KCS Classics

Alexander the Great would always have searched for something unknown, and if there had been no other competition, he would have competed against himself.

[mary beard @wmarybeard]

If you are curious about Boris Johnson's reference to Cincinnatus in his goodbye speech - he was a 5th century BC Roman politician who saved the state from an invasion, then - job done - returned to his farm ('to his plough'). He was also an enemy of the people.

[Dr Danny Bate @DannyBate4]

Coctus, a perfect participle, means 'cooked, baked' in Latin.

In Italian, coctus became cotto, as in 'panna cotta' (cooked cream), 'terra-cotta' (baked earth) and 'ricotta' (re-cooked).

In French, it became cuit, part of 'charcuterie' (cooked meat) and 'biscuit' (baked twice).

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Pompeii: Ancient pregnant tortoise surprises archaeologists https://t.co/sHswLTEOa9

[Dr Danny Bate @DannyBate4]

The English word 'collar' goes back to collum, a Latin word for 'neck'.

Latin also seems to have had the verb *accollāre, which originally meant 'to put something on/around the neck'. From this, via French, English gets the word 'accolade'.

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Why shouldn’t the Greeks have their marbles back? We proved we lost ours years ago https://t.co/V0a7MY7NDv

[Dr Danny Bate @DannyBate4]

Odium is a Latin word for 'hatred', and to be 'in odiō alicui' is to be hated by someone.

It was the fusion of the two-word phrase 'in odiō' (literally 'in hatred') into a single verb that seems to be the origin, via Old French, of the English word 'annoy'.

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Vindolanda discovery https://t.co/wcQ371bB97

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Greece rebuts British Museum claim Parthenon marbles were ‘removed from rubble’ https://t.co/JESXDBp7oW

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Caesar’s favourite herb was the Viagra of ancient Rome. Until climate change killed it off https://t.co/pglGW0rFtQ

[Dr. M.F. Khan @Dr_TheHistories]

One of the great special effects in History!!!

At noon, every 21 April (traditional date of birth of Rome), sun's rays beam perfectly on entrance doorway of Pantheon, Rome. Emperor would be bathed in the sun's rays as he entered the building as part of the celebration ceremony.

[Tom Holland @holland_tom]

2170 years of hurt…

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Lavish Roman mosaic is biggest found in London for 50 years https://t.co/xJp9wXELNk

[Tom Holland @holland_tom]

As emperor, I will definitely get students to read tales from classical mythology and the Bible. Not just because they’re fun, but because not to know them, in a country as influenced by them as Britain has been, is to be culturally disenfranchised.

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Virgil’s Aeneid grips teenage pupils with gods and monsters of mythology | News | The Times https://t.co/Gp4MEp8hHA

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Large Roman fort built by Caligula discovered near Amsterdam https://t.co/uDtMXbBwJ8

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How to tell your Roman emperors apart | The Spectator https://t.co/OTIgyMqlhP

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Best physical evidence of Roman crucifixion found in Cambridgeshire https://t.co/rvdHZ2Puh6