If yes, you are very well read, and a Roman scholar. If, like me, you haven’t, you are about to be educated. It’s the stern decoration of a Roman ship. It’s not a word I’ve ever had a use for before, and, apart from using it as a subject for a post, I have little use for it now.
It appears on the design of a coin of the Roman Republic that is featured on the Facebook page of the Numismatic Society of Nottinghamshire, which is where I saw it. This is the reason that collecting coins, or indeed anything, can be so educational. If you have nothing better to do, go and have a look. If you can, push a few “Like” buttons – it encourages Steve who does all the work loading things up. He also writes the bits on ancient coins while I try my best to bring the quality threshold down with 300 word pieces on plastic bus tokens, aluminium medallions and things from the junk box.
Admiral Vernon and Commodore Brown. See previous post.
The next talk is Olympic coins – it’s given by one of our more polished speakers, so there will be no equipment failure this time. We have some good speakers this season, including someone talking about the legendary Fishpool Hoard in November. I’m not sure if I will be at that or not as Julia would like to move before the cold weather starts.
Meanwhile, I have just had an email from the final editor of the month. One tanka and one tanka prose accepted. So that’s four submissions sent and four acceptances. I will not lie, it feels good. However, it could be better. There is always the chance of having two accepted, as I have sometimes done, so there is still room for improvement.
My Orange Parker Pen
A new word for me, Simon. Thank you!
Congratulations on the latest acceptance for four of four. I knew you would get it!
I now have to think of a way of making things more difficult for myself. 🙂
Really?
Well, difficulty may be overstating it, but I need to find more challenges.
Maybe if I had understood anything at all about Latin……..
It’s a popular subject with University of the 3rd Age. The thought of it makes me sweat . . .
It is somewhat satisfying to learn a new word even if it will never have any affect on my life.
Same here. I will probably have forgotten it by the end of next week and will not even notice that I have no word for the rear end of a Roman galley.
A word I had never heard of! Once again, you have taught me something new.
Me too! 🙂