Re: Romula - the news

Nik Taylor wrote:

> Artem Kouzminykh wrote:
> > -- a friend of mine said it was a planet/culture called Romulus/Romulan in
> > Star Trek film. Could it produce some confusion with my (la lingua) Romula,
> > what in fact has nothing to do with any extraterrestrial stuff?
>
> Probably.  When I first say "Romula" I immediately thought "Ah, another
> Star Trek language".  And if you're doing this for any kind of published
> work, it's conceivable that there'd be copyright issues.  But if not,
> feel free to use that word.
>
> > -- indeed, I checked out and now see that conjugaton of 'dare/donare' (to
> > give) is to be changed. I surely must use only 'dare'.
>
> You don't have to use only dare.  It's quite conceivable that the two
> could be combined into different forms for the same verb, just as
> Spanish _ir_ contains forms from Latin _ire_, _va:dere_, and _esse_
>
> > They raised a
> > mutiny-rebellion (the reason for it is not yet known) and decided to found
> > their own free state somewhere in the south-west of Gallia/Gaul.
>
> And the Romans never came after them?  It's unlikely that a mutiny like
> that would remain for very long, they'd send a couple of legions there
> to crush them, I'm sure.
Oh, I don't know about that.  It depends on the chronology he's making for
these people.  During the Late Empire, rebellions often went unchecked
for many years.  IIRC, there was some guy who founded his own little
Empire of Britain during the third century chaos before Diocletian came
to the helm, and minted his own coins and everything;  lasted for about 10
years or so.  At a later date, almost the entirety of the westernmost prefecture
(Britain, Gaul, Hispania, Morocco) operated like its own little independent
nation. It failed, of course, but hey.

Now, since he's in an alternate universe anyways (there was no such thing
as Romula), he might say that some little bit of Aquitania got at least de facto
independence of the government in Rome, holing itself up in the Pyrenees
or something. (Who does that remind us of?  Hey -- these people could
be the ancient ETA!)

> > Middle and New Ages)
>
> New Ages?
That probably needs repeating:  the "New Ages"?   How about, "Industrial Era"
or "Information Era" or some such thing...   :)


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