Project: glossary
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2002 12:10 am
Salvete!
An idea for a project in Collegium Militarium: a glossary of military terms. The idea is to create a list of Roman military terms, with the Latin and English word and a short explanation.
Some easy examples:
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1. Centurio - centurion: originally commander of a unit of 100 men, later the name for a commander of a small basic unit in the Roman army.
2. Praefectus - prefect: commander of an equestrian auxiliary unit ('ala')
3. Scutum - shield: term for the typical Roman army shield; made of wood, semi-cylindrical, with a single handgrip behind a central boss.
4. Turma - (band): basic unit in Roman cavalry (about 30 men)
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And so on, we can build a big and helpful glossary, something useful to add on our Collegium website.
Everyone can participate, just send your own glossary (even if it's only one word) to me - pudionmus@yahoo.com (please also include your sources if possible!)
I will then post every now and then a list of all words gathered, including who sent the word to me; for honour and glory
Send them on and make the SVR proud!
Valete bene
An idea for a project in Collegium Militarium: a glossary of military terms. The idea is to create a list of Roman military terms, with the Latin and English word and a short explanation.
Some easy examples:
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1. Centurio - centurion: originally commander of a unit of 100 men, later the name for a commander of a small basic unit in the Roman army.
2. Praefectus - prefect: commander of an equestrian auxiliary unit ('ala')
3. Scutum - shield: term for the typical Roman army shield; made of wood, semi-cylindrical, with a single handgrip behind a central boss.
4. Turma - (band): basic unit in Roman cavalry (about 30 men)
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And so on, we can build a big and helpful glossary, something useful to add on our Collegium website.
Everyone can participate, just send your own glossary (even if it's only one word) to me - pudionmus@yahoo.com (please also include your sources if possible!)
I will then post every now and then a list of all words gathered, including who sent the word to me; for honour and glory
Send them on and make the SVR proud!
Valete bene