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<p>[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 3083855, member: 83845"]That's fantastic Gavin! Both the explanation on the Latin peculiarities and the overall translation. I can't tell you how jealous I am that you can speak Latin!</p><p><br /></p><p>I almost translated OPTIMO AVG into "The best [first citizen], Augustus" since the title he was given by the senate was OPTIMO PRINCEPS if I'm not mistaken. However, I kind of though that would be cheating since an abbreviation for PRINCEPS is nowhere on the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>It would make for a pretty neat thread of its own to have different interesting inscriptions and to have members each take a stab at a translation.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you found a girl that is interested enough to be impressed with ancient Roman translation ability then I say you hit a home run either way <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I am also lucky in that my wife shares my interest in history!</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought I would have been better at understanding the inscriptions than I was considering I am familiar with coin inscriptions but anything that wasn't imperial titles had me stumped unfortunately. Still fun to try.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]777001[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I do indeed recognize this <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I was fortunate enough on my trip to get to visit both the basement level as well as the top level (which only opened in 2018 and only for 20 person groups with a state archeologist!)</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of my good photos of above and below are on my camera which I haven't downloaded yet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 3083855, member: 83845"]That's fantastic Gavin! Both the explanation on the Latin peculiarities and the overall translation. I can't tell you how jealous I am that you can speak Latin! I almost translated OPTIMO AVG into "The best [first citizen], Augustus" since the title he was given by the senate was OPTIMO PRINCEPS if I'm not mistaken. However, I kind of though that would be cheating since an abbreviation for PRINCEPS is nowhere on the coin. It would make for a pretty neat thread of its own to have different interesting inscriptions and to have members each take a stab at a translation. If you found a girl that is interested enough to be impressed with ancient Roman translation ability then I say you hit a home run either way ;) I am also lucky in that my wife shares my interest in history! I thought I would have been better at understanding the inscriptions than I was considering I am familiar with coin inscriptions but anything that wasn't imperial titles had me stumped unfortunately. Still fun to try. [ATTACH=full]777001[/ATTACH] I do indeed recognize this :) I was fortunate enough on my trip to get to visit both the basement level as well as the top level (which only opened in 2018 and only for 20 person groups with a state archeologist!) Most of my good photos of above and below are on my camera which I haven't downloaded yet.[/QUOTE]
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