Martial takes a tipple
Martial makes sense of staying up late.Quod nimio gaudes noctem producere vino, ignosco.That you take pleasure to prolong the night with too much wine, I forgive.Quod: thatNimio: of too muchVino: of w...
11 Mar 20251min
Sallust on power
While Rome fights its enemy, its enemy bribes Rome’s rulers. Sallust comments on true power’s place in one’s mind.Sed dux atque imperator vitae mortalium animus est.However the leader and commander of...
10 Mar 20252min
Seneca on wrath
Medea, betrayed, lets loose at the injustice.Merita contempsit mea qui scelere flammas viderat vinci et mare?Has he despised my merits—who by treachery had seen flames and sea to be conquered?Merita m...
9 Mar 20252min
Cassian on the dangers of idleness
Cassian chastises the lazyIn desideriis est omnis otiosus, et iterum: desideria pigrum occidunt.Every idle person is given over to desires; and again: desires kill the lazy.In desideriis: given over t...
6 Mar 20253min
Seneca has stopped having fun
Seneca bores of rhetorical games Fatebor vobis, iam res taedio est.I will confess to you all, this matter is now tiresome.Fatebor: I will confess.Vobis: to you (all).Iam: now or already.Res: thing, ma...
5 Mar 20252min
Sidonius shows gratitude
Sidonius is grateful to have his life spared, and doesn’t care what others say about that.Vincant eloquio, dummodo nos domino.Let them prevail in eloquence, as long as we are for our lord.Vincant: Let...
4 Mar 20252min
Sophocles shows the fear of someone who has lost their mind
The great Ulysses knows to avoid the once great Ajax who has lost his mind.Videre mentis compotem compos queam.I wish to see him in possession of his mind and self-controlled.Videre: to seeMentis: of ...
3 Mar 20252min
Martial and the gentle lion
Martial challenges your expectations with this pithy line.Quid nunc saeua fugis placidi, lepus, ora leonis?Why do you now flee the fierce jaws of the gentle lion, hare?Quid nunc: why now?Saeua: fierce...
2 Mar 20252min
