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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carausius, post: 3740834, member: 76440&quot;]Greek imperials are an important means of learning how the Latin names of the Roman rulers were pronounced in their day, because the Greek was spelled phonetically.&nbsp;&nbsp; These coins demonstrate that the &quot;c&quot; in Otaciia&#039;s name was pronounced hard, like a &quot;k.&quot;&nbsp; Similarly, the &quot;v&quot; in Severa is pronounced soft, like a &quot;w&quot;.&nbsp; This is consistent with Latin pronouciations I learned in my high school Latin classes.&nbsp; I wonder how many of us were pronouncing her name &quot;Ota-silly-a &quot; rather than &quot;Ota-keely-a&quot; ; and &quot;Se-fer-a&quot; rather than &quot;Se-were-a&quot;?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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