Nova Britannia General Meeting II: Maius MMDCCLXXVII

Nova Britannia General Meeting II: Maius MMDCCLXXVII

Monday, May 27th, MMDCCLXXVII, 7:00 p.m. - 8:22 p.m.

Participants: Sibylla Ambrosia Fulvia

Publius Sextius Laevus

Numerius Octavius Astronomus

Aulus Iulius Paterculus

    During this evening's call, there was more discussion of plans for Latin and what had happened with our studies of the language since the last Nova Britannia General Meeting. Sibylla Ambrosia Fulvia gave her approval to the idea of opening our Monday night sessions to all of Nova Roma, which had been considered last time. Sibylla expressed sorrow that A. Tullia Scholastica was no longer with us, a sentiment we all shared.

    There was some conversation about personal activities. I praised comments which N. Octavius Astronomus had made about the current provincial evaluation system on Discord.

    Sibylla had to turn in due to the lateness of the hour. I suggested to the others that we consider moving our meetings an hour earlier, and there was some approval for the idea.

    I mentioned that Rosalia was coming up, and that this celebration of the Roman war dead nearly coincided with Memorial Day. We looked up Rosalia on the Nova Roma wiki and in the process found a number of deficiencies in the wiki, a few of which we resolved to correct at the earliest opportunity, such as listing Astronomus as a contact for Vermont and updating the list of active citizens in Nova Britannia.si

    P. Sextius Laevus shared a comic strip which he had written in Latin and illustrated as part of Saturnalia celebrations for the Roman Republic. He shared with us some of his history with that group.

Nova Britannia General Meeting: Maius MMDCCLXXVII

Nova Britannia General Meeting: Maius MMDCCLXXVII

Monday, May 6th, MMDCCLXXVII, 7:00 p.m. - 8:24 p.m.

Participants: Publius Sextius Laevus

Numerius Octavius Astronomus

Aulus Iulius Paterculus

Zoe

    This evening started with a recap of MithraCon by N.Octavius Astronomus and Zoe, who had both attended. Astronomus had taken a large collection of photos during that weekend's activities and shared them via Zoom. These included sculptures adorning the Yale Library and artifacts from inside the Yale University Art Gallery, which Astronomus magnified to examine specific details. We spent some time trying to decipher the meanings of the symbols and writing which Astronomus showed us, identifying at least five ancient civilizations referenced by the images outside the library and interpreting a mosaic's depiction of Egypt. 

    Once the review of MithraCon was complete, Zoe left for the evening. Those of us who remained on the call discussed the recently announced plans to start monthly Latin calls under the aegis of the Sodalitas Latinitatis. We tentatively agreed to open the monthly Latin calls which Nova Britannia had already been having to Nova Roma as a whole, providing an option for those who wouldn't be able to attend at 9 a.m. Eastern U.S. time or whose Latin was on a different level.

    There was a brief discussion of the movie Civil War, which P. Sextius Laevus and Astronomus had each seen and recommended highly. Then we ended our conversation for the night.