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Simple Latin for public display at Roman events


On public display for Roman events we speak in Latin. The correct address is Centurio (Centurion), Optio, Signifer, Cornicen, and Miles (Soldier) or Milites (Soldiers) respectively. Greetings are "Ave" or "Salve" (Hail), plural "Avete" or "Salvete", so greeting one soldier "Ave Miles" and greeting the group "Avete Milites" or "Salvete Milites" (note how singular and plural forms always go together). Farewell is "Vale", plural "Valete". The public are addressed as "Civis" (Citizen), plural "Cives". If you need the Centurion, just call "Centurio!" and then discuss your concern quietly in English. When off-duty or relaxed (laxate) address comrades by their Latin names, eg, "Ave Brutus" (Brett), "Petronius" (Pete), "Marius" (Martin), etc. It pays to choose a Roman name similar to your own to help others remember. Make sure you know the words to our Latin Marching Song, the Latin commands,  and the sacrate - "Fido Roma imperator milites!"

Simple Latin for talking to the public "Miles sum" (I am a soldier) or "Marius sum" (I am Marius). You should know the Latin names for all your gear, so you can show items to the public "Hic est" (This is...) as "Hic est gladius" "Hic est Galea" "Hic est lorica segmentata" etc. You can introduce other soldiers "Hic est Marius", or indicate "Hic est castra" (camp). You can just indicate "Est Campus Martius" (Field of Mars) for the training ground, or perhaps "Hadriano est imperator". Of course if the public have serious complex questions then simply answer them in English. You could ask "Dicis Latin? You speak Latin?" and when they say no, reply "Is okay, I speak some words of your barbarian tongue" and then continue on in English. The go-to guys for Latin questions are Vic, Darren, Brett or Jae Sung (MA with Latin).  

SOME SIMPLE LATIN PHRASES FOR AROUND THE LIVING HISTORY CAMP & PUBLIC
Salve - Hello
Vale - Goodbye
Quid agis? - How are you? 
Quid novi? - What's new?
Bene – good
Magnus - great
Et tu? – and you?
Gratias – Thanks
…sum – I’m from…
Bonam fortunam – good luck
Intellego – I understand
Nullo intellego
Mea culpa – sorry (my mistake)
Ecce – look!
Eheu – oh no!
Statis – enough!
Te amo – I love you
Quid vis - what do you want?
Quid est? - what is it? 

SPQR: Sono Pazzi Questi Romani - They're crazy, these Romans!
Hoc/hic - This/that
Hues amicus! - Hey friend 
Quo vadis? Where are you going?
Excusa  - Excuse me
Ego/tu/is/ea - Me/you/him/her  
Bonum/malum - Good/bad 
Magnum/parvum - Big/small 
In vino veritas - in wine truth
Bene tibi! - Cheers!  
​Furcifer - scoundrel!

Honor et valor
Roma victa
Carpe diem
Caveat emptor
Modus operandi
Para bellum
Non sequitur
Unus, duo, tres - 1 2 3
Memento mori
​​Memento vivere
Fidelis constans
Morituri te salutant
Domus
Nemo
Pax Romana
Sapiens
Terra firma
Tempus fugit
Ad hoc
Ad nauseum
Status quo
Verbatim
Veto
Vice versa
Pro bono
Post mortem
Rigor mortis

Cambridge Latin introduction course videos. An easy way to learn Latin.

The Cambridge Latin course is a nice simple introduction about a regular Roman family in Pompeii, with pictures and funny stories about bad dogs, drunk slaves and gladiator fights, before Mount Vesuvius pops her top.
Book 2 looks at life in Roman Britain and Egypt. 
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Lingva-Latina - start reading in Latin right away with a great story about the life of a Roman family in 150 AD.
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IMPERIUM - Entertaining Latin course following the historical life of the Roman emperor Hadrian (120 AD). Book 1: Graeculus ("Little-Greek-boy"), a nickname for Hadrian.
Book 2 has young Hadrian and Trajan during Domitian's reign. The Dacians are threatening the Empire and slugs have invaded the radish patch. 
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​Book 3 has Hadrian and Trajan campaign against the Dacians. Hadrian has a shrewish wife Sabina, and a lovely boyfriend Antinous.
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The Gradus ad Parnassum ("Steps toward Parnassus" - the mountain home of the Muses) is a Latin thesaurus  with examples, quotations, synonyms, phrases and more.
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The club name imperium-romana means Imperial Romans. The noun Imperium means Order, command; power with its main forms Imperium, Imperii and is second declension neuter. The noun Romanus means Roman, Latin with its main forms Romanus, Romana, Romanum. It differs from "imperium romanum" (Roman Empire) because Microsoft's game called imperium-romanum already dominates all web searches, and the domain names imperium-romanum and imperia-romana were taken, as well as being used by many other groups worldwide. Consequently the original club founders chose imperium-romana because it was a unique identifier, by changing Romanum (singular) to Romana (plural). 
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