11-21-2008, 09:13 AM
Quote:Gaius Julius Caesar:oocefwhv Wrote:But still, I run around putting my foot in my mouth regularly....I just like the fact that if they carved it on a wall, Vesuvius would read VESVVIVS. Try saying "vesvvivs" five times fast :wink:
Like if it is Wegetius instead of Vegetius, is it Wetruwius instead of Vetruvius? :?
I heard that by that time one wouldd no longer pronounce the -us ending.
Wegetio
Wetroowio
Wesoovio or Wesoowio
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)