Feriae Romanae

Latin III 2nd Quarter Project Resources

Feriae Romanae

(the Roman Holidays)

Hercules' 12 Labors:

The Labors of Hercules

Clash of the Gods (video)

Hercules (in English or in Latin!)

General Roman Holiday Resources:

The Detective & the Toga: Ancient Roman Holidays

Calendar of Roman Holidays & Festivals

Agonalia, Festival to Janus

Feralia, to the Souls of the Netherworld

Terminalia, to Terminus, the god of boundaries

Liberalia, to Liber and Libera, gods of freedom

Lemuria, the day when ghosts were out

Vestalia, to Vesta, goddess of the hearth

Neptunalia, to Neptune

Vinalia, to Jupiter and Venus (...and wine)

Volcanalia, to Vulcan

Ludi Romani, the State Games

Equus October, to Mars

Saturnalia Celebration!

the Latin Club presents...

A Saturnalia Celebration!

Please join us for dinner, a "Secret Saturn" gift exchange, and the premiere of "The Hobbit"

After school on Friday, December 14th, we will head to Olive Garden for dinner, then to see "The Hobbit."  In order to buy your advance ticket with our group, please bring your $10 to Magistra BY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5th!

We hope you can join us.  Io Saturnalia!

In foramine terrae habitabat hobbitus.

(‘In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit.’)

"Young Tolkien liked to draw landscapes and trees, but his favourite lessons were those concerning languages, and his mother taught him the rudiments of Latin very early" Source

 "Language and grammar for Tolkien was a matter of aesthetics and euphony, and Quenya in particular was designed from "phonaesthetic" considerations; it was intended as an "Elvenlatin", and was phonologically based on Latin, with ingredients from Finnish, Welsh, English, and Greek." Source