Martial on the essence of wealth

The Stoics and Epicureans agree philosophy is the way.Philosophiae servias oportet, ut tibi contingat vera libertas.It is necessary that you must serve philosophy, so that you may gain true freedom.Ph...

8 Maj 20252min

Virgil prophesies Carthage’s avenger.Exoriare aliquis nostris ex ossibus ultorMay someone arise, an avenger, out of our bonesExoriare: may you ariseAliquis: someoneNostris: our (abl. pl.)Ex ossibus: f...

7 Maj 20252min

Ausonius shows battles won without weapons, or anything else really.Armatam vidit Venerem Lacedaemone Pallas. “Nunc certemus,” ait, “iudice vel Paride.” Cui Venus: “Armatam tu me, temeraria, temnis, q...

6 Maj 20254min

Statius on the power of dignity and justice.Vade, atra dature supplicia, extremique tamen secure sepulcri.Go, you who are destined to suffer dark punishments, yet without fear of your final tomb.Vade:...

5 Maj 20252min

Lucretius on how to live in the world.Quod siquis vera vitam ratione gubernet, divitiae grandes homini sunt vivere parce aequo animo; neque enim est umquam penuria parvi.That if anyone should govern t...

4 Maj 20253min

Ovid drinks to oblivionAut nulla ebrietas, aut tanta sit, ut tibi curas eripiatEither no drunkenness, or let it be so great that it dispels your worriesAut … aut: either … orNulla: noEbrietas: drunken...

1 Maj 20252min

Martial says the rich get richer.Dantur opes nullis nunc nisi divitibus.Wealth is now given to no one but the rich.Dantur: are givenOpes: wealthNullis: to no oneNunc: nowNisi: except, unlessDivitibus:...

30 Apr 20251min

Statius on the fatalism of epic warfare.Huc mecum ad manes.Come here, with me, to the spirits of the dead.Huc: to hereMecum: with meAd: to, towardManes: the spirits of the dead

29 Apr 20251min