Hehehe I joined the Greens.....home of the Boni! (Hahahhahaha)

The HONEY BADGER WILL RULE!!!

On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:13 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:

>
>
> Ave Sulla
>
> First you join the Albata, the winning team, then you create a chariot and
> charioteer, use your imagination. The rest is pretty much up to the
> Tribunes, they determine the placement and wins by sorts (I think)
> . OR you could ask Crassus what he needs help with.
> BUT first you must join Albata! We really need a "cheer" person;)
>
> Vale
>
> Julia
>
> --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Fine Fine since I am home recuperating...and my roommate is not running
> the
> > games...I will participate...the first games ever that I have
> participated
> > in well over 10 years. I am not even a member of a faction...so what do I
> > need to do?
> >
> > Vale,
> >
> > Sulla
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 1:34 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> > luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Salve, et salvete all y'all!
> > >
> > > STOP IT!!!
> > > SI PLACET!!!!!
> > > *grin* now that my cap lock is unlocked, how about minding our own
> > > business, there is no one here who can't use a little improvement, well
> > > maybe myself and Palladius - ok I am just kidding... we all know that
> every
> > > year we have some problems of one sort or another and not all the Ludi
> get
> > > done.
> > > Last year we were lucky to have any!
> > >
> > > In my mind, if one is not actively helping out and has not been
> > > consistently doing so in the past then it appears to be "pot (not the
> word i
> > > really wanted to use but I do not have to resort to moderating myself)
> > > stirring."
> > >
> > > How about we all make a concerted effort and use that energy to help
> > > Crassus out? And if you are already helping out, stirring the pot is
> still
> > > poor form.
> > >
> > > Thank you Crasse for all that you are doing to honor the Gods and the
> > > respublica! I have named my Gaul and the entry shall be at your door
> > > soon;)Let's play y'all!!!!
> > >
> > > Vale, et valete,
> > >
> > > Julia
> > >
> > > P.S. Magistra, Metellus, Messallina and Sulla - where are your entries
> in
> > > the games?
> > > You too, Petronius amice mi, you are not getting off that easily
> either;)
> > > And Aeternia... and... Albucius Albata needs you!!!!!!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Salvete,



Oh I see you all want to know the competition!



Hoping IÂ’m not breaking any ethics of the Ludi with my inexperience (or
havenÂ’t done it already by not telling) here are the entrances for the races
till now.



For Albata:

2 chariots owned by P. Memmius Albucius

Altough not officially yet 2 chariots owned by L. Iulia Aquila



For Praesina:

2 chariots from V. Valerius Volusus

1 chariot from L. Cornelius Sulla Felix



For Russata:

2 chariots owned by P. Annaeus Constantinus Placidus

1 chariot owned by D. Arminius Brutus



For Veneta:

2 chariots from Aeternia



Giving a total of 12 chariots counting with the 2 from Iulia Aquila but I
donÂ’t think anyone can stop her to enter her chariots on the races.



More 4 and all the vacancies will be fulfilled.



Now IÂ’m sure that would be against the rules and ethics to tell the tactics
the chariots will use so donÂ’t even try to make me tell.



Valete optime bene,

Crassus



From: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Belle Morte Statia
Sent: sábado, 16 de Abril de 2011 21:45
To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Nova-Roma] Oooo Yeah Games!!!! Re: URGENT - Ludi Ceriales





Salvete,

Julia, I have submitted my two chariot entries, I was actually the very
first to enter for the Ludi Cereales. And I have a new chariot driver and
my chariots are prepared to take no prisoners and win.

Albata be prepared to add some blue to that the white banner ;-)

Valete,
Aeternia.

>
>
>

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Ok buddy boy - it'ssssss oooonnnn! (said in my best and thickest southern drawl)

--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@...> wrote:
>
> Hehehe I joined the Greens.....home of the Boni! (Hahahhahaha)
>
> The HONEY BADGER WILL RULE!!!
>
> On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:13 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Ave Sulla
> >
> > First you join the Albata, the winning team, then you create a chariot and
> > charioteer, use your imagination. The rest is pretty much up to the
> > Tribunes, they determine the placement and wins by sorts (I think)
> > . OR you could ask Crassus what he needs help with.
> > BUT first you must join Albata! We really need a "cheer" person;)
> >
> > Vale
> >
> > Julia
> >
> > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Fine Fine since I am home recuperating...and my roommate is not running
> > the
> > > games...I will participate...the first games ever that I have
> > participated
> > > in well over 10 years. I am not even a member of a faction...so what do I
> > > need to do?
> > >
> > > Vale,
> > >
> > > Sulla
> > >
> > > On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 1:34 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> > > luciaiuliaaquila@> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Salve, et salvete all y'all!
> > > >
> > > > STOP IT!!!
> > > > SI PLACET!!!!!
> > > > *grin* now that my cap lock is unlocked, how about minding our own
> > > > business, there is no one here who can't use a little improvement, well
> > > > maybe myself and Palladius - ok I am just kidding... we all know that
> > every
> > > > year we have some problems of one sort or another and not all the Ludi
> > get
> > > > done.
> > > > Last year we were lucky to have any!
> > > >
> > > > In my mind, if one is not actively helping out and has not been
> > > > consistently doing so in the past then it appears to be "pot (not the
> > word i
> > > > really wanted to use but I do not have to resort to moderating myself)
> > > > stirring."
> > > >
> > > > How about we all make a concerted effort and use that energy to help
> > > > Crassus out? And if you are already helping out, stirring the pot is
> > still
> > > > poor form.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you Crasse for all that you are doing to honor the Gods and the
> > > > respublica! I have named my Gaul and the entry shall be at your door
> > > > soon;)Let's play y'all!!!!
> > > >
> > > > Vale, et valete,
> > > >
> > > > Julia
> > > >
> > > > P.S. Magistra, Metellus, Messallina and Sulla - where are your entries
> > in
> > > > the games?
> > > > You too, Petronius amice mi, you are not getting off that easily
> > either;)
> > > > And Aeternia... and... Albucius Albata needs you!!!!!!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Hey we could bribe you? maybe...to tell us the tactics? I can slip a
Benjiman to ya...no one has to know! LOL

On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:41 PM, C. Aemilius Crassus <
c.aemilius.crassus@...> wrote:

>
>
> Salvete,
>
> Oh I see you all want to know the competition!
>
> Hoping I�m not breaking any ethics of the Ludi with my inexperience (or
> haven�t done it already by not telling) here are the entrances for the
> races
> till now.
>
> For Albata:
>
> 2 chariots owned by P. Memmius Albucius
>
> Altough not officially yet 2 chariots owned by L. Iulia Aquila
>
> For Praesina:
>
> 2 chariots from V. Valerius Volusus
>
> 1 chariot from L. Cornelius Sulla Felix
>
> For Russata:
>
> 2 chariots owned by P. Annaeus Constantinus Placidus
>
> 1 chariot owned by D. Arminius Brutus
>
> For Veneta:
>
> 2 chariots from Aeternia
>
> Giving a total of 12 chariots counting with the 2 from Iulia Aquila but I
> don�t think anyone can stop her to enter her chariots on the races.
>
> More 4 and all the vacancies will be fulfilled.
>
> Now I�m sure that would be against the rules and ethics to tell the tactics
> the chariots will use so don�t even try to make me tell.
>
> Valete optime bene,
>
> Crassus
>
> From: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf
> Of Belle Morte Statia
> Sent: s�bado, 16 de Abril de 2011 21:45
> To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Nova-Roma] Oooo Yeah Games!!!! Re: URGENT - Ludi Ceriales
>
> Salvete,
>
> Julia, I have submitted my two chariot entries, I was actually the very
> first to enter for the Ludi Cereales. And I have a new chariot driver and
> my chariots are prepared to take no prisoners and win.
>
> Albata be prepared to add some blue to that the white banner ;-)
>
> Valete,
> Aeternia.
>
> >
> >
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Salvete,

Looks like we both lost Julia, the Cornelius has decided to join
Praesina....

Citizens come join Veneta, the faction of many champions!

P.S. We have both Candy and a Fondue bar!

Valete,
Aeternia


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

LOL!!!!

You cant touch the Honey Badger!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg

Vale,

Sulla

On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:44 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:

>
>
> Ok buddy boy - it'ssssss oooonnnn! (said in my best and thickest southern
> drawl)
>
>
> --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hehehe I joined the Greens.....home of the Boni! (Hahahhahaha)
> >
> > The HONEY BADGER WILL RULE!!!
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:13 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> > luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Ave Sulla
> > >
> > > First you join the Albata, the winning team, then you create a chariot
> and
> > > charioteer, use your imagination. The rest is pretty much up to the
> > > Tribunes, they determine the placement and wins by sorts (I think)
> > > . OR you could ask Crassus what he needs help with.
> > > BUT first you must join Albata! We really need a "cheer" person;)
> > >
> > > Vale
> > >
> > > Julia
> > >
> > > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Fine Fine since I am home recuperating...and my roommate is not
> running
> > > the
> > > > games...I will participate...the first games ever that I have
> > > participated
> > > > in well over 10 years. I am not even a member of a faction...so what
> do I
> > > > need to do?
> > > >
> > > > Vale,
> > > >
> > > > Sulla
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 1:34 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> > > > luciaiuliaaquila@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Salve, et salvete all y'all!
> > > > >
> > > > > STOP IT!!!
> > > > > SI PLACET!!!!!
> > > > > *grin* now that my cap lock is unlocked, how about minding our own
> > > > > business, there is no one here who can't use a little improvement,
> well
> > > > > maybe myself and Palladius - ok I am just kidding... we all know
> that
> > > every
> > > > > year we have some problems of one sort or another and not all the
> Ludi
> > > get
> > > > > done.
> > > > > Last year we were lucky to have any!
> > > > >
> > > > > In my mind, if one is not actively helping out and has not been
> > > > > consistently doing so in the past then it appears to be "pot (not
> the
> > > word i
> > > > > really wanted to use but I do not have to resort to moderating
> myself)
> > > > > stirring."
> > > > >
> > > > > How about we all make a concerted effort and use that energy to
> help
> > > > > Crassus out? And if you are already helping out, stirring the pot
> is
> > > still
> > > > > poor form.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you Crasse for all that you are doing to honor the Gods and
> the
> > > > > respublica! I have named my Gaul and the entry shall be at your
> door
> > > > > soon;)Let's play y'all!!!!
> > > > >
> > > > > Vale, et valete,
> > > > >
> > > > > Julia
> > > > >
> > > > > P.S. Magistra, Metellus, Messallina and Sulla - where are your
> entries
> > > in
> > > > > the games?
> > > > > You too, Petronius amice mi, you are not getting off that easily
> > > either;)
> > > > > And Aeternia... and... Albucius Albata needs you!!!!!!
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Salve Iulia,



Thank to pass this over. It is always great to hear news, and above all good
news, from Caeca.



Vale optime bene,

Crassus



From: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of luciaiuliaaquila
Sent: sábado, 16 de Abril de 2011 22:20
To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Nova-Roma] Message from Maria





Salve, et salvete,

Maria asked me to let everyone know that she did not have surgery as planned
on Thursday. Not sure if it will be planned for in the future or not. Maria
is coming along well, is in excellent spirits and sends everyone her best
regards.

Vale, et Valete

Julia





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Ave Sulla,

The wine flows like the Tiber, but better because you can drink it!!!!!

Vale,

Julia

--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@...> wrote:
>
> Do we have wine though? That's what we really want!
>
> On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:17 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Ave, et avete,
> >
> > *casts a sultry gaze towards Aeternia*
> >
> > Citizens, come join the winning team, ALBATA -home of champions!
> >
> > P.S. We have candy
> >
> > *laughs*
> >
> > Vale optime,
> >
> > Julia
> >
> >

Salve,


Sulla!!!! No, bad Honey Badger!

Vale,
Aeternia


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Ave!

Tinky, you know the Honey Badger is BADASS!!!! :)

Sulla

On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Belle Morte Statia <syrenslullaby@...

> wrote:

>
>
> Salve,
>
> Sulla!!!! No, bad Honey Badger!
>
> Vale,
>
> Aeternia
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Ave Crasse,

How many chariots can we enter? I'll stick my loser in (who is a master trainer) if we fall short...

And yes it is coming but I have had a few interruptions;)

Vale,

Julia

--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "C. Aemilius Crassus" <c.aemilius.crassus@...> wrote:
>
> Salvete,
>
>
>
> Oh I see you all want to know the competition!
>
>
>
> Hoping I'm not breaking any ethics of the Ludi with my inexperience (or
> haven't done it already by not telling) here are the entrances for the races
> till now.
>
>
>
> For Albata:
>
> 2 chariots owned by P. Memmius Albucius
>
> Altough not officially yet 2 chariots owned by L. Iulia Aquila
>
>
>
> For Praesina:
>
> 2 chariots from V. Valerius Volusus
>
> 1 chariot from L. Cornelius Sulla Felix
>
>
>
> For Russata:
>
> 2 chariots owned by P. Annaeus Constantinus Placidus
>
> 1 chariot owned by D. Arminius Brutus
>
>
>
> For Veneta:
>
> 2 chariots from Aeternia
>
>
>
> Giving a total of 12 chariots counting with the 2 from Iulia Aquila but I
> don't think anyone can stop her to enter her chariots on the races.
>
>
>
> More 4 and all the vacancies will be fulfilled.
>
>
>
> Now I'm sure that would be against the rules and ethics to tell the tactics
> the chariots will use so don't even try to make me tell.
>
>
>
> Valete optime bene,
>
> Crassus
>
>
>
> From: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
> Of Belle Morte Statia
> Sent: sábado, 16 de Abril de 2011 21:45
> To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Nova-Roma] Oooo Yeah Games!!!! Re: URGENT - Ludi Ceriales
>
>
>
>
>
> Salvete,
>
> Julia, I have submitted my two chariot entries, I was actually the very
> first to enter for the Ludi Cereales. And I have a new chariot driver and
> my chariots are prepared to take no prisoners and win.
>
> Albata be prepared to add some blue to that the white banner ;-)
>
> Valete,
> Aeternia.
>
> >
> >
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Hey Enter as many as you want...you can't touch the Honey Badger!!!!

On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:47 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:

>
>
> Ave Crasse,
>
> How many chariots can we enter? I'll stick my loser in (who is a master
> trainer) if we fall short...
>
> And yes it is coming but I have had a few interruptions;)
>
> Vale,
>
> Julia
>
>
> --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "C. Aemilius Crassus"
> <c.aemilius.crassus@...> wrote:
> >
> > Salvete,
> >
> >
> >
> > Oh I see you all want to know the competition!
> >
> >
> >
> > Hoping I'm not breaking any ethics of the Ludi with my inexperience (or
> > haven't done it already by not telling) here are the entrances for the
> races
> > till now.
> >
> >
> >
> > For Albata:
> >
> > 2 chariots owned by P. Memmius Albucius
> >
> > Altough not officially yet 2 chariots owned by L. Iulia Aquila
> >
> >
> >
> > For Praesina:
> >
> > 2 chariots from V. Valerius Volusus
> >
> > 1 chariot from L. Cornelius Sulla Felix
> >
> >
> >
> > For Russata:
> >
> > 2 chariots owned by P. Annaeus Constantinus Placidus
> >
> > 1 chariot owned by D. Arminius Brutus
> >
> >
> >
> > For Veneta:
> >
> > 2 chariots from Aeternia
> >
> >
> >
> > Giving a total of 12 chariots counting with the 2 from Iulia Aquila but I
> > don't think anyone can stop her to enter her chariots on the races.
> >
> >
> >
> > More 4 and all the vacancies will be fulfilled.
> >
> >
> >
> > Now I'm sure that would be against the rules and ethics to tell the
> tactics
> > the chariots will use so don't even try to make me tell.
> >
> >
> >
> > Valete optime bene,
> >
> > Crassus
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf
> > Of Belle Morte Statia
> > Sent: s�bado, 16 de Abril de 2011 21:45
> > To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [Nova-Roma] Oooo Yeah Games!!!! Re: URGENT - Ludi Ceriales
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Salvete,
> >
> > Julia, I have submitted my two chariot entries, I was actually the very
> > first to enter for the Ludi Cereales. And I have a new chariot driver and
> > my chariots are prepared to take no prisoners and win.
> >
> > Albata be prepared to add some blue to that the white banner ;-)
> >
> > Valete,
> > Aeternia.
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Salve Aeternia,

Puft! Praesina! A cakewalk to dominate them;)

Citizens! Join a winning team! Albata!

We have rivers of wine, fountains of chocolate, fresh homemade gelato and a sumptuous feast of meats, breads and including all the weird stuff Roman's like to eat.
We also have free parking available and several luxurious litters to bring you to the circus in style!

*smiles at Aeternia*

Vale

Julia

--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Belle Morte Statia <syrenslullaby@...> wrote:
>
> Salvete,
>
> Looks like we both lost Julia, the Cornelius has decided to join
> Praesina....
>
> Citizens come join Veneta, the faction of many champions!
>
> P.S. We have both Candy and a Fondue bar!
>
> Valete,
> Aeternia
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Salve Regilla,



And it is always great to know cousin from the Aemilia gens.



I donÂ’t think there are any restriction to join. You are expect to choose
one of the 4 factions, Albata (whites), Praesina (Greens), Russata (Reds) or
Veneta (Blues). By joining I mean you choose one of them and with the
inscription of your(s) chariot(s) you tell me under which banner your(s)
chariot(s) are running.



The rest you got it right, you must choose one tactic for each phase of the
competition, there are 6 to choose from.



The dirty actions that will not be used on these Ludi are attempt to murder
the driver of other faction or to sabotage a chariot. Some of the tactics
you can choose from arenÂ’t particularly clean but are allowed.



If you have any other question please do ask and I or others will answer for
sure.



And now I rest and watch while the factions try to make you join them. I
only donÂ’t do it myself because IÂ’m organizing the races, lol.



Vale,

Crassu



From: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Denise D.
Sent: sábado, 16 de Abril de 2011 17:16
To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Nova-Roma] LUDI CERIALES - Beginner Questions





Salve,

I´d like to join Ludis Ceriales, but I have some questions about chariot
races, so I´d appreciate if someone could help me with my questions before
send my request to Crassus.

I read the rules and according to them I have to choose only one action to
quarters, only one to semifinals, and only one to finals; the actions may be
different from each other and may not be dirty actions, right? There is some
kind to restriction to join?

Btw, if you need some help with Ludi I could be a volunteer, but I don´t
know how to help. You may send me a pvt mail explaining how to if more
volunteers are needed.

Vale,

--
lunaspeculum.blogspot.com

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Ave

Maybe not i but I have bees with great big stingers! Take that and stick it in your honey pot *laughs*
I am getting a laugh headache...

Vale

Julia

--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@...> wrote:
>
> Hey Enter as many as you want...you can't touch the Honey Badger!!!!
>
> On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:47 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Ave Crasse,
> >
> > How many chariots can we enter? I'll stick my loser in (who is a master
> > trainer) if we fall short...
> >
> > And yes it is coming but I have had a few interruptions;)
> >
> > Vale,
> >
> > Julia
> >
> >
> > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "C. Aemilius Crassus"
> > <c.aemilius.crassus@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Salvete,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Oh I see you all want to know the competition!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hoping I'm not breaking any ethics of the Ludi with my inexperience (or
> > > haven't done it already by not telling) here are the entrances for the
> > races
> > > till now.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > For Albata:
> > >
> > > 2 chariots owned by P. Memmius Albucius
> > >
> > > Altough not officially yet 2 chariots owned by L. Iulia Aquila
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > For Praesina:
> > >
> > > 2 chariots from V. Valerius Volusus
> > >
> > > 1 chariot from L. Cornelius Sulla Felix
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > For Russata:
> > >
> > > 2 chariots owned by P. Annaeus Constantinus Placidus
> > >
> > > 1 chariot owned by D. Arminius Brutus
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > For Veneta:
> > >
> > > 2 chariots from Aeternia
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Giving a total of 12 chariots counting with the 2 from Iulia Aquila but I
> > > don't think anyone can stop her to enter her chariots on the races.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > More 4 and all the vacancies will be fulfilled.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Now I'm sure that would be against the rules and ethics to tell the
> > tactics
> > > the chariots will use so don't even try to make me tell.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Valete optime bene,
> > >
> > > Crassus
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > From: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com] On
> > Behalf
> > > Of Belle Morte Statia
> > > Sent: sábado, 16 de Abril de 2011 21:45
> > > To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: Re: [Nova-Roma] Oooo Yeah Games!!!! Re: URGENT - Ludi Ceriales
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Salvete,
> > >
> > > Julia, I have submitted my two chariot entries, I was actually the very
> > > first to enter for the Ludi Cereales. And I have a new chariot driver and
> > > my chariots are prepared to take no prisoners and win.
> > >
> > > Albata be prepared to add some blue to that the white banner ;-)
> > >
> > > Valete,
> > > Aeternia.
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Ave!

Did you see the video I linked? Honey Badger doesnt care if he gets
stung....he still chomps down on bee larvae! :) He dont give a F---!
Because he is the Honey Badger!

Sulla

On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 3:08 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:

>
>
> Ave
>
> Maybe not i but I have bees with great big stingers! Take that and stick it
> in your honey pot *laughs*
> I am getting a laugh headache...
>
> Vale
>
> Julia
>
>
> --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hey Enter as many as you want...you can't touch the Honey Badger!!!!
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:47 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> > luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Ave Crasse,
> > >
> > > How many chariots can we enter? I'll stick my loser in (who is a master
> > > trainer) if we fall short...
> > >
> > > And yes it is coming but I have had a few interruptions;)
> > >
> > > Vale,
> > >
> > > Julia
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "C. Aemilius Crassus"
> > > <c.aemilius.crassus@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Salvete,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Oh I see you all want to know the competition!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hoping I'm not breaking any ethics of the Ludi with my inexperience
> (or
> > > > haven't done it already by not telling) here are the entrances for
> the
> > > races
> > > > till now.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > For Albata:
> > > >
> > > > 2 chariots owned by P. Memmius Albucius
> > > >
> > > > Altough not officially yet 2 chariots owned by L. Iulia Aquila
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > For Praesina:
> > > >
> > > > 2 chariots from V. Valerius Volusus
> > > >
> > > > 1 chariot from L. Cornelius Sulla Felix
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > For Russata:
> > > >
> > > > 2 chariots owned by P. Annaeus Constantinus Placidus
> > > >
> > > > 1 chariot owned by D. Arminius Brutus
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > For Veneta:
> > > >
> > > > 2 chariots from Aeternia
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Giving a total of 12 chariots counting with the 2 from Iulia Aquila
> but I
> > > > don't think anyone can stop her to enter her chariots on the races.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > More 4 and all the vacancies will be fulfilled.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Now I'm sure that would be against the rules and ethics to tell the
> > > tactics
> > > > the chariots will use so don't even try to make me tell.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Valete optime bene,
> > > >
> > > > Crassus
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > From: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com]
> On
> > > Behalf
> > > > Of Belle Morte Statia
> > > > Sent: s�bado, 16 de Abril de 2011 21:45
> > > > To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Subject: Re: [Nova-Roma] Oooo Yeah Games!!!! Re: URGENT - Ludi
> Ceriales
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Salvete,
> > > >
> > > > Julia, I have submitted my two chariot entries, I was actually the
> very
> > > > first to enter for the Ludi Cereales. And I have a new chariot driver
> and
> > > > my chariots are prepared to take no prisoners and win.
> > > >
> > > > Albata be prepared to add some blue to that the white banner ;-)
> > > >
> > > > Valete,
> > > > Aeternia.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>

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Ave,

Shhhh Sulla, the praetores are watching... You'll wind up in the arena!

Vale,

Julia

--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@...> wrote:
>
> Hey we could bribe you? maybe...to tell us the tactics? I can slip a
> Benjiman to ya...no one has to know! LOL
>
> On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:41 PM, C. Aemilius Crassus <
> c.aemilius.crassus@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Salvete,
> >
> > Oh I see you all want to know the competition!
> >
> > Hoping I'm not breaking any ethics of the Ludi with my inexperience (or
> > haven't done it already by not telling) here are the entrances for the
> > races
> > till now.
> >
> > For Albata:
> >
> > 2 chariots owned by P. Memmius Albucius
> >
> > Altough not officially yet 2 chariots owned by L. Iulia Aquila
> >
> > For Praesina:
> >
> > 2 chariots from V. Valerius Volusus
> >
> > 1 chariot from L. Cornelius Sulla Felix
> >
> > For Russata:
> >
> > 2 chariots owned by P. Annaeus Constantinus Placidus
> >
> > 1 chariot owned by D. Arminius Brutus
> >
> > For Veneta:
> >
> > 2 chariots from Aeternia
> >
> > Giving a total of 12 chariots counting with the 2 from Iulia Aquila but I
> > don't think anyone can stop her to enter her chariots on the races.
> >
> > More 4 and all the vacancies will be fulfilled.
> >
> > Now I'm sure that would be against the rules and ethics to tell the tactics
> > the chariots will use so don't even try to make me tell.
> >
> > Valete optime bene,
> >
> > Crassus
> >
> > From: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com] On
> > Behalf
> > Of Belle Morte Statia
> > Sent: sábado, 16 de Abril de 2011 21:45
> > To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [Nova-Roma] Oooo Yeah Games!!!! Re: URGENT - Ludi Ceriales
> >
> > Salvete,
> >
> > Julia, I have submitted my two chariot entries, I was actually the very
> > first to enter for the Ludi Cereales. And I have a new chariot driver and
> > my chariots are prepared to take no prisoners and win.
> >
> > Albata be prepared to add some blue to that the white banner ;-)
> >
> > Valete,
> > Aeternia.
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Salve Iulia,



The limit is 2 from one owner.



I must say that the Albata is growing in a terrific step since I have just
received more one inscription from Scholastica. Albata will be running 5
chariots counting with your two.



I donÂ’t know if I will not have to close the inscriptions from Albata at
this rate ;)



Vale,

Crassus



From: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of luciaiuliaaquila
Sent: sábado, 16 de Abril de 2011 22:47
To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Nova-Roma] Re: Oooo Yeah Games!!!!





Ave Crasse,

How many chariots can we enter? I'll stick my loser in (who is a master
trainer) if we fall short...

And yes it is coming but I have had a few interruptions;)

Vale,

Julia

--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Nova-Roma%40yahoogroups.com> , "C.
Aemilius Crassus" <c.aemilius.crassus@...> wrote:

>
> Salvete,
>
>
>
> Oh I see you all want to know the competition!
>
>
>
> Hoping I'm not breaking any ethics of the Ludi with my inexperience (or
> haven't done it already by not telling) here are the entrances for the

races

> till now.
>
>
>
> For Albata:
>
> 2 chariots owned by P. Memmius Albucius
>
> Altough not officially yet 2 chariots owned by L. Iulia Aquila
>
>
>
> For Praesina:
>
> 2 chariots from V. Valerius Volusus
>
> 1 chariot from L. Cornelius Sulla Felix
>
>
>
> For Russata:
>
> 2 chariots owned by P. Annaeus Constantinus Placidus
>
> 1 chariot owned by D. Arminius Brutus
>
>
>
> For Veneta:
>
> 2 chariots from Aeternia
>
>
>
> Giving a total of 12 chariots counting with the 2 from Iulia Aquila but I
> don't think anyone can stop her to enter her chariots on the races.
>
>
>
> More 4 and all the vacancies will be fulfilled.
>
>
>
> Now I'm sure that would be against the rules and ethics to tell the

tactics

> the chariots will use so don't even try to make me tell.
>
>
>
> Valete optime bene,
>
> Crassus
>
>
>
> From: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Nova-Roma%40yahoogroups.com>

[mailto:Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Nova-Roma%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
Behalf

> Of Belle Morte Statia
> Sent: sábado, 16 de Abril de 2011 21:45
> To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Nova-Roma%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Nova-Roma] Oooo Yeah Games!!!! Re: URGENT - Ludi Ceriales
>
>
>
>
>
> Salvete,
>
> Julia, I have submitted my two chariot entries, I was actually the very
> first to enter for the Ludi Cereales. And I have a new chariot driver and
> my chariots are prepared to take no prisoners and win.
>
> Albata be prepared to add some blue to that the white banner ;-)
>
> Valete,
> Aeternia.
>
> >
> >
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

You drink water from the Tiber??? I thought you were a Patrican! LOL

On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:43 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:

>
>
> Ave Sulla,
>
> The wine flows like the Tiber, but better because you can drink it!!!!!
>
> Vale,
>
> Julia
>
> --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Do we have wine though? That's what we really want!
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:17 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> > luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Ave, et avete,
> > >
> > > *casts a sultry gaze towards Aeternia*
> > >
> > > Citizens, come join the winning team, ALBATA -home of champions!
> > >
> > > P.S. We have candy
> > >
> > > *laughs*
> > >
> > > Vale optime,
> > >
> > > Julia
> > >
> > >
>
>
>

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Salvete Omnes:


What is this? Albata overfloweth?


Veneta, come forth and represent!

Messalina! You must enter too, Cato, Dexter, we must triumph!

Don't make me pull out the megaphone Veneti!


Valete bene,
Aeternia (who had caffeine earlier)


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Salve Sulla,

Yes the Honey Badger is a fierce creature, you are a bratty creature..

Completely different :P

Vale,
Aeternia (Tinca)


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Salve Sulla

Sulla, Sulla, Sulla, now now, the meaning of what I said is the wine was better because *unlike* the Tiber you can drink it. *sigh* I do feel sorry for the Praesina because, after all, it's not so easy being green *weg*
Moi? A Patrician? Shhh that is a well kept secret but you are astute to recognize a Patrician when you see one. Oh and where are my manners, I'll have one of Caesar's footstools scurry to your service *bursts out laughing*. I could not resist.

Oh wait you said Patrican! What's a Patrican? *grin*

Vale bene

Julia The Pleb

--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@...> wrote:
>
> You drink water from the Tiber??? I thought you were a Patrican! LOL
>
> On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:43 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Ave Sulla,
> >
> > The wine flows like the Tiber, but better because you can drink it!!!!!
> >
> > Vale,
> >
> > Julia
> >
> > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Do we have wine though? That's what we really want!
> > >
> > > On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:17 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> > > luciaiuliaaquila@> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Ave, et avete,
> > > >
> > > > *casts a sultry gaze towards Aeternia*
> > > >
> > > > Citizens, come join the winning team, ALBATA -home of champions!
> > > >
> > > > P.S. We have candy
> > > >
> > > > *laughs*
> > > >
> > > > Vale optime,
> > > >
> > > > Julia
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

LOL!!! Even Tink thought you were a blue blood....but eh..since your
not..bring me a sammich! LOL

On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 3:34 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:

>
>
> Salve Sulla
>
> Sulla, Sulla, Sulla, now now, the meaning of what I said is the wine was
> better because *unlike* the Tiber you can drink it. *sigh* I do feel sorry
> for the Praesina because, after all, it's not so easy being green *weg*
> Moi? A Patrician? Shhh that is a well kept secret but you are astute to
> recognize a Patrician when you see one. Oh and where are my manners, I'll
> have one of Caesar's footstools scurry to your service *bursts out
> laughing*. I could not resist.
>
> Oh wait you said Patrican! What's a Patrican? *grin*
>
> Vale bene
>
> Julia The Pleb
>
>
> --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > You drink water from the Tiber??? I thought you were a Patrican! LOL
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:43 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> > luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Ave Sulla,
> > >
> > > The wine flows like the Tiber, but better because you can drink it!!!!!
> > >
> > > Vale,
> > >
> > > Julia
> > >
> > > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Do we have wine though? That's what we really want!
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:17 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> > > > luciaiuliaaquila@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Ave, et avete,
> > > > >
> > > > > *casts a sultry gaze towards Aeternia*
> > > > >
> > > > > Citizens, come join the winning team, ALBATA -home of champions!
> > > > >
> > > > > P.S. We have candy
> > > > >
> > > > > *laughs*
> > > > >
> > > > > Vale optime,
> > > > >
> > > > > Julia
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Ave Sulla,

Even Tink recognizes a blue blood, I am incognito *laughs*
sammich? You want a sammich? *eg* it might just be your last~
*very evil laugh*

Good night, i am heading for food... but i have one more thing to do;)

Vale bene

Julia

--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@...> wrote:
>
> LOL!!! Even Tink thought you were a blue blood....but eh..since your
> not..bring me a sammich! LOL
>
> On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 3:34 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Salve Sulla
> >
> > Sulla, Sulla, Sulla, now now, the meaning of what I said is the wine was
> > better because *unlike* the Tiber you can drink it. *sigh* I do feel sorry
> > for the Praesina because, after all, it's not so easy being green *weg*
> > Moi? A Patrician? Shhh that is a well kept secret but you are astute to
> > recognize a Patrician when you see one. Oh and where are my manners, I'll
> > have one of Caesar's footstools scurry to your service *bursts out
> > laughing*. I could not resist.
> >
> > Oh wait you said Patrican! What's a Patrican? *grin*
> >
> > Vale bene
> >
> > Julia The Pleb
> >
> >
> > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > You drink water from the Tiber??? I thought you were a Patrican! LOL
> > >
> > > On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:43 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> > > luciaiuliaaquila@> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Ave Sulla,
> > > >
> > > > The wine flows like the Tiber, but better because you can drink it!!!!!
> > > >
> > > > Vale,
> > > >
> > > > Julia
> > > >
> > > > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Do we have wine though? That's what we really want!
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:17 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> > > > > luciaiuliaaquila@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Ave, et avete,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > *casts a sultry gaze towards Aeternia*
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Citizens, come join the winning team, ALBATA -home of champions!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > P.S. We have candy
> > > > > >
> > > > > > *laughs*
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Vale optime,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Julia
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Ave!

LOL!!!

Well for my sammich...I will take Hebrew National Salami with Mustard on
wheat with onions extra provolone! ;) Ya know since your on your way out
to get food! ;) Of course I will have to take out some onions when I give
some of it to Nikita to taste test the sammich! LOL hehehehehe No Claudius
here! ;)

Vale,

Sulla

On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 5:59 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:

>
>
> Ave Sulla,
>
> Even Tink recognizes a blue blood, I am incognito *laughs*
> sammich? You want a sammich? *eg* it might just be your last~
> *very evil laugh*
>
> Good night, i am heading for food... but i have one more thing to do;)
>
> Vale bene
>
>
> Julia
>
> --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > LOL!!! Even Tink thought you were a blue blood....but eh..since your
> > not..bring me a sammich! LOL
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 3:34 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> > luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Salve Sulla
> > >
> > > Sulla, Sulla, Sulla, now now, the meaning of what I said is the wine
> was
> > > better because *unlike* the Tiber you can drink it. *sigh* I do feel
> sorry
> > > for the Praesina because, after all, it's not so easy being green *weg*
> > > Moi? A Patrician? Shhh that is a well kept secret but you are astute to
> > > recognize a Patrician when you see one. Oh and where are my manners,
> I'll
> > > have one of Caesar's footstools scurry to your service *bursts out
> > > laughing*. I could not resist.
> > >
> > > Oh wait you said Patrican! What's a Patrican? *grin*
> > >
> > > Vale bene
> > >
> > > Julia The Pleb
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > You drink water from the Tiber??? I thought you were a Patrican! LOL
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:43 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> > > > luciaiuliaaquila@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Ave Sulla,
> > > > >
> > > > > The wine flows like the Tiber, but better because you can drink
> it!!!!!
> > > > >
> > > > > Vale,
> > > > >
> > > > > Julia
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine
> <robert.woolwine@>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Do we have wine though? That's what we really want!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:17 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> > > > > > luciaiuliaaquila@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Ave, et avete,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > *casts a sultry gaze towards Aeternia*
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Citizens, come join the winning team, ALBATA -home of
> champions!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > P.S. We have candy
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > *laughs*
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Vale optime,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Julia
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>

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Salve backatcha! et Salvete

FOILED!!! I could never harm an innocent animal!

Just for that you get Genoa Salami with Swiss,oil and vinegar with Jalapenos on Italian bread. And it is coming by delivery, I have one of my servants order it for you~

I am not going out to "get" food but to partake of delicacies after it has been served to me on the tight abdomen of a reclining agitatore *slow smile* while I sit on one of Caesar's respiring and quite warm benches.

Oh I really need to get that parody done;)
No on is safe, no one!

Good night Sulla and don't make me have to back up in here later!
Good night all!

Vale optime

Julia

--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@...> wrote:
>
> Ave!
>
> LOL!!!
>
> Well for my sammich...I will take Hebrew National Salami with Mustard on
> wheat with onions extra provolone! ;) Ya know since your on your way out
> to get food! ;) Of course I will have to take out some onions when I give
> some of it to Nikita to taste test the sammich! LOL hehehehehe No Claudius
> here! ;)
>
> Vale,
>
> Sulla
>
> On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 5:59 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Ave Sulla,
> >
> > Even Tink recognizes a blue blood, I am incognito *laughs*
> > sammich? You want a sammich? *eg* it might just be your last~
> > *very evil laugh*
> >
> > Good night, i am heading for food... but i have one more thing to do;)
> >
> > Vale bene
> >
> >
> > Julia
> >
> > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > LOL!!! Even Tink thought you were a blue blood....but eh..since your
> > > not..bring me a sammich! LOL
> > >
> > > On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 3:34 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> > > luciaiuliaaquila@> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Salve Sulla
> > > >
> > > > Sulla, Sulla, Sulla, now now, the meaning of what I said is the wine
> > was
> > > > better because *unlike* the Tiber you can drink it. *sigh* I do feel
> > sorry
> > > > for the Praesina because, after all, it's not so easy being green *weg*
> > > > Moi? A Patrician? Shhh that is a well kept secret but you are astute to
> > > > recognize a Patrician when you see one. Oh and where are my manners,
> > I'll
> > > > have one of Caesar's footstools scurry to your service *bursts out
> > > > laughing*. I could not resist.
> > > >
> > > > Oh wait you said Patrican! What's a Patrican? *grin*
> > > >
> > > > Vale bene
> > > >
> > > > Julia The Pleb
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > You drink water from the Tiber??? I thought you were a Patrican! LOL
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:43 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> > > > > luciaiuliaaquila@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Ave Sulla,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The wine flows like the Tiber, but better because you can drink
> > it!!!!!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Vale,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Julia
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine
> > <robert.woolwine@>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Do we have wine though? That's what we really want!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:17 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> > > > > > > luciaiuliaaquila@> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Ave, et avete,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > *casts a sultry gaze towards Aeternia*
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Citizens, come join the winning team, ALBATA -home of
> > champions!
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > P.S. We have candy
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > *laughs*
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Vale optime,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Julia
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

L. Iulia Aquila quiritibus bonae voluntatis S.P.D

Come join the Factio Albata, or the Whites, one of the two oldest teams in ancient Rome and Nova Roma!
Enjoy the thrill of entering your own chariots in the upcoming
Ludus and enjoy the support of the Faction!
Bask in the spine tingling camaraderie of your fellow Albata citizens!
The excitement of the Ludi calls you!

Victoria vique velocitate!

Experience the electricity wrought by the pounding of hooves driven into the sand by a team of thundering horseflesh pulling your chariots driven by your agitatores! The crowds loudly demanding more!
The raw enthusiasm of the masses will captivate and elevate you as your entry or entries are deemed champion!

Semper Albata! Albata Victoria!

Whether you have an entry or not come see the spectacle and be as one strong historical Faction!

The last season Albata rose to the height of glory with the winning chariots in last year's (2763) Ludi Novi Romani and Ludi Magna Romani, come join us as we do it again this year!

The Albatae has started the year off well with a gladiatorial win by Sura owned by Gaius Petronius Africanus!


Come join a winning team!


How to Join the Whites:
*Go to your Album Civium page login http://www.novaroma.org/civitas/album and
click the "My Account" button.
*One of the options is "Racing Faction" – choose Albata as your faction
*Once that is done, join our mailing list:
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/factio_albata/

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT: The position of Lanista for the Gladiator School is open.
For more information on becoming appointed as Lanista for this School, contact the Domina factionis of Factio Albata, L. Julia Aquila.

*Our NR Wiki page:
http://www.novaroma.org/nr/Factio_Albata
*Our virtual International Gladiator School: LUDUS ALBATUS:
http://www.novaroma.org/nr/Ludus_Albatus_(Nova_Roma)
*Sodalitas Munerum
http://www.novaroma.org/nr/Sodalitas_Munerum_(Nova_Roma)
*Sodalitas Munerum ML:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SodalitasMunerum/


VICTORIA VIQVE VELOCITATE!!!!

Valete et habete fortunam bonam!

Julia

Salve Julia,

Hmph.


I think I'll have to hit up the Domina Factionis of Veneta for more funds,
PR promotion only of course....

I think it's very apparent at this point some of us have had high sugar
intakes..

Vale,
Aeternia


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>
>
> A. Tullia Scholastica L. Juliae Aquilae quiritibus bonae voluntatis S.P.D.
>
>
> Salve, et salvete,
>
> Maria asked me to let everyone know that she did not have surgery as planned
> on Thursday.
>
> ATS: I think it was supposedly Friday, but she did have a medical
> appointment at the hospital then. Friday is not the likeliest day for
> surgery, especially with Passover and Easter approaching...
>
>
> Not sure if it will be planned for in the future or not.
>
> ATS: I think it will have to happen, but it seems that the right hand
> does not know what the left hand is doing, so ortho doesn¹t know what trauma
> is doing and vice versa. She will see them again near the end of the month.
>
>
> Maria is coming along well, is in excellent spirits and sends everyone her
> best regards.
>
> ATS: Yes, she is; when I last spoke with her she told me that (weather
> and daylight permitting) she was able to go outside her building and sit on a
> bench or walk around. With luck, she might be further liberated. Progress is
> evident...
>
> Vale, et Valete
>
> Julia
>
> Vale, et valete
>
>
>
>
>

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>
> A. Tullia Scholastica C. Aemilio Crasso L. Juliae Aquilae quiritibus bonae
> voluntatis S.P.D.
>
>
>
> Salve Iulia,
>
> The limit is 2 from one owner.
>
> I must say that the Albata is growing in a terrific step since I have just
> received more one inscription from Scholastica.
>
> ATS: Uh-oh! I¹ve been outed as an Albata partisan! Can¹t these tribs
> keep quiet?
>
>
> Albata will be running 5
> chariots counting with your two.
>
> ATS: Well, what do you expect from the best of the best...and we¹re
> running for Caeca.
>
>
> I don¹t know if I will not have to close the inscriptions from Albata at
> this rate ;)
>
> ATS: LOL! Caeca might send you one...
>
>
>
> Vale,
>
> Crassus
>
> Valete.
>
>
>
> Sent: sábado, 16 de Abril de 2011 22:47
> To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Nova-Roma%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Nova-Roma] Re: Oooo Yeah Games!!!!
>
> Ave Crasse,
>
> How many chariots can we enter? I'll stick my loser in (who is a master
> trainer) if we fall short...
>
> And yes it is coming but I have had a few interruptions;)
>
> Vale,
>
> Julia
>
> --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Nova-Roma%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:Nova-Roma%40yahoogroups.com> , "C.
> Aemilius Crassus" <c.aemilius.crassus@...> wrote:
>> >
>> > Salvete,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Oh I see you all want to know the competition!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Hoping I'm not breaking any ethics of the Ludi with my inexperience (or
>> > haven't done it already by not telling) here are the entrances for the
> races
>> > till now.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > For Albata:
>> >
>> > 2 chariots owned by P. Memmius Albucius
>> >
>> > Altough not officially yet 2 chariots owned by L. Iulia Aquila
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > For Praesina:
>> >
>> > 2 chariots from V. Valerius Volusus
>> >
>> > 1 chariot from L. Cornelius Sulla Felix
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > For Russata:
>> >
>> > 2 chariots owned by P. Annaeus Constantinus Placidus
>> >
>> > 1 chariot owned by D. Arminius Brutus
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > For Veneta:
>> >
>> > 2 chariots from Aeternia
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Giving a total of 12 chariots counting with the 2 from Iulia Aquila but I
>> > don't think anyone can stop her to enter her chariots on the races.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > More 4 and all the vacancies will be fulfilled.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Now I'm sure that would be against the rules and ethics to tell the
> tactics
>> > the chariots will use so don't even try to make me tell.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Valete optime bene,
>> >
>> > Crassus
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > From: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Nova-Roma%40yahoogroups.com>
>> <mailto:Nova-Roma%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Nova-Roma%40yahoogroups.com>
> <mailto:Nova-Roma%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
> Behalf
>> > Of Belle Morte Statia
>> > Sent: sábado, 16 de Abril de 2011 21:45
>> > To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Nova-Roma%40yahoogroups.com>
>> <mailto:Nova-Roma%40yahoogroups.com>
>> > Subject: Re: [Nova-Roma] Oooo Yeah Games!!!! Re: URGENT - Ludi Ceriales
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Salvete,
>> >
>> > Julia, I have submitted my two chariot entries, I was actually the very
>> > first to enter for the Ludi Cereales. And I have a new chariot driver and
>> > my chariots are prepared to take no prisoners and win.
>> >
>> > Albata be prepared to add some blue to that the white banner ;-)
>> >
>> > Valete,
>> > Aeternia.
>> >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>> >

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C. Petronius Dexter omnibus salutem plurimam dicit,


***********************************************************
CERES RITUAL for CERIALIA 2764 aVc


Favete animis linguisque!


PRÆFATIO

O Ceres Auentina,
Ceres Mater ueneranda Nouae Romae,
Ceres Mater Matronarum Nouarum Romanarum,
Ceres Mater Plebis Nouae Romanae
Ceres Mater Populi Noui Romani Quiritium,
Ceres Mater ciuium Nouorum Romanorum,
Ceres felix, fausta, fortunata deis et mortalibus,
Dea quorumcumque e terra crescunt,
hoc die ante quintum decimum Kalendas Maias
anno tertio decimo Nouae Romae conditae,
hoc die ante quintum decimum Kalendas Maias
anno bis millesimo septingentesimo sexagesimo quarto Romae conditae,
hoc die Plebeio et festiuo Nouae Romae conditae,
te hoc ture commouendo bonas preces precor,
uti sies uolens propitia Populo Nouo Romano Quiritibus, Reique Publicae Populi
Noui Romani Quiritium, mihi, domo, familiae!

Dea Ceres,
Ceres Aventina Plebeia,
Ceres Mater ueneranda Nouae Romae,
Ceres Mater Matronarum Nouarum Romanarum,
Ceres Mater Plebis Nouae Romanae
Ceres Mater Populi Noui Romani Quiritium,
Ceres Mater ciuium Nouorum Romanorum,
Ceres felix, fausta, fortunata deis et mortalibus,
Dea quorumcumque e terra crescunt,
uti te ture commouendo bonas preces bene precatus sum,
eiusdem rei ergo macte uino inferio esto!


PRECATIO

O Ceres Auentina,
Ceres Mater Plebis Nouae Romanae,
Ceres Mater Populi Noui Romani Quiritium,
Ceres Mater ciuium Nouorum Romanorum,
Ceres felix, fausta, fortunata deis et mortalibus,
Dea quorumcumque e terra crescunt, fortitudo et firmitas Plebis,
hoc die ante quintum decimum Kalendas Maias
anno tertio decimo Nouae Romae conditae,
hoc die ante quintum decimum Kalendas Maias
anno bis millesimo septingentesimo sexagesimo quarto Romae conditae,
hoc die Plebeio et festiuo Nouae Romae conditae,
te precor, quaeso, obtestor uti res prosperas, felices, faustas Nouae Romae tribuas;
utique Rem Publicam Populi Noui Romani Quiritium
confirmes, augeas, auxilieris,
omnibusque miseriis liberes;
utique Res Publica Populi Noui Romani Quiritium in pace crescat;
utique omnes ciues Nouos Romanos foueas,
utique sies uolens propitia
Populo Nouo Romano Quiritibus,
Reique Publicae,
magistratibusque Plebeiis ac curulibus Populi Noui Romani Quiritium,
Senatui populoque Nouo Romano,
omnibus ciuibus, uiris, mulieribus, pueris, uirginibus Nouis Romanis,
mihi, domo, familiae!

SACRIFICIUM

Si haec ita faxis
uti ego sciam sentiam intellegamque
harum rerum ergo macte
hoc libo libando,
hoc uino libando,
hoc ture ommouendo esto,
et uolens propitia sies
his diebus tribus tibi deuotis
Populo Nouo Romano Quiritibus,
Reique Publicae Populi Noui Romani Quiritium,
magistratibusque Plebeiis et curulibus Populi Noui Romani Quiritium,
Senatui populoque Nouo Romano,
omnibus ciuibus, uiris, mulieribus, pueris, uirginibus Nouis Romanis,
mihi, domo, familiae!

REDDITIO

O Ceres Auentina,
Ceres Mater Plebis Nouae Romanae,
Ceres Mater Populi Noui Romani Quiritium,
Ceres Mater ciuium Nouorum Romanorum,
Ceres felix, fausta, fortunata dis mortalibusque,
Dea quorumcumque e terra crescunt, fortitudo, firmitas Plebis,
uti te ture commouendo libo libandoque bonas preces bene precatus sum, earundem
rerum ergo macte uino inferio esto!

Ilicet!

PIACULUM

Iane,
Ceres Mater Populi Noui Romani Quiritium,
Iuppiter Optime Maxime,
Iuno, Minerua, Mars,
Vesta,
Omnes Di Inmortales quocumque nomine
si quidquam uobis in his sacris non cordi siet,
hoc uino inferio ueniam peto et uitium meum expio.

---------------------------------------------------

LUDI CERIALIA INCIPIANT,
TRIBVNIS PLEBIS PRÆSIDIBVS!

******************************************************************


C. Petronius Dexter
Pontifex
Flamen Portunalis
a.d. XV Kalendas Maias P. Vllerio C. Equitio coss.


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C. Petronius Iuliae Aquilae s.p.d.,

> You too, Petronius amice mi, you are not getting off that easily either;)

My Stolon driver is punished since his bad result last time. He was a winner for the Ludi Novi Romani 2763 but after that he had a very bad result on his last race. So, he is in my private jail, eating bred and water!

But, for this Cerialia Games, I am ok. So, I sent his name to the tribune Aemilius Crassus.

Optime vale.

C. Petronius Dexter
Arcoiali scribebat
a. d. XV Kalendas Maias P. Vllerio C. Equitio coss.

> C. Aemilius Crassus omnibus SPD,
>
>
>
> Like our ancestors we start today the Ludi Ceriales where we honor Mater Ceres.
>
>
>
> May all citizens enjoy the Ludi Ceriales but above all may the Ludi be pleasant to Mater Ceres.
>
>
>
> I hereby declare the Ludi Ceriales 2764 OPEN!
>

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Sta. Cornelia Aeternia Omnibus in foro S.P.D.


That was a lovely ritual performed by Pontifex C. Petronius Dexter, I must
say. Tribunus Crassus asked me to present something, so here I am
presenting some info and background about the goddess Ceres.

Ceres is the Roman goddess of grain, agriculture, and the harvest, and her
name means "wheat " or "grain". She is the daughter of Saturn and Ops,
sister to Iuno, Iuppiter, Neptune, Pluto, and Vesta, and one of the Dii
Consentes. During Her festival called the Cerealia, in which games (Ludi)
are celebrated in honor to the Mother goddess.

She was equated early on with the Greek goddess Demeter and also the goddess
Tellus. Ceres forms a triad with the god Liber and daughter Prosperina, and
is the patron goddess of the Plebian class. The most famous known story
about Ceres is when her daughter Prosperina was abducted by Pluto, and the
outcome brought forth the changing of the seasons.


Below is a passage I found from Ovid's Fasti Book IV: April XI-April XII
The Game of Ceres (translated by A.S. Kline 2004)

Please enjoy the reading.


*Next, the Games of Ceres, there�s no need to say why:

Obvious: the bounteous promise and gifts of the goddess.

The bread of primitive humans was made of plants,

That the earth produced without being asked:

They sometimes plucked wild grasses from the turf,

Sometimes tender leaves from the treetops made a meal.

Later the acorn was known: its discovery was fine,

Since the sturdy oak offered a rich horde.

Ceres was first to summon men to a better diet,

Replacing their acorns with more nourishing food.

She forced bulls to bow their necks to the yoke:

So the deep-ploughed soil first saw the light.

Copper was prized then, iron was still hidden:

Ah! If only it could have been hidden forever.

Ceres delights in peace: pray, you farmers,

Pray for endless peace and a peace-loving leader.

Honour the goddess with wheat, and dancing salt grains,

And grains of incense offered on the ancient hearths,

And if there�s no incense, burn your resinous torches:

Ceres is pleased with little, if it�s pure in kind.

You girded attendants lift those knives from the ox:

Let the ox plough, while you sacrifice the lazy sow,

It�s not fitting for an axe to strike a neck that�s yoked:

Let the ox live, and toil through the stubborn soil.

Now, this part requires me to tell of a virgin�s rape:

You�ll recognise much you know, but part is new.

The Trinacrian land took its name from its shape:

It runs out in three rocky capes to the vast ocean.

It�s a place dear to Ceres. She owns, there, many cities,

Among them fertile Enna, with its well-ploughed soul.

Cool Arethusa gathered together the mothers of the gods:

And the yellow-haired goddess came to the sacred feast.

Her daughter, Persephone, attended by girls, as ever,

Wandered barefoot through Enna�s meadows.

In a shadow-filled valley there�s a place,

Wet by the copious spray from a high fall.

All the colours of nature were displayed there,

And the earth was bright with hues of various flowers.

On seeing it she cried: �Come here to me, my friends,

And each carry back, with me, a lapful of flowers.�

The foolish prize enticed their girlish spirits,

And they were too busy to feel weary.

One filled baskets woven from supple willow,

Another her lap, the next loose folds of her robe:

One picked marigolds: another loved violets,

And one nipped the poppy-heads with her nails:

Some you tempt, hyacinth: others, amaranth, you delay:

Others desire thyme, cornflowers or clover.

Many a rose was taken, and flowers without name:

Proserpine herself plucked fragile crocuses and white lilies.

Intent on gathering them, she gradually strayed,

And none of her friends chanced to follow their lady.

Dis, her uncle saw her, and swiftly carried her off,

And bore her on shadowy horses to his realm.

She called out: �Oh, dearest Mother, I�m being

Carried away!� and tore at the breast of her robe:

Meanwhile a path opened for Dis, since his horses

Can scarcely endure the unaccustomed daylight.

When her crowd of friends had gathered their flowers,

They shouted: �Persephone, come for your gifts!�

But silence met their call: they filled the hills with their cries,

And sadly beat their naked breasts with their hands.

Ceres was startled by their grief (she�d just now come from Enna),

And cried instantly �Ah me! Daughter, where are you?�

She rushed about, distracted, as we�ve heard

The Thracian Maenads run with flowing hair.

As a cow bellows, when her calf�s torn from her udder,

And goes searching for her child, through the woods,

So the goddess groaned freely, and ran quickly,

As she made her way, Enna, from your plains.

There she found marks of the girlish feet, and saw

Where her familiar form had printed the ground:

Perhaps her wandering would have ended that day,

If wild pigs hadn�t muddied the trail she found.

She�d already passed Leontini, the river Amenanas,

And your grassy banks, Acis, on her way:

She�d passed Cyane, the founts of slow Anapus,

And you, Gelas, with whirlpools to be shunned.

She�d left Ortygia, Megara and the Pantagias,

And the place where the sea receives Symaethus� waves,

And the caves of Cyclopes, scorched by their forges,

And the place who�s name�s derived from a curving sickle,

And Himera, Didyme, Acragas and Tauromenium,

And the Mylae, that rich pasture for sacred cattle.

Next she reached Camerina, Thapsus, and Helorus� Tempe,

And where Eryx stands, ever open to the Western winds.

She�d crossed Pelorias, Lilybaeum and Pachynum,

Those three projecting horns of her land.

Wherever she set foot, she filled the place with sad cries,

Like the bird mourning for her lost Itys.

Alternately she cried: �Persephone!� and �My daughter�,

Calling and shouting both the names in turn,

But Persephone heard not Ceres, nor the daughter

Her mother, and both names by turns died away:

If she spied a shepherd or farmer at work,

Her cry was: �Has a girl passed this way?�

Now the colours faded, and the darkness hid

Everything. Now the wakeful dogs fell silent.

High Etna stands above vast Typhoeus� mouth,

Who scorches the earth with his fiery breath:

There the goddess lit twin pine branches as torches:

And since then there are torches handed out at her rites.

There�s a cave, its interior carved from sharp pumice,

A place not to be approached by man or beast:

Reaching it she yoked serpents to her chariot,

And roamed the ocean waves above the spray.

She shunned the Syrtes and Zanclaean Charybdis,

And you, hounds of Scylla, wrecking monsters,

Shunned the wide Adriatic, and Corinth between two seas:

And so came to your harbour, country of Attica.

Here she sat for the first time, mournfully, on cold stone:

That stone the Athenians named the Sorrowful.

She lingered many days under the open sky,

Enduring both the moonlight and the rain.

Every place has its destiny: What�s now called

Ceres� Eleusis was then old Celeus� farm.

He was bringing acorns home, and berries he�d picked

From the briars, and dry wood for the blazing hearth.

His little daughter was driving two she-goats from the hill,

While confined in his cradle was a sickly son.

�Mother!� the girl said (the goddess was moved

By that word mother) �Why are you alone in the wilderness?�

The old man stopped too, despite his heavy load,

And begged her to shelter under his insignificant roof.

She refused. She was disguised as an old woman, her hair

Covered with a cap. When he urged her she replied:

�Be happy, and always a father! My daughter�s been

Stolen from me. Ah, how much better your fate than mine!�

She spoke, and a crystal drop (though goddesses cannot weep),

Like a tear, fell on her warm breast. Those tender hearts,

The old man and the virgin girl, wept with her:

And these were the righteous old man�s words:

�Rise, and don�t scorn the shelter of my humble hut,

And may the lost daughter you mourn be safe and sound.�

The goddess said: �Lead on! You�ve found what could persuade me�

And she rose from the stone and followed the old man.

Leading, he told his follower, how his son was sick

Lying there sleepless, kept awake by his illness.

About to enter the humble house, she plucked

A tender, sleep-inducing, poppy from the bare ground:

And as she picked it, they say, unthinkingly, she tasted it,

And so, unwittingly, eased her long starvation.

And because she first broke her fast at nightfall,

Her priests of the Mysteries eat once the stars appear.

When she crossed the threshold, she saw all were grieving:

Since they�d lost hope of the child�s recovery.

Greeting the mother (who was called Metanira)

The goddess deigned to join her lips to the child�s.

His pallor fled, his body suddenly seemed healthier:

Such power flowed out of the goddess� mouth.

There was joy in the house, in the father, mother

And daughter: those three were the whole house.

They soon set out a meal, curds in whey,

Apples, and golden honey on the comb.

Kind Ceres abstained, and gave to the boy

Poppy seeds in warm milk to make him sleep.

It was midnight: silent in peaceful slumber,

The goddess took Triptolemus on her lap,

Caressed him with her hand three times, and spoke

Three spells, not to be sounded by mortal tongue,

And she covered the boy�s body with live embers

On the hearth, so the fire would purge his mortal burden.

His good, fond, foolish mother, waking from sleep,

Crying: �What are you doing?� snatched him from the coals,

To her the goddess said: �Though sinless, you�ve sinned:

My gift�s been thwarted by a mother�s fear.

He will still be mortal, but first to plough,

And sow, and reap a harvest from the soil.�

Ceres spoke, and left the house, trailing mist, and crossed

To her dragons, and was carried away in her winged chariot.

She left Sunium�s exposed cape behind, and Piraeus� safe harbour,

And all that coast that lies towards the west.

From there she crossed the Aegean, saw all the Cyclades,

Skimmed the wild Ionian, and the Icarian Sea,

And, passing through Asia�s cities, sought the long Hellespont,

And wandered her course, on high, among diverse regions.

Now she gazed at incense-gathering Arabs, now Ethiopians,

Beneath her Libya now, now Meroe and the desert lands:

Then she saw the western rivers, Rhine, Rhone, Po,

And you, Tiber, parent of a stream full of future power.

Where, now? Too long to tell of the lands she wandered:

No place on earth remained unvisited by Ceres.

She wandered the sky too, and spoke to the constellations

Those near the chilly pole, free of the ocean waves:

�You Arcadian stars (since you can see all things,

Never plunging beneath the watery wastes)

Show this wretched mother, her daughter, Proserpine!�

She spoke, and Helice answered her in this way:

�Night�s free of blame: Ask the Light about your

Stolen daughter: the Sun views, widely, things done by day.�

The Sun, asked, said: �To save you grief, she whom you seek

Is married to Jupiter�s brother, and rules the third realm.�

After grieving a while, she addressed the Thunderer:

And there were deep marks of sorrow in her face:

�If you remember by whom I conceived Persephone,

Half of the care she ought to be shown is yours.

Wandering the world I�ve learnt only of her wrong:

While her ravisher is rewarded for his crime.

But Persephone didn�t deserve a thief as husband:

It�s not right to have found a son-in-law this way.

How could I have suffered more, as captive to a conquering

Gyges, than now, while you hold the sceptre of the heavens?

Well, let him escape unpunished, I�ll suffer it, un-avenged,

If he returns her, amending his old actions by the new.�

Jupiter soothed her, excusing it as an act of love,

�He�s not a son-in-law who�ll shames us,� he said,

�I�m no nobler than him: my kingdom�s in the sky,

Another owns the waters, another the empty void.

But if your mind is really so set against alteration,

And you�re determined to break firm marriage bonds,

Let�s make the attempt, but only if she�s kept her fast:

If not, she�ll remain the wife of her infernal spouse.�

The Messenger God had his orders, and took flight for Tartarus,

And, back sooner than expected, told what he�d clearly seen:

�The ravished girl,� he said �broke her fast with three seeds

Concealed in the tough rind of a pomegranate.�

Her gloomy mother grieved, no less than if her daughter

Had just been taken, and was a long time recovering even a little.

Then she said: �Heaven�s no place for me to be, either:

Order that I too may be received by the Taenarian vale.�

And so it would have been, if Jupiter hadn�t promised,

That Persephone should spend six months each year in heaven.

Then, at last, Ceres recovered her countenance and spirits,

And set garlands, woven from ears of corn, on her hair:

And the tardy fields delivered a copious harvest,

And the threshing-floor barely held the heaped sheaves.

White is fitting for Ceres: dress in white clothes for Ceres�

Festival: on this day no one wears dark-coloured thread.



*Vale quam Optime,
Statia Cornelia Aeternia
*
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Aeternia Juliae Aquilae sal:


Thank you for letting us know, spoke with her a few hours ago and she does
seems in good spirits.. I miss her terribly and I cannot wait for the day
she returns to us.


Vale Optime,
Aeternia


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Salvete omnes,

Overnight we received two more entrances, one for Russata by Aemilia and one for Veneta by Dexter.

There are now only two open positions. Albata has 5 chariots, Praesina 3, Russata 4 and Veneta 3.

Valete,
Crassus

Salvete,

I remember that the Literary and Art contests are now open.

Valete,
Crassus

Sta. Cornelia Aeternia Omnibus in foro S.P.D.

This was supposed to be posted later today however I am unable to sleep and
the opportunity does present itself. There are many ways to celebrate a set
of games, through artistry, sports competitions (i.e. The Chariot Races,
Naumachias) through beautiful rituals, and then we have the Literary Arts.
Tribune Crassus asked me to post something of literary nature if it was
possible and somehow through luck my Muse decided not to abandon me. This
is to be considered a non-competitive submission of course (Aeternia is one
of the judges for the Literary contest).

The following scribed piece was written about Ceres, written regarding the
abduction of Prosperina. I wrote about the aspects of when Ceres brought
forth Winter, to represent her despair, her sorrow, and her anger. Now I
will admit the piece is of a "darker nature" but that should not stop people
from reading it, feel free to respond, you can if you want even write a
companion piece. But let us celebrate Mater Ceres in all her aspects that
of both light and dark.

Enjoy the selection.

Vale quam Optime,
Statia Cornelia Aeternia


*The Mother of Winter 04/16/2764*
*
Winter has come, the snow has fallen, the world
as we know it, is blanketed by ice and shadow.
To mirror what darkness lays inside my heart, as
my tears form glaciers, they pierce through the
waves of the crashing seas. My footsteps leave
the earth barren and empty, when they usually
give life and joy.

The Earth like its Mother is in mourning.

Lord Pluto who reigns over Death itself, decided to take
my only daughter. My child, my seed, that has changed
everything. For all Pluto's gloom does not match my wrath,
my fury knows no boundaries, and Iuppiter's rules have
only became a laughing memory.

The earth shall sow what is reaped below.

I shall know no peace till Prosperina is returned back to me.

©2764 (2011) Statia Cornelia Juliana Aeternia
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Salvete,

This is not a good day to my brain desert me.

There are only ONE open slot for the races and not two. The maximum number is 16.

So who will have the last entance? Praesina or Veneta? Or will Russata equal Albata? Don't tell me Albata will have 6 chariots!

Valete,
Crassus

On 17 de Abr de 2011, at 09:31, "C. Aemilius Crassus" <c.aemilius.crassus@...> wrote:

> Salvete omnes,
>
> Overnight we received two more entrances, one for Russata by Aemilia and one for Veneta by Dexter.
>
> There are now only two open positions. Albata has 5 chariots, Praesina 3, Russata 4 and Veneta 3.
>
> Valete,
> Crassus

Salvete,

Iulius Crassus has just enter one chariot for Russata. We have now 16 chariots and there are no more open positions.

I would like to thank all owners for their participation on the races.

Valete optime bene,
Crassus

On 17 de Abr de 2011, at 10:16, "C. Aemilius Crassus" <c.aemilius.crassus@...> wrote:

> Salvete,
>
> This is not a good day to my brain desert me.
>
> There are only ONE open slot for the races and not two. The maximum number is 16.
>
> So who will have the last entance? Praesina or Veneta? Or will Russata equal Albata? Don't tell me Albata will have 6 chariots!
>
> Valete,
> Crassus
>
> On 17 de Abr de 2011, at 09:31, "C. Aemilius Crassus" <c.aemilius.crassus@...> wrote:
>
>> Salvete omnes,
>>
>> Overnight we received two more entrances, one for Russata by Aemilia and one for Veneta by Dexter.
>>
>> There are now only two open positions. Albata has 5 chariots, Praesina 3, Russata 4 and Veneta 3.
>>
>> Valete,
>> Crassus

Salvete omnes

To the honour of the goddess Ceres, C Marcius Crispus humbly and respectfully dedicates this poem.



Be at peace, be still, listen.
Can you hear?
Is that a footstep far, far away?
Is that a girl's breath?
Is she frightened, is she alone and afraid?
Does she know where she is?
Can she find her way?

Let the sun warm the earth
Lay out a street of flowers.
Snowdrops should be first.
Then sweet gentian, lilies, roses, stock, and thyme.
Let the buds swell and burst, let the trees bloom.
Let the rich earth give off its scents.
Let the streams flow again.
Let the morning dew lie gently.

Stand still, watch for any movement.
Can you see?
Is that her fair gentle hair?
Is that the hem of her dress?
Is that a girl's smile?
Is she waving?
Does she know we are waiting?

Let all the flowers bloom across her path.
Let the trees cover her in blossom.
Let the blackbird and wren sing loudly in welcome
Oh my darling, my love, my life
My daughter, my own Proserpina.


Valete omnes
Crispus

Cato omnibus in foro SPD

Hodiernus dies est ante diem XV Kalendas Maias; hic dies nefastus est.

Today is the ninth day of the ten-day festival of Ceres.

"From the Lover's Leap, a white bluff at the southern end of their
island, the Leucadians used annually to hurl a criminal into the sea
as a scapegoat. But to lighten his fall they fastened live birds and
feathers to him, and a flotilla of small boats waited below to catch
him and convey him beyond the boundary. Probably these humane
precautions were a mitigation of an earlier custom of flinging the
scapegoat into the sea to drown. The Leucadian ceremony took place at
the time of a sacrifice to Apollo, who had a temple or sanctuary on
the spot. Elsewhere it was customary to cast a young man every year
into the sea, with the prayer, "Be thou our offscouring." This
ceremony was supposed to rid the people of the evils by which they
were beset, or according to a somewhat different interpretation it
redeemed them by paying the debt they owed to the sea-god. As
practised by the Greeks of Asia Minor in the sixth century before our
era, the custom of the scapegoat was as follows. When a city suffered
from plague, famine, or other public calamity, an ugly or deformed
person was chosen to take upon himself all the evils which afflicted
the community. He was brought to a suitable place, where dried figs, a
barley loaf, and cheese were put into his hand. These he ate. Then he
was beaten seven times upon his genital organs with squills and
branches of the wild fig and other wild trees, while the flutes played
a particular tune. Afterwards he was burned on a pyre built of the
wood of forest trees; and his ashes were cast into the sea. A similar
custom appears to have been annually celebrated by the Asiatic Greeks
at the harvest festival of the Thargelia.

In the ritual just described the scourging of the victim with squills,
branches of the wild fig, and so forth, cannot have been intended to
aggravate his sufferings, otherwise any stick would have been good
enough to beat him with. The true meaning of this part of the ceremony
has been explained by W. Mannhardt. He points out that the ancients
attributed to squills a magical power of averting evil influences, and
that accordingly they hung them up at the doors of their houses and
made use of them in purificatory rites. Hence the Arcadian custom of
whipping the image of Pan with squills at a festival, or whenever the
hunters returned empty-handed, must have been meant, not to punish the
god, but to purify him from the harmful influences which were impeding
him in the exercise of his divine functions as a god who should supply
the hunter with game. Similarly the object of beating the human
scapegoat on the genital organs with squills and so on, must have been
to release his reproductive energies from any restraint or spell under
which they might be laid by demoniacal or other malignant agency; and
as the Thargelia at which he was annually sacrificed was an early
harvest festival celebrated in May, we must recognise in him a
representative of the creative and fertilising god of vegetation. The
representative of the god was annually slain for the purpose I have
indicated, that of maintaining the divine life in perpetual vigour,
untainted by the weakness of age; and before he was put to death it
was not unnatural to stimulate his reproductive powers in order that
these might be transmitted in full activity to his successor, the new
god or new embodiment of the old god, who was doubtless supposed
immediately to take the place of the one slain. Similar reasoning
would lead to a similar treatment of the scapegoat on special
occasions, such as drought or famine. If the crops did not answer to
the expectation of the husbandman, this would be attributed to some
failure in the generative powers of the god whose function it was to
produce the fruits of the earth. It might be thought that he was under
a spell or was growing old and feeble. Accordingly he was slain in the
person of his representative, with all the ceremonies already
described, in order that, born young again, he might infuse his own
youthful vigour into the stagnant energies of nature. On the same
principle we can understand why Mamurius Veturius was beaten with
rods, why the slave at the Chaeronean ceremony was beaten with the
agnus castus (a tree to which magical properties were ascribed), why
the effigy of Death in some parts of Europe is assailed with sticks
and stones, and why at Babylon the criminal who played the god
scourged before he was crucified. The purpose of the scourging was not
to intensify the agony of the divine sufferer, but on the contrary to
dispel any malignant influences by which at the supreme moment he
might conceivably be beset.

If these considerations are just, we must apparently conclude that
while the human victims at the Thargelia certainly appear in later
classical times to have figured chiefly as public scapegoats, who
carried away with them the sins, misfortunes, and sorrows of the whole
people, at an earlier time they may have been looked on as embodiments
of vegetation, perhaps of the corn but particularly of the fig-trees;
and that the beating which they received and the death which they died
were intended primarily to brace and refresh the powers of vegetation
then beginning to droop and languish under the torrid heat of the
Greek summer.

The view here taken of the Greek scapegoat, if it is correct, obviates
an objection which might otherwise be brought against the main
argument of this book. To the theory that the priest of Aricia was
slain as a representative of the spirit of the grove, it might have
been objected that such a custom has no analogy in classical
antiquity. But reasons have now been given for believing that the
human being periodically and occasionally slain by the Asiatic Greeks
was regularly treated as an embodiment of a divinity of vegetation.
Probably the persons whom the Athenians kept to be sacrificed were
similarly treated as divine. That they were social outcasts did not
matter. On the primitive view a man is not chosen to be the mouth-
piece or embodiment of a god on account of his high moral qualities or
social rank. The divine afflatus descends equally on the good and the
bad, the lofty and the lowly. If then the civilised Greeks of Asia and
Athens habitually sacrificed men whom they regarded as incarnate gods,
there can be no inherent improbability in the supposition that at the
dawn of history a similar custom was observed by the semibarbarous
Latins in the Arician Grove." - Sir James Frazer, "The Golden Bough"
ch. 58

In ancient Greece, today was the celebration of the Thargelia, a
festival of Appolo; the festival was an agricultural festival where
the first fruits were offered to Apollo, but it also had an expiatory
component, as described in "The Golden Bough". First, there was a
procession, which included children who carried the eiresione, an
olive branch decorated with woolen fillets, bread, fruits, small
flasks of honey, and some with oil (Plutarch, Theseus, 22). Then,
"The Eiresione brings figs and fat bread, honey in pots, and oil to
rub down, a cup of strong wine so you go drunk to bed" (Homer, Iliad
16.605). All kinds of first-fruits were carried in procession and
offered to the god, and, as at the Pyanepsia (or Pyanopsia), branches
of olive bound with wool, borne by children, were affixed by them to
the doors of the houses. These branches, originally intended as a
charm to avert failure of the crops, were afterwards regarded as
forming part of a supplicatory service. On the second day choruses of
men and boys took part in musical contests, the prize for which was a
tripod. Further, on this day adopted persons were solemnly received
into the genos and phrairia of their adoptive parents.

Valete bene!

Cato

Aeternia C. Marcio Crispo sal:

I hope not committing a faux pas by responding to this beautiful
dedication. This poem was goregous Crispe, when I read it, the description
gave me the image the flowers were sleeping until Prosperina's return.
Beautiful imagery, I liked this alot.

*snaps kudos*

Bravo!

Vale Optime,
Aeternia


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EX OFFICIO TRIBUNE C AEMILIUS CRASSUS

Ludi Cerealia



This is the 1st day of the Ludi Cerealia, to celebrate Ceres.


Welcome to the Certamen Historicum, Day 1 questions follow the info!

Ceres

The game is a series of 10 different questions with 5 points per
question based on Ceres

It is designed to be fun and educational.


RULES:
1) Everyday during the Ludi 5 questions will be posted.

Please send your replies PIVATELY to
*c.aemilius.crassus@...*<a.decia.scriptrix@...>

If you reply to the forum those answers will not be taken into account.

Results will be posted within 24 hours of the last questions.


THE WINNER

The winner is the citizen who earns the most points!


Questions

1. What is the traditional date for the dedication of the temple of Ceres on
the Aventine?





2. What year did the fast of Ceres become annual and official?





3. Where did the priestesses for Ceres come from?







4. The Plebs not only adopted the temple of Ceres as their religious centre
� What else did they use it for?





5. The temple of Ceres was struck by lightning on two occasions and it
finally burnt down. Who rebuilt it and when and by whom was it finally
dedicated.


Optime valete!


A Decia Scriptrix


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Salve Aeternia, et salvete omnes

Thank you. I am pleased you like it.

Vale bene, et valete omnes

Crispus

--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Belle Morte Statia <syrenslullaby@...> wrote:
>
> Aeternia C. Marcio Crispo sal:
>
> I hope not committing a faux pas by responding to this beautiful
> dedication. This poem was goregous Crispe, when I read it, the description
> gave me the image the flowers were sleeping until Prosperina's return.
> Beautiful imagery, I liked this alot.
>
> *snaps kudos*
>
> Bravo!
>
> Vale Optime,
> Aeternia
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Sta. Cornelia Aeternia Omnibus in foro S.P.D.


Ooops almost forgot about this... Our favorite storyteller returns for the
Cerialia!

Enjoy the selection.



We had spent the day in the country outside Rome. The fields were becoming
green
as the early crops started to push their way up from under the ground. Some
farmers were busy looking after the young shoots, or tying in the vines so
that
the weight of the autumn crop would not overcome the canes. Others were
sending
early crops to market Others were keeping an eye on their flocks, and making
sure that the shepherds were doing their job properly. The days were warm,
and
we could smell the richness of the earth that would nourish the produce on
which
the city had always relied.

We bought fresh crusty loaves, and some cheese and wine, on our journey, and
the
fresh air gave us a good appetite for our midday meal, and that set us up
for
the long walk back to the city.

It was beginning to grow dark as we walked through the streets, and we were
glad
to find that we were near the street where the tavern called the Eagle
stood. We
were ready for some refreshment, good company, and a story from our old
friend.

We went through into the back room, where the fire was burning brightly, the
lamps were lit, and our friends were already in their usual places on the
couches that were arranged around the low table. They greeted us warmly, as
ever.

"We have been in the countryside today", I began, "and the new life bursting
forth on the land reminded us that we owe all that goodness and rebirth to
the
goddess Ceres.

"What, you want a story?" asked Merlinius. Then you shall have one in
exchange
for some wine". We called to the tavern keeper, and the jugs of Falernian
were
brought across without delay.

"I have a special love for Ceres", Merlinius began, having taken a sip of
the
rich and heady wine. "You remember how I told you about the lakes with their
screens of woodlands, where the rich moist earth was covered with perpetual
flowers. And how Proserpina played with her companions, picking lilies and
violets, primroses and sweet gentians, and filling her basket and her apron.
But
that Pluto saw her, fell madly in love, and carried her off to become queen
of
the underworld with him.".

"But I didn't tell you everything that happened to Ceres, who sought her
daughter all the world over. Of course she did not know, to begin with, that
Proserpina was now in the underworld, so of course she could not find her.
At
long last, tired and heartbroken, she sat down to rest on a rock, and didn't
have the will or the energy to carry on. So there she stayed for several
days,
and, because she did not want anyone to take notice of her or talk to her,
because she was so unhappy, she adopted the guise of an old woman"

Merlinius took another sip or two of his wine.

"But there was a farmer living nearby, and his young daughter who had been
out
to bring in their two goats. Now the daughter was a kind and gentle girl,
and
she was saddened by the old woman who sat crying on the rock, so she
overcame
her fears and spoke to her. She did not know that she was a goddess, and she
did
not know how to address her. All she could think of was the word she used
for
her own mother. So she came up to Ceres and asked "Mother, why do you sit
here
crying on the rocks".

Merlinius paused, thinking about that meeting. "The little girl could not
have
known that her words would touch Ceres's heart. She had never again expected
a
young girl to call her "Mother", or to show such concern for her. So she
cried
even more bitterly, and the young girl ran to her father and asked him to
come
and help the old woman. And, because he was a kind man, he did, and he asked
Ceres to tell him what he could do to help her. "You must go", said Ceres.
Be
glad that you have such a lovely daughter, and take the greatest care of
her. I
had a daughter once, but I have lost her, and that is why I am so sad.."

"The kindly farmer and his daughter wept at hearing this sad story. "Come
with
us", said the farmer, come and shelter in our little home while you regain
the
strength to continue your search". Now Ceres was so moved by these words
that
she agreed to go with them".

We could tell that Merlinius was leading up to an important part of his
talk. He
took some more wine, thought for a moment and carried on.

"As they were approaching the little house, the farmer told Ceres that he
also
had a young son, but that he was a very sickly child who he worried about,
and
whom his daughter cried about every day.
Ceres, who could not bear to hear about sick children, knelt down and
gathered
a handful of poppies. When they reached the house, they found that the
mother
was in great distress because the boy had become much worse during the day,
and
she was afraid he might die. The father, mother and daughter ran over to the
boy's bed, where he was obviously close to death. Ceres commanded them to
stand
aside, and went over and kissed the little boy and uttered some words over
him.
The boy groaned, and started to breathe more deeply, and some colour started
to
come back into his cheeks",

The little family were so overcome with joy that they all crowded round,
crying,
smiling, hugging one another, and thanking the old woman for saving their
son.
Then they remembered their promise to be hospitable, and laid the table with
all
the fruits of the fields that they had. There was bread, milk, curds and
cream,
apples and blackberries, honey and sweet syrups made from the fruits last
autumn. As they ate, Ceres took the poppies, and mingled poppy juice in the
boy's milk so that he slept soundly".

"Merlinius took a deep draught of his wine, for the next part was the climax
of
his story.

"Then, later that night, when they were all asleep, Ceres went over to the
boy,
picked him up, uttered a solemn charm over him and was about to put him on
the
hot ashes of the fire, when the mother, who had been watching, caught her
and
snatched the boy into her arms. She turned to face the old woman, and
demanded
to know what she was doing. Ceres then regained her divine splendour, and
held
the mother gently. I wanted to make the boy immortal, so that he would
always be
among the stars where you could see him every night and never lose him as I
have
lost my daughter. But I see that you cannot bear to lose him, so I shall
make
him great and famous among all men. He will teach men to use the plough so
that
they can release the goodness of the earth and so that when the spring
returns
the seeds they have planted will bear great crops and reward their labours"

"There was an intense light, so bright that the family could not exactly see
what happened next. All they could remember was that Ceres had wrapped
herself
in a bright cloud, and a chariot drawn by horses had carried her away. She
went
back to where she had lost Proserpina, and renewed her search".

"At first she only found the girdle that Proserpina had dropped along with
her
flowers when she was carried away. That made her even more convinced that
she
would never find her again, and she laid the blame on the innocent land. The
soil lost its fertility, the crops and the cattle died, the brambles and
weeds
smothered the fields and the pastures. But there was nearby a woodland nymph
who
appeared in the form of a fountain, and she begged Ceres not to punish the
innocent land. Her name was Arethusa, and the waters that flowed up through
the
fountain had come from the underworld where they had seen Proserpina".

"Ceres immediately leapt back on board her chariot, and hastened to plead
with
Iuppiter, the greatest and the best, to order Pluto to release her. And, so
it
came about that Iuppiter, greatest and best, arranged it so that Proserpina
returned, but only for part of the year. You remember that she had eaten the
pomegranate seeds, so that she had to go back to the underworld for that
number
of months. Once She had her daughter back with her, Ceres restored the land
so
that it was again fruitful. She remembered the promise she had made to the
young
boy, and taught him how to plough the fields and sow the seeds. She took him
in
her chariot across the whole earth to spread the knowledge of grain and
agriculture. And he, in turn, built a magnificent temple to Ceres where she
was
always worshipped with the greatest splendour and solemnity."

Merlinius finished his wine, and concluded his story. "And just as
Proserpina
vanished below the ground but comes back every spring, so the corn is buried
in
the soil but grows up again every year to feed us all."

Bonam Noctem,
Statia Cornelia Aeternia


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C. Aemilius Crassus omnibus SPD,



We have enter the second day of the Ludi Ceriales.



The Literary and Art contests will continue and the answers for the first
set questions in the Quiz contest can be sent till 18h50 (CET) of today. The
second and final set of questions will be post.



The Quarter-finals races will began during the day and the lots have
produced the following races:

First Race:

Chariot Equa Noctis of Statia Cornelia Aeternia for VENETA.

Chariot Mellivora Capensis of L. Cornelius Sulla Felix for PRAESINA.

Chariot Aprilis of T. Iulius Sabinus Crassus for RUSSATA.

Chariot Luxognes of P. Memmius Albucius for ALBATA.



Second Race:

Chariot Ignis Serpentis of V. Valerius Volusus for PRAESINA.

Chariot Celer of A. Tullia Scholastica for ALBATA.

Chariot Taurus II of P. Annaeus Constantinus Placidus for RUSSATA.

Chariot Nervia of P. Memmius Albucius for ALBATA.



Third Race:

Chariot Aella Noctis of Statia Cornelia Aeternia for VENETA.

Chariot Taurus I of P. Annaeus Constantinus Placidus for RUSSATA.

Chariot Umbra Aquilae of V. Valerius Volusus for PRAESINA.

Chariot Ignis Natus of L. Iulia Aquila for ALBATA.



Fourth Race:

Chariot Incitatus of C. Petronius Dexter for VENETA.

Chariot Domina Gagatrix of V. Aemilia Regilla for RUSSATA.

Chariot Vita Brevis of L. Iulia Aquila for ALBATA.

Chariot Germanica of D. Arminius Brutus for RUSSATA.



Valete optime bene,

Crassus



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C. Aemilius Crassus reporting from Circus Maximus, Rome.



April 18, 2764 AVC.



It is a pleasant day here at Roma, with 17º C (63 F) with very little wind,
a perfect day for chariot races.



The Circus Maximus is full with the colors of the Factiones. The Albata and
Russata fans are sure to win these Ludi since they have 5 chariots each on
the races. The fans of Praesina and Veneta arenÂ’t less confident and have
been told everyone that the races arenÂ’t a question of numbers but of
quality, and they will take the victory.



In these Ludi we have a fine mix of veteran runners and newcomers and will
have interesting races for sure.



The chariots have just enter the track and the noise from the spectators is
impossible to describe. We have from the inner to the outer of the track:

FOR VENETA – Equa Noctis driveN by Nyxia the Arcadian and owned by Statia
Cornelia Aeternia!

FOR PRAESINA – Mellivora Capensis driven by Charonides and owned by L.
Cornelius Sulla Felix!

FOR RUSSATA – Aprilis driven and owned by T. Iulius Sabinus Crassus!

FOR ALBATA – Luxogenes driven by Eporicus ad owned by P. Memmius Albucius!



The chariots are aligned and ready to run. The Circus has fallen into a
expecting silence, everyone waits for the startÂ…and the flag goes down and
of they go. The spectators shout and the incredible noise has return to the
Circus!



Crassus in Aprilis has a perfect start and is in the head of the race
followed by Equa Noctis and Mellivora Capensis side by side! At the trail is
Luxogenes but without losing terrain after a weaker start. The Russata fans
shout as loud as possible!



They have reached the first curve, Crassus keeps the lead and Nyxia starts
to lash on Charonides who struggles to escape the attack! Eporicus is right
on their backs.

Charonides manage to speed up and leaves Nyxia behind, Eporicus seems to
know better than put himself side by side the fierce Nyxia and stays on the
rear but for very little.



After the second curve they all keep their positions but Charonides is
closing on Crassus with Nyxia and Eporicus not very far. They all speed up
in the straight line and the first lap is over with Russata fans
celebrating.



Another curve with Crassus in the lead keeping a steady pace and Charonides
closing in on every straight line, Nyxia tries to close in again and
Eporicus has been behind her keeping the pressure.



After the turn Charonides is almost side by side with Crassus but Nyxia have
managed to close the gap with the leading chariots, Eporicus is not far but
is obviously looking for a chance to pass the fierce Arcadian. Second lap is
over with Crassus in the lead. Russata fan keep shouting but now Praesina
fans have joined in with the gap between first and second strongly reduced.



In this third lap all drivers seems to being sparing their horses for the
final, all keep their positions with Crassus leading, followed by
Charonides, Nyxia and Eporicus.



We have entered the fourth lap, on the first curve Charonides managed to
place him side by side with Crassus by making the turn on the inner side,
but both chariots lose terrain in the curve and in the middle of the
straight line Nyxia also joins them and starts again to slash on Charonides.
The three go side by side to the begin the curve, Crassus canÂ’t start to
turn as Charonides is in inner side and is trying to escape the vicious
attack of Nyxia. In the last moment Nyxia leaves Charonides and makes the
curve but it is too late and Mellivora Capensis hits Aprilis, they both seem
to lose control! One more lateral collision between them that looks have
helped Charonides to regain control but Aprilis hits the wall with the wheel
and Crassus is thrown out of the chariot!



Eporicus has spotted his opening and rushed in, he passes Charonides and
Nyxia, who have lost momentum with the badly done turn is also passed by
Charonides.

Wait! Crassus has stand up by himself and looks well but it can be seen he
is not happy at all with the events, neither are the Russata fans that have
fell in total silence.



On the second turn Charonides catch up with Eporicus, he really knows how to
gain terrain in the turns. Nyxia tries hard to close in with the leading
chariots but maybe have lost too much terrain by now.



Charonides and Eporicus run side by side with Nyxia behind but it looks that
her left horse havenÂ’t escape unharmed from the accident and she is losing
terrain.



We enter now in the fifth and final lap, Eporicus and Charonides giving all
side by side and Nyxia losing terrain. Veneta fans have joined Russata in
dismay while Albata and Praesina shout in support of their chariots.



Last turn and it is now a question to see which one will get out more from
their horses, Charonides gains terrain little by little and wins only by a
head to Eproricus. Nyxia finishes in third with evident difficulty.



Praesina fans are going mad in celebrating but Albata ones arenÂ’t
celebrating less. Russata and Veneta fans are now quit.



FINAL STANDING FOR THE FIRST QUARTERFINAL RACE:

1ST PLACE: MELLIVORA CAPENSIS DRIVEN BY CHARONIDES AND OWNED BY L. CORNELIUS
SULLA FELIX FOR PRAESINA!

2ND PLACE: LUXOGENES DRIVEN BY EPORICUS AND OWNED BY P. MEMMIUS ALBUCIUS FOR
ALBATA.

3RD PLACE: EQUA NOCTIS DRIVEN BY NYXIA AND OWNED BY STATIA CORNELIA AETERNIA
FOR VENETA.

4TH PLACE: APRILIS DRIVEN AND OWNED BY T. IULIUS SABINUS CRASSUS FOR
RUSSATA.



Mellivora Capensis and Luxogenes pass to the semifinals.



Valete optime bene.





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C. Aemilius Crassus omnibus SPD,



We haven't so far any entrance for the Literary and Art contests, although
we had two very beautiful texts from Aeternia and Crispus outside the
contests.



I know inspiration doesn't come at our will and with the short notice you
had it may be hard but if by any chance any of you receive the visit of the
Muses please don't hesitate to share the result with us, even outside the
contests.



Valete optime bene,

Crassus





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C. Aemilius Crassus omnibus SPD,



I would like to call the attention to everybody that the Quiz contest is
running and the clock is ticking for the deadline of the first set of
questions submission.



Valete optime bene,

Crassus



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Tribuno Crasso, Dominis omn.que s.d.

Thanks for this quick and passionating report !

My sincere regrets are for Aeternia's Equa noctis and Sabinus Crassus' veteran Aprilis.

If I am glad for Praesina, which needed such reinforcement, I am a bit worried by the remarkable victory of Mellivora Capensis : the last time a new owner entered the Games, this was C. Petronius Dexter, last year, and he won the contest !!

My best greetings for all chariots, aurigae and their owners !

Vale Tribune, Patroni et omnes,


P. Memmius Albucius
censor
dom. albatus

--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "C. Aemilius Crassus" <c.aemilius.crassus@...> wrote:
>
> C. Aemilius Crassus reporting from Circus Maximus, Rome.
>
>
>
> April 18, 2764 AVC.
>
>
>
> It is a pleasant day here at Roma, with 17º C (63 F) with very little wind,
> a perfect day for chariot races.
>
>
>
> The Circus Maximus is full with the colors of the Factiones. The Albata and
> Russata fans are sure to win these Ludi since they have 5 chariots each on
> the races. The fans of Praesina and Veneta aren't less confident and have
> been told everyone that the races aren't a question of numbers but of
> quality, and they will take the victory.
>
>
>
> In these Ludi we have a fine mix of veteran runners and newcomers and will
> have interesting races for sure.
>
>
>
> The chariots have just enter the track and the noise from the spectators is
> impossible to describe. We have from the inner to the outer of the track:
>
> FOR VENETA – Equa Noctis driveN by Nyxia the Arcadian and owned by Statia
> Cornelia Aeternia!
>
> FOR PRAESINA – Mellivora Capensis driven by Charonides and owned by L.
> Cornelius Sulla Felix!
>
> FOR RUSSATA – Aprilis driven and owned by T. Iulius Sabinus Crassus!
>
> FOR ALBATA – Luxogenes driven by Eporicus ad owned by P. Memmius Albucius!
>
>
>
> The chariots are aligned and ready to run. The Circus has fallen into a
> expecting silence, everyone waits for the startÂ…and the flag goes down and
> of they go. The spectators shout and the incredible noise has return to the
> Circus!
>
>
>
> Crassus in Aprilis has a perfect start and is in the head of the race
> followed by Equa Noctis and Mellivora Capensis side by side! At the trail is
> Luxogenes but without losing terrain after a weaker start. The Russata fans
> shout as loud as possible!
>
>
>
> They have reached the first curve, Crassus keeps the lead and Nyxia starts
> to lash on Charonides who struggles to escape the attack! Eporicus is right
> on their backs.
>
> Charonides manage to speed up and leaves Nyxia behind, Eporicus seems to
> know better than put himself side by side the fierce Nyxia and stays on the
> rear but for very little.
>
>
>
> After the second curve they all keep their positions but Charonides is
> closing on Crassus with Nyxia and Eporicus not very far. They all speed up
> in the straight line and the first lap is over with Russata fans
> celebrating.
>
>
>
> Another curve with Crassus in the lead keeping a steady pace and Charonides
> closing in on every straight line, Nyxia tries to close in again and
> Eporicus has been behind her keeping the pressure.
>
>
>
> After the turn Charonides is almost side by side with Crassus but Nyxia have
> managed to close the gap with the leading chariots, Eporicus is not far but
> is obviously looking for a chance to pass the fierce Arcadian. Second lap is
> over with Crassus in the lead. Russata fan keep shouting but now Praesina
> fans have joined in with the gap between first and second strongly reduced.
>
>
>
> In this third lap all drivers seems to being sparing their horses for the
> final, all keep their positions with Crassus leading, followed by
> Charonides, Nyxia and Eporicus.
>
>
>
> We have entered the fourth lap, on the first curve Charonides managed to
> place him side by side with Crassus by making the turn on the inner side,
> but both chariots lose terrain in the curve and in the middle of the
> straight line Nyxia also joins them and starts again to slash on Charonides.
> The three go side by side to the begin the curve, Crassus can't start to
> turn as Charonides is in inner side and is trying to escape the vicious
> attack of Nyxia. In the last moment Nyxia leaves Charonides and makes the
> curve but it is too late and Mellivora Capensis hits Aprilis, they both seem
> to lose control! One more lateral collision between them that looks have
> helped Charonides to regain control but Aprilis hits the wall with the wheel
> and Crassus is thrown out of the chariot!
>
>
>
> Eporicus has spotted his opening and rushed in, he passes Charonides and
> Nyxia, who have lost momentum with the badly done turn is also passed by
> Charonides.
>
> Wait! Crassus has stand up by himself and looks well but it can be seen he
> is not happy at all with the events, neither are the Russata fans that have
> fell in total silence.
>
>
>
> On the second turn Charonides catch up with Eporicus, he really knows how to
> gain terrain in the turns. Nyxia tries hard to close in with the leading
> chariots but maybe have lost too much terrain by now.
>
>
>
> Charonides and Eporicus run side by side with Nyxia behind but it looks that
> her left horse haven't escape unharmed from the accident and she is losing
> terrain.
>
>
>
> We enter now in the fifth and final lap, Eporicus and Charonides giving all
> side by side and Nyxia losing terrain. Veneta fans have joined Russata in
> dismay while Albata and Praesina shout in support of their chariots.
>
>
>
> Last turn and it is now a question to see which one will get out more from
> their horses, Charonides gains terrain little by little and wins only by a
> head to Eproricus. Nyxia finishes in third with evident difficulty.
>
>
>
> Praesina fans are going mad in celebrating but Albata ones aren't
> celebrating less. Russata and Veneta fans are now quit.
>
>
>
> FINAL STANDING FOR THE FIRST QUARTERFINAL RACE:
>
> 1ST PLACE: MELLIVORA CAPENSIS DRIVEN BY CHARONIDES AND OWNED BY L. CORNELIUS
> SULLA FELIX FOR PRAESINA!
>
> 2ND PLACE: LUXOGENES DRIVEN BY EPORICUS AND OWNED BY P. MEMMIUS ALBUCIUS FOR
> ALBATA.
>
> 3RD PLACE: EQUA NOCTIS DRIVEN BY NYXIA AND OWNED BY STATIA CORNELIA AETERNIA
> FOR VENETA.
>
> 4TH PLACE: APRILIS DRIVEN AND OWNED BY T. IULIUS SABINUS CRASSUS FOR
> RUSSATA.
>
>
>
> Mellivora Capensis and Luxogenes pass to the semifinals.
>
>
>
> Valete optime bene.
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

C. Aemilius Crassus reporting from Circus Maximus at Rome.



April 18, 2764 AVC.



The day is still very pleasant with a nice 20º C (68º F) and now with a
little more wind from West.



The track has been cleaned, and some Veneta supporters had taken the
opportunity to leave the Circus for a walk on the city since in the next
race there will be no Veneta chariot. Albata, Praesina and Russata
supporters seem to be in a competition to see who produces more noise.



The chariots enter now the track, this time we have from the inner side to
the outer:

FOR PRAESINA – Ignis Serpentis driven by Timon Fulmen and owned by V.
Valerius Volusus.

FOR ALBATA – Celer driven by Fortis and owned by A. Tullia Scholastica.

FOR RUSSATA – Taurus II driven by Amadan and owned by P. Annaeus
Constantinus Placidus.

FOR ALBATA – Nervia driven by Drunas and owned by P. Memmius Albucius.



The horses are aligned and ready for the start, finaly silence fell over the
CircusÂ…and the flag is down!



All four chariots have a good start and are all side by side, none looks to
be pressing very hard the horses.



They arrive to the first curve and both Drunas and Amadan pass very close to
the Spina winning advantage, at the exit of the turn we have now Amadan on
the lead but followed very close by Drunas! Fortis and Fulmen make a more
open turn and are side by side just behind the leading chariots. Both
Russata and Albata go crazy with applause! Praesina fans try to give support
to their chariot with chants.



On the arriving of the second turn both Drunas and Amadan pass even closer
to the Spina and win more terrain to Fortis and Fulmen. At the exit of the
curve both Fortis and Fulmen start to press their horses to not lose contact
with the leading drivers.

And the first lap is over with Amadan on the lead but less than an head,
followed by Drunas, Fortis and Fulmen are concentrate on the front chariots
and ignoring the chariot on their side, but Fortis seems to gain terrain on
the straight line and Fulmen recovers it on the turns.



Another turn and another even closer pass of Spina by both Amadan and
Drunas, it is impressive but they canÂ’t pass it even more closer without an
accident for sure. The spectators now fell in silence each time one of these
chariots makes a turn.



Once more Fortis and Fulmen press very hard their horses and recover some
lost terrain but the tactics of the leading drivers are making them with a
very comfortable margin.



OH! I could swear the wheel of Amadan have touched the Spina but the chariot
didnÂ’t even jolted, Drunas keeps right behind doing what looks impossible
turn.

The second lap is over, Amadan keeps the lead but Drunas is pressing him.
Both Fortis and Flumen are still side by side and losing terrain for the
leaders. If they donÂ’t change tactics they wonÂ’t pass to the semifinals!



Reaching the first curve of the third lap Amadan looks to have learned from
the last curve and gives more space to the Spina. At the exit is side by
side with Drunas, both trying to reach the next turn on the head of the
race.

Fortis and Flumen exit the turn at the same time but it seems they have
understood they need to change tactics and both press even harder their
horses.



Amadan wins the lead and enter first in the next turn, once more almost
touching the Spina but followed by Drunas with the same movement. Fortis and
Flumen keep pressing and are now making harder turns and manage to recover
some terrain.

The fourth lap is over, Amadan leads hard pressed by Drunas, and we canÂ’t
tell who is in third and fourth since Fortis and Flumen look to be exactly
side by side.



One more turn and Amadan this times did touch the Spina, Taurus II has
jolted hard but Amadan manages to retain control of it. Drunas tries to gain
terrainÂ… Alas Drunas closed the turn too much and smashed the wheel of the
Spina! Drunas is on the ground and off the race.

The Albata fans are now silent and the Russata ones are celebrating an
almost certain victory



Fortis and Flumen have now realized they can be in second position and exit
the turn lashing the horses for all they have.



Amadan now makes a opener last turn managing the confortable advantage and
rushes for the victory.

Praesina supporters shout for their chariot and the Albata fans have waked
up remembering they have one more chariot on the race, they start to chat
for Celer!

Fortis and Flumen keep their private duel but it looks Celer is the right
name for the chariot and little by little it gains terrain and ends in
second, with Flumen on third!



FINAL RESULTS FOR SECOND QUARTERFINAL RACE:

1ST PLACE: TAURUS II DRIVEN BY AMADAN AND OWNED BY P. ANNAEUS CONSTANTINUS
PLACIDUS!

2ND PLACE: CELER DRIVEN BY FORTIS AND OWNED BY A. TULLIA SCHOLASTICA.

3RD PLACE: IGNIS SERPENTIS DRIVEN BY TIMON FLUMEN AND OWNED BY V. VALERIUS
VOLUSUS.

4TH PLACE: NERVIA DRIVEN BY DRUNAS AND OWNED BY P. MEMMIUS ALBUCIUS.



Both Taurus II and Celer pass to the semifinals.



Valete optime bene.













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