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Magic Squares: ROMA OLIM MILO AMOR
One of the two most famous ancient Roman “word squares,” specimens of which are found at Pompeii [...] and elsewhere in the empire; both squares are “quadrate palindromes” [...] doubtless inspired the medieval palindromes Roma summus amor (summus, -a, -um, highest, greatest) and Roma tibi subito motibus ibit amor (Love will come to you from Rome suddenly in its movements).
— Oct 27, 2026 11:10PM
One of the two most famous ancient Roman “word squares,” specimens of which are found at Pompeii [...] and elsewhere in the empire; both squares are “quadrate palindromes” [...] doubtless inspired the medieval palindromes Roma summus amor (summus, -a, -um, highest, greatest) and Roma tibi subito motibus ibit amor (Love will come to you from Rome suddenly in its movements).
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Ille crucem sceleris pretium tulit, hic diadma. (Juvenal Sat. 13.105)
One receives a cross for his crimes, another a crown.
(Juvenal, Satires)
— Oct 12, 2026 10:34PM
One receives a cross for his crimes, another a crown.
(Juvenal, Satires)
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Multīs timēre dēbet, quem multī timent.
Publius Syrus, Sententiae.
Whoever is feared by many must fear many.
— Sep 26, 2026 03:40AM
Publius Syrus, Sententiae.
Whoever is feared by many must fear many.
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Nimiety -- didn't know English had this word for too-muchness:):
"Nihil nimis. (Seneca Ep. 94.43: nimis, adv., too, too much, excessively, in excess; “nimiety.”—Moderation was a major tenet of ancient philosophy dating back to archaic Greece.)"
— Sep 24, 2026 10:39PM
"Nihil nimis. (Seneca Ep. 94.43: nimis, adv., too, too much, excessively, in excess; “nimiety.”—Moderation was a major tenet of ancient philosophy dating back to archaic Greece.)"