kizolk
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Post by kizolk on Feb 10, 2024 13:59:37 GMT
Constantine
Maybe it sounds like an adjective to me only because of Byzantine, but I'll try it nonetheless.
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kizolk
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Post by kizolk on Feb 10, 2024 14:00:39 GMT
Latrines
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Post by Pacifica on Feb 10, 2024 14:15:52 GMT
This building is something more dignified than a lavatory, let alone a lupanar.
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Post by Pacifica on Feb 10, 2024 14:16:40 GMT
The name/adjective refers to a physical characteristic.
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Post by Pacifica on Feb 10, 2024 14:20:13 GMT
Claudius isn't an adjective, as far as I know, although claudus is. Technically, Claudius is an adjective ( Claudius/Claudia/Claudium = belonging to the gens Claudia). But I wasn't talking about that kind of adjective. |
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Post by Pacifica on Feb 10, 2024 14:24:44 GMT
Constantine Maybe it sounds like an adjective to me only because of Byzantine, but I'll try it nonetheless. Well, in its Latin form and originally, it was a kind of adjective (meaning something like "belonging to Constans"). The right name's spelling isn't Anglicized. |
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Post by Pacifica on Feb 10, 2024 14:26:41 GMT
I could declare the puzzle solved since the location has been found at least. Though that answers the question "where on earth", not "what on earth".
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Post by Pacifica on Feb 10, 2024 14:28:00 GMT
Maybe I'll just wait for the function of the building to be found, unless everyone has had enough.
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Feb 10, 2024 15:02:24 GMT
Library? Although the Romans would have used the Greek word, wouldn't they? Let alone others.
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Post by Pacifica on Feb 10, 2024 15:38:59 GMT
Yes, it's the Library of Celsus.
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Post by Pacifica on Feb 10, 2024 16:00:05 GMT
C______ (name of the guy who had it built I was wrong here. Celsus is the name of the person in memory of whom it was built. His son had it built. |
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kizolk
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Post by kizolk on Feb 10, 2024 16:54:42 GMT
C______ (name of the guy who had it built I was wrong here. Celsus is the name of the person in memory of whom it was built. His son had it built. Ah! So that's why I couldn't find it!! ... |
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Feb 10, 2024 20:43:42 GMT
I can't remember whether I've posted this before, or where it was if I did. If nobody else remembers, this might encourage some interesting guesses. The what is more important than the precise where, which would be much harder.  |
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Post by terentiusfaber on Feb 10, 2024 20:49:18 GMT
Dublin?
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Feb 10, 2024 21:04:34 GMT
No.
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