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strange_complexI think I've done this before as part of a larger quiz. But since it's now doing the rounds as a meme in its own right:
Book snippet meme
Grab the nearest book.
Open the book to page 23.
Find the fifth sentence.
Post the text of the sentence in your journal, along with these instructions:
"The quindecemviri of sacred affairs declare: On the day before the Ides of June, we will give a beast-hunt [in... and begin games of the circus...]"
It is from an inscription recording the presentation of Ludi Saeculares by Augustus: super-special games in Rome which were held only once a century. The inscription is a bit damaged, hence the square brackets and dots at this point. Quindecemviri are just a board of fifteen men; the day before the Ides of June was what we call June 12th. This is actually line 163 of the original inscription: it's a damned long one.
The book was a sourcebook entitled The Roman Empire: Augustus to Hadrian edited by Robert
Sherk (1988).
Book snippet meme
Grab the nearest book.
Open the book to page 23.
Find the fifth sentence.
Post the text of the sentence in your journal, along with these instructions:
"The quindecemviri of sacred affairs declare: On the day before the Ides of June, we will give a beast-hunt [in... and begin games of the circus...]"
It is from an inscription recording the presentation of Ludi Saeculares by Augustus: super-special games in Rome which were held only once a century. The inscription is a bit damaged, hence the square brackets and dots at this point. Quindecemviri are just a board of fifteen men; the day before the Ides of June was what we call June 12th. This is actually line 163 of the original inscription: it's a damned long one.
The book was a sourcebook entitled The Roman Empire: Augustus to Hadrian edited by Robert
Sherk (1988).
