Nova Britannia General Meeting Julius MMDCCLXXIX

 Monday, July 6th, 2026, 6:00 p.m. - 7:27 p.m.

Participants: Numerius Octavius Astronomus

Sibylla Ambrosia Fulvia

Aulus Iulius Paterculus

   I was on the call by myself for a time, as a result of sending out that night's link too close to the time of the meeting. I spent this time continuing to read a review of The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony, which seems like quite a worthwhile book to read.

   N. Octavius Astronomus joined the call at around 6:30 p.m., and we conversed for a bit about his recent activities. Astronomus told me about his activities for the 4th of July and shared some pictures, in which he was carrying a patriotic sign he'd written in Latin in front of Vermont's state capitol. He also described some of his research in genealogy and places in Canada and Europe to which he hoped to travel.

   Sibylla Ambrosia Fulvia then joined the meeting. Astronomus gave a brief review of what he'd discussed with me, and also mentioned traveling to the Vermont Renaissance Faire, where'd he'd suggested to some people that they join forces with the Living History Expo, which had been having trouble operating independently recently. In return, some of these fairgoers told Astronomus about a living history timeline at Fort #4 in New Hampshire coming up in September, which he planned to attend. Astronomus said that Nova Britannia should try to have a presence at some such events, and I suggested joining Legio III in some of their planned activities.

   There was a discussion of the Pioneer, Voyager, and New Frontier space probes. Sibylla brought us back to Roman topics with some questions about Roman astronomy as well as the origins of the days of the week, months of the year, and hours of the day. This prompted mention of less well-known deities such as Februus and the Horae.

   Zoom ended the meeting at this point, but Sibylla and I returned and had a brief conversation including other Roman topics, such as the burned Herculaneum scroll which had been recently decoded, the availability of works in translation, and ancient codes. Sibylla told me that the earliest binary code similar to Morse code was used by the Norse. We then said goodnight.