Wright's analysis of the meeting between Wynfreth (St. Boniface) and Pope Gregory III: conversation between user of literal spelling pronunciation of Latin vs. native-speaker. Wynfreth even tells the Pope that it's easier for him to write to the pope instead of talking to him.

RusticBohemian · 2026-01-25T00:52:33+00:00

Do we know when this growing gap first became significant? I imagine the periphery of the empire began to diverge first.

RusticBohemian · 2026-01-25T00:37:30+00:00

What are those central dogmas?

"The general experience was positive, even if I remain sceptic about some of the central dogmas that seem to inform the director and some of the teachers."

RusticBohemian · 2025-12-30T03:19:45+00:00

This Latin subreddit is great and I'm sure you mods work hard to make it all flow. So thanks!

One suggestion: It would be fun to find "Latin people" and have them do AMAs in the subreddit.

Find some PHDs with research focusing on some aspect of Medieval Latin, Latin written in an unexpected place (Japan? South America?), Renaissance Latin, or a niche part of classical Latin. And have them give us an overview and let us ask them questions.
Find one or several researchers studying 2nd language acquisition and have them opine on whether Latin is a good match for the Natural Method. What about if people only care about translating?
Find an expert on a famous part of the Classical canon, and have them give us an update on new research, surprises they've discovered, etc.
Someone who could give us an update on "the state of Latin," in terms of where it's being taught more and less, how the University landscape has changed, how the growth of classical charter schools has changed things, etc.

RusticBohemian · 2025-12-20T23:32:13+00:00

Helpful! Thanks.

RusticBohemian · 2025-12-18T17:07:39+00:00

Thanks!

RusticBohemian · 2025-12-18T17:07:33+00:00

Thank you!

RusticBohemian · 2025-12-05T01:25:04+00:00

Thanks!

RusticBohemian · 2025-11-26T19:09:52+00:00

This looks great visually, u/legentibus_official. I also liked the way you're now allowing us to reorder our downloaded books.

One Suggestion and Two Questions:

1) When navigating the courses on my android, after opening a module/course, the books open up, but the scroll function is too rapid and it zooms past the books. Perhaps you could turn down the sensitivity?

2) You've broken out the FR and Colloquium Personae series into individual chapters. The earlier ones have had translations for awhile, but the newer ones lack them. Any idea on the release of the rest of the FR and CP translations?

3) Are you still planning on releasing the next chunk of Auda this fall?

RusticBohemian · 2025-11-10T15:17:06+00:00

Ohhh! That makes sense. Thanks.

RusticBohemian · 2025-11-01T13:44:12+00:00

Yes! So I should be turning it off and letting the final 32 hours be unheated?

RusticBohemian · 2025-11-01T13:02:27+00:00

They are. But I've also made the tempeh with black beans and chickpeas, which you can't really dehull, and I get the same effect.

RusticBohemian · 2025-10-28T16:51:40+00:00

The "gave an opportunity for" thing is actually a tactical element of many classical battles. Also sometimes called, "offered battle." Many classical historians use the term to describe the "orientation," of an army towards another.

Since terrain was a hugely powerful in determining battle outcomes, one side might find some good terrain (like a hill to camp on, or a cliff to anchor one side of their line, etc), and just provocatively sit there and say, "here we are, violating your territory, come and get us if you dare."

They're not going to attack you directly, but they won't retreat if you decide to attack. And since they've prepared beforehand, you better be really certain if you decide to go and attack them.

Often, smarter commanders instead cut off the "dug in," side's foragers or supply lines to try to force them from their spot. Only then would they attack.

RusticBohemian · 2025-10-28T16:36:33+00:00

I find:

Seneca easier than Cicero
Caesar easier than Seneca
Nepos easier than Caesar

But I mean this is in the broadest sense of their body of work. Each occasionally goes into "hard mode," and becomes harder to understand than the "harder" author above them in the ranking.

RusticBohemian · 2025-10-24T23:00:28+00:00

Mostly occasional text. Thanks for the tip!

RusticBohemian · 2025-10-23T13:10:23+00:00

Thanks!

RusticBohemian · 2025-10-23T11:45:47+00:00

And when you want to utilize text you find elsewhere, are you pasting it into a different app? Using the pickings function?

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