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My field of expertise is Ancient Greek and Roman History.
Over 25 years teaching experience.
I received my Ph.D.from Genova University (Italy).
Hello, Here are my answers: (1)“What could the date of my entry be? “ ANSWER: The date could be 82 AD, since you mention the Flavian Amphitheatre, also known as Colosseum, whose construction
Hi again Dimitris, I think I have found some documents that can somehow bear witness to the fact that the lower case Greek letters date back to the 3rd.century BC and even to the 4th century BC
Hello Dimitris, Acyually it’s impossible to tell you exactly either the time or the work where the lower case letters began to be used in ancient Greek and Latin. What I can tell you is that:
Hello, In the ancient Roman slave galleys the one who set the rhythm for the rowers was called PAUSARIUS (nominative case, 2nd.declension). Such a PAUSARIUS, i.e. the rowing-master of the oarsmen
Hello, First of all I have to tell you that the inscription you refer to (CIL 03, 01919, i.e. Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum) mentions a certain Lucius Artorius Castus (or “Iustus” ), who, from time

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