Classical Wisdom

Words, facts and quotes

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A mural was discovered in the Roman city of Herculaneum clearly showing a blind man being assisted by a dog.

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"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle

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It is very likely that statues and busts from Rome were painted, and so would have looked very different indeed:

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The Latin word "solvō" (loosen) is where English gets many words such as "absolute", " resolve" and "solution".

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The English word "cervix" is derived from the Latin word "cervīx" (neck).

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Because of the number of children that died during childbirth; the average life expectancy for a Roman citizen in 100 AD was 25 years old.

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"A friend is, as it were, a second self." - Cicero

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"To be ignorant of the past is to be forever a child". - Marcus Tullius Cicero

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At its height in 117 AD the Roman Empire covered 6,500,000 km²; 4.36% of the world's land area making it the 14th largest empire of all time

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Ilithuia, mentioned in book XVI of Homer's Iliad, was the Greek goddess of the pains of childbirth.

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"It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be." - Virgil

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"Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself." - Cicero

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The English word "salary" comes from the Latin "sal" (salt). This is because Roman soldiers were often paid in salt, a valuable commodity.

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In the 1st century AD the Greek scholar Heron of Alexandria invented automatic doors, which opened temple doors when a sacrifice was made.

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The English word "erase" comes from the Latin word "radere" (to shave). #EtymologyOfTheDay

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"Only the dead have seen the end of the war." - Plato

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@kyrikmk @ArmandDAngour Here is one, I am unsure of its whereabouts and oigins.

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Showers are thought to have been invented by the Greeks; a 4th Century BC vase depicts female athletes showering with plumbed-in water.

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Cleopatra of Egypt was closer in time to the first man on the moon than the building of the Great Pyramids in Giza.