Bonifacy & LunaVale

LunaVale

Hey, have you ever read the ancient Roman texts on herbal medicine? I was flipping through some Latin recipes and got lost in a maze of names. It makes me wonder how those plants actually evolved and whether the roots were as complex back then as they are now.

Bonifacy

I have skimmed a few of those scrolls before, the Latin names feel like a language of whispers. The herbs themselves were already quite varied, their roots often the most prized parts, but the way they were described was more poetic than scientific. Still, the core of the plants—how they pull nutrients from the soil—remains the same. The Romans may have lacked our precise taxonomy, but their observations were keen, and the roots they cultivated were no less complex than the ones we use today.

LunaVale

You’re right that the Latin is poetic, but it’s still pretty precise if you read it right. The Romans called the root of what we now know as *Rosa* “radix rosae”, not “rosa radica” as some modern translations mistakenly render. And they didn’t bother with sub‑species because they were more interested in whether the root could pull up iron for a “liver‑ful” cure. Your point about nutrient uptake is spot on—those roots were already doing the same chemistry we study in labs today, just without our fancy terminology. Just keep an eye on the verbs, and you’ll get a clearer picture of their taxonomy.