbra sumus, We are but dust and shadow. This quote was written by Roman lyric poet Horace in 23 BC. -- Choose from our vast selection of stickers to match with your favorite design to make the perfect customized sticker/decal. Perfect to put on water bottles, laptops, hard hats, and car windows. Everything from favorite TV show stickers to funny stickers. For men, women, boys, and girls.

Word of the Day: Xenium The tradition of xenium may hark back as far as the Roman empire where gifts were given to guests or foreign dignitaries. Is this still a widespread tradition? ------ We'd love to see how you might use any of our words of the day. Send us your thoughts; the most poetic, funniest or otherwise best will be featured on our feeds and (later this year) our magazine. . . . #WordoftheDay #gift #guest #tradition #writers #readers #competition #writerscommunity…

I usually make a point of including at least a couple of process photos with every piece - to explain a bit more about how what you are seeing came to be. For those who are new to this blog the letters for this alphabet are not copied from a computer font or from a type face. They are drawn by hand - and then carved by hand - with a mallet and chisel. The letter forms are the result of my immersion in drawing and carving letters for the past 14years. Traditional Roman letter have a timeless…

This is the earliest known stone tablet to name the city of London (or Londinium to the Romans), made in AD 160. On the tablet, its author, Tiberinius Celerianus states he is "the first Londoner to ever..." How would you finish this sentence? British Museum.

Jun 20, 2013 - The ancient Romans used just 23 letters to write Latin: There were no lower case letters at first, and K, Y and Z used only for writing words of Greek origin. The letters J, U and W were added to the alphabet at a later stage to write languages other than Latin. J is a variant of I, U is a variant of V, and W was introduced as a 'double-v' to make a distinction between the sounds we know as 'v' and 'w' which was unnecessary in Latin.

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