Happy birthday Societas Via Romana!!
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 3:42 pm
Salvete omnes Romani!
Today is a joyous day, because the SVR celebrates its third birthday. I thank everyone by whose work and dedication the Societas has steadily grown in quality, recognition and has made this a pleasant place to be for all involved. There are few web communities that can say this, and I hope that we may remain this way.
In no particular order, I would also like to personally thank Atticus, Lupus, Curio, Locatus, Mus, Tergestus, Piscinus, Coruncanius, Mencius, frater Tiberius, Romulus, Marius, Garrulus, Lentulus, Q. Marius, Brutus and possibly many others I have forgotten to mention but whose contributions and mere presence in our community I appreciate. I hope that they will all stay with us. I would also like to take some time to remember one of our co-founders, Silvanius. Although he's not here anymore, without him the Societas might not exist today. I would also like to remember our consular Xantippe Helia, who fizzled into thin air last year but whom many of us hope might come back someday. And lastly, I would like to welcome all new members to the Societas and hope that it continues to attract new members.
We've come quite a way already. In the past three years, SVR underwent many evolutions. Our website continuously expanded - and became nicer to look at , we had a practical trimming in our institutions and our regulations in different phases and we also saw the rise of the Latin Inquisition. In September 2002 we took the big step of making our main community focus a message board rather than a newsgroup, which I think also proved to be a good evolution.
But of course, there's still more. There's always more to do. The world of Antiquity is so vast that quite probably we still won't have covered everything in a decade. And every now and then I'm still amazed at how surprisingly modern Antiquity can be, in many, many facets. History is not just a rear-view mirror...
Valete bene!
Draco
Today is a joyous day, because the SVR celebrates its third birthday. I thank everyone by whose work and dedication the Societas has steadily grown in quality, recognition and has made this a pleasant place to be for all involved. There are few web communities that can say this, and I hope that we may remain this way.
In no particular order, I would also like to personally thank Atticus, Lupus, Curio, Locatus, Mus, Tergestus, Piscinus, Coruncanius, Mencius, frater Tiberius, Romulus, Marius, Garrulus, Lentulus, Q. Marius, Brutus and possibly many others I have forgotten to mention but whose contributions and mere presence in our community I appreciate. I hope that they will all stay with us. I would also like to take some time to remember one of our co-founders, Silvanius. Although he's not here anymore, without him the Societas might not exist today. I would also like to remember our consular Xantippe Helia, who fizzled into thin air last year but whom many of us hope might come back someday. And lastly, I would like to welcome all new members to the Societas and hope that it continues to attract new members.
We've come quite a way already. In the past three years, SVR underwent many evolutions. Our website continuously expanded - and became nicer to look at , we had a practical trimming in our institutions and our regulations in different phases and we also saw the rise of the Latin Inquisition. In September 2002 we took the big step of making our main community focus a message board rather than a newsgroup, which I think also proved to be a good evolution.
But of course, there's still more. There's always more to do. The world of Antiquity is so vast that quite probably we still won't have covered everything in a decade. And every now and then I'm still amazed at how surprisingly modern Antiquity can be, in many, many facets. History is not just a rear-view mirror...
Valete bene!
Draco