Archive for May, 2004

The name

Monday, May 3rd, 2004

Just a quick note on the name: provocatio is a latin term dating from around the 5th century B.C. Rome, at the time, was ruled by an aristocracy known as the patricians. These were the people who could trace their ancestries back to the founding of Rome in 753B.C. Initially, the Roman Senate was mad up of patricians. Initially, all the office-holders (magistrates) were patricians.

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Provocatio, by Éibhear

Monday, May 3rd, 2004

And here it is. Éibhear’s blog.
This is just for fun, and nothing here is to be taken too seriously. However, the intention is to improve my prose and to learn how to blog effectively.
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