I II

II L

Hic lūctus? (Is this grief/loss?)

Maybe Rome actually COULD have been built in a day had they not wasted so much time using letters to count.

S A T O R
A R E P O
T E N E T
O P E R A
R O T A S

“Quo vadis?”
“Ad hospitium.”
“Damnum!”

of course it is

detrimentum

Got me! I’m surprised that I haven’t come across this iteration before

Is this a 2048 solution, Roman style?