Why did Roman's trust divination?

Cleeecooo · 28 Nov 2010 at 15:54

Friend's son took Latin and has this as H/W. Anyone got any ideas?

Chives · 28 Nov 2010 at 15:56

What?

Yas786 · 28 Nov 2010 at 15:58

Look it up on google??

mjt · 28 Nov 2010 at 15:58

Why doesn't your friend's son do his own homework?

And FWIW, that comma is unnecessary. It caused me a great deal of confusion and thus about a minute of my life I will never get back.
TIA

Castiel · 28 Nov 2010 at 15:59

All you need to know. It was an integral part of their religion, it was inherited from the Ancient Greeks along with their Gods, Now go and do your own homework:

http://www.novaroma.org/nr/Divination

The following is ripe for plagiarism:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/19067297/The-Dissemination-of-Divination-in-Roman-Republican-Times

Cr0fty · 28 Nov 2010 at 16:00

Because they believed Gods were an everyday part of life.
Because their leaders were treated as divine.
Because they didn't have the internet...

gillywibble · 28 Nov 2010 at 16:01

Edrof · 28 Nov 2010 at 16:02

That might actually be unanswerable.

nydryl · 28 Nov 2010 at 16:04

The reasoning was that if it's good enough for Hogwarts it's good enough for the Romans.

scrlk · 28 Nov 2010 at 16:04

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apostrophe

That is all.

Cleeecooo · 28 Nov 2010 at 16:05

thanks, I kinda got interested myself cos i did latin GCSE

Judge Mental · 28 Nov 2010 at 16:06

The Water Board were on strike.

Cosimo · 28 Nov 2010 at 16:15

Judge Mental said:
The Water Board were on strike.

No, they ran out of crystal balls.

Stewy · 28 Nov 2010 at 16:15

The Roman's what?

:/

sigma · 28 Nov 2010 at 16:17

I thought they set up a trust of multiplination?

nydryl · 28 Nov 2010 at 16:17

StewartMG said:
The Roman's what?

:/

Post 14 before this got brought up. Standards are slipping

Mucky_Pup · 28 Nov 2010 at 16:22

More importantly, your friends son has chose to do Latin? Hmmmm ok, lol.

Dave · 28 Nov 2010 at 16:26

nydryl said:
Post 14 before this got brought up. Standards are slipping

Post 4 actually, but was mistaken for a comma. Post 10 mentioned it too. Standards are slipping

Deadbeat · 28 Nov 2010 at 17:28

Vinni3 @H|H said:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apostrophe

That is all.

Particularly the closing summary: When in doubt, Don't use an apostrophe!

Edit: OP, don't help your friend's kid with his homework. He'll hate you for ever when he fails english and ends up working on a construction site.

VaderDSL · 28 Nov 2010 at 17:32

Bloody Romans, what did they ever do for us!