Claudius as Jupiter
MOTTOS AND SLOGANS
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Nutriens Mentem: Nourishing the mind/Food for thought (vision statement for the corporate training program for the Overwaitea Food Group) |
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Salus Caelestis: Help from above (motto for the European Space Agency) |
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Ludus Nummi Mortui: Dead Money Club (poker chip motto) |
ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF LATIN TEXT
Catullus 45. 10-16
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At Acme leviter caput reflectens Et dulcis pueri ebrios ocellos Illo purpureo ore suaviata. 'Sic' inquit, 'mea vita Septimille' Huic uni domino usque serviamus; Ut multo mihi maior acriorque Ignis mollibus ardet in medullis |
But Acme gently leaned back her head and kissed her sweet-heart's besotted eyes with her ruby-red lips. 'Oh, Septimius' she said, 'my love, my life let's us serve this one master; and then a raging, burning fire will burn us down to our soft core. |
ROMAN COINS INDENTIFIED
The Emperor Constans (337-350)
obverse: CONSTANS P F AVG (rosette diademed, draped, & cuirassed bust right)
[Constans Pius Fidelis Augustus = Constans, dutiful and faithful emperor]
reverse: VICTORIAE D D AVGG Q N N (two Victories facing each other holding wreaths, .BSIS. in ex.)
[Victoriae dominorum Augustorumque nostrorum = The Victories of our lords and emperors]
This coin was minted in Siscia (modern Sisak, Yugoslavia) in office B