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<p>[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 4972202, member: 72790"]Now you guys have me really interested in this. I have studied Greek, German and Latin at the university level and absolutely love it when a movie tries to have its characters speak the language of the time period. The passion of Christ, that Mel Gibson movie of a few years back, had the soldiers and Pilate speaking Latin and they got that right. I wonder if they used Italian actors to give it that rotundity that I associate with Latin and Italian. I am not sure about the Aramaic of the Jesus and his disciples in that movie. Every time I watch Gladiator I try to figure out what that German barbarian holding up the severed head of the Roman herald is saying. It does not sound exactly like modern High German but some kind of dialect, maybe something like, "that's what happens (or what we do) to dogs". If in the Arminius movie they have actors speaking Anglo-Saxon (it is still studied at British universities) that would not be that far off for what Arminius spoke as his native language. However, his earlier service in the Roman Army would have made him conversant with, and possibly fluent in Latin as well. I have seen several programs on some cable history shows where they have characters speaking Latin but it sounds like they cannot quite figure out if they should be using the Classical (Yulious Kaisar) or the Ecclesiastical (Yulious Chaysar) pronunciation. Thanks for the heads up. Now, if I could just get this channel on my 1952 Admiral, 12 inch screen and rabbit ears antenna.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 4972202, member: 72790"]Now you guys have me really interested in this. I have studied Greek, German and Latin at the university level and absolutely love it when a movie tries to have its characters speak the language of the time period. The passion of Christ, that Mel Gibson movie of a few years back, had the soldiers and Pilate speaking Latin and they got that right. I wonder if they used Italian actors to give it that rotundity that I associate with Latin and Italian. I am not sure about the Aramaic of the Jesus and his disciples in that movie. Every time I watch Gladiator I try to figure out what that German barbarian holding up the severed head of the Roman herald is saying. It does not sound exactly like modern High German but some kind of dialect, maybe something like, "that's what happens (or what we do) to dogs". If in the Arminius movie they have actors speaking Anglo-Saxon (it is still studied at British universities) that would not be that far off for what Arminius spoke as his native language. However, his earlier service in the Roman Army would have made him conversant with, and possibly fluent in Latin as well. I have seen several programs on some cable history shows where they have characters speaking Latin but it sounds like they cannot quite figure out if they should be using the Classical (Yulious Kaisar) or the Ecclesiastical (Yulious Chaysar) pronunciation. Thanks for the heads up. Now, if I could just get this channel on my 1952 Admiral, 12 inch screen and rabbit ears antenna.[/QUOTE]
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