Eboracum Eboracum Eboracum (Latin /ebo'rakum/, English or ) was a fort and city in the Roman province of Britannia. In its prime it was the largest town in northern Britain and a provincial capital. The site remained occupied after the decline of the Roman Empire and ultimately evolved into the present-day city York, occupying the same site in North Yorkshire, England. Two Roman emperors died in Eboracum: Septimius Severus in 211 AD, and Constantius Chlorus in 306 AD. The first known recorded mention of Eboracum by name is dated and is an address containing the genitive form of the settlement's name,
Latin for All Occasions Latin for All Occasions Latin for All Occasions ("Lingua Latina Occasionibus Omnibus") is a 1990 book by Henry Beard, and Latin for Even More Occasions ("Lingua Latina Multo Pluribus Occasionibus") is a 1991 sequel. Both contain translations of modern English phrases into mostly literal Latin equivalents. Beard is known as a humorist but studied Latin for eight years at Harvard. He wrote the Latin himself, but had it checked and polished by scholars Mark Sugars and Winifred Lewellen. The idea for the books was from John Boswell. The illustrations are by Mikhail Ivenitsky and both books were published by Villard