One of the last areas to see at the Baths: a small courtyard with bits of Roman graffiti affixed to the walls. The Romans didn't have word spacing which doesn't make it fun for us: "Apollinaris qui bixit annos XXVIIII - Qui fecit cum Bircina...Annos VIII in pace...nonas sep..." Dictionary out...can't be bothered. Something about A making peace with B in this year?
Thursday, March 31, 2005
One of the last areas to see at the Baths: a small courtyard with bits of Roman graffiti affixed to the walls. The Romans didn't have word spacing which doesn't make it fun for us: "Apollinaris qui bixit annos XXVIIII - Qui fecit cum Bircina...Annos VIII in pace...nonas sep..." Dictionary out...can't be bothered. Something about A making peace with B in this year?
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