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1. Ancus Marcius, the fourth king, was like Numa[1] in justice and piety, but was more warlike. 2. During[2] his reign[2] a raid was made on the Roman territory by the Latins. 3...
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3. Part 3Intereâ Remum latrônês ad Amûlium rêgem perdûxêrunt,[5] eum accûsantês, quasi[6] Numitôris agrôs înfêstâre solitus[7] esset; itaque Remus â rêge Numitôrî ad[8] supplicium trâdit...
8. Part 829.1: The dating is not exact, as the Decemvirs were elected in 451 B.C. 29.2: Cf. p. 5, n. 15. 29.3: #quî . . . prôpônerent#: i.e. after studying the laws of Greece, they were...
11. Part 1143.10: In the latter part of the First Punic War Hamilcar had successfully maintained himself for several years in Sicily against the Romans. Subsequently he built up a great Ca...
13. Part 13Haec et aliae, quae sequêbantur, clâdês Carthâginiênsibus tantum terrôris intulêrunt, ut Hannibalem ex Îtaliâ ad tuendam patriam revocârent. Frendêns gemênsque ac vix lacrimîs[3...
16. Part 1674.7: #mulier obvia . . . inquit#: 'a woman met them and said.' 74.8: #quaesîta . . . dîxisset#: 'though inquiries were made as to who had said this.' How literally? #dîxisset#...
2. Part 2#Rômae#, VII, 26, and often; #Tarentî#, XV, 30; salûbriôra #mîlitiae# quam #domî# esse iuvenum corpora, IV, 70 (locative: chiefly used with names of towns);--#in siccô#, I, 10;...
21. Part 21Augustus in quadam villa aegrotans noctes inquietas agebat, rumpente somnum eius crebro noctuae cantu. Qua molestia cum liberari se vehementer cupere significasset, miles quidam...
7. Part 722.8: Cf. the whole description VII, 40-53. 22.9: not 'occupied.' 22.10: The infinitive depends on #indîgnê ferret#, an expression of emotion. Cf. p. 19, n. 6. 23.1: #plûrimum p...
19. Part 1986.8: See Vocab., _Iûlius_. 86.9: ablative of source. 86.10: Cf. p. 73, n. 1. 86.11: i.e. Sulla. 86.12: #neque potuit#: '_but_ he was not able.' 86.13: _êlâbor_. 87.1: #quârtâna...
17. Part 17Trânsgressus inde in Âfricam Iarbam, Numidiae rêgem, quî Mariî partibus favêbat, bellô persecûtus intrâ diês quadrâgintâ oppressit et Âfricam subêgit adulêscêns[2] quattuor et v...
20. Part 20Paucîs post annîs Cicerônî diem dîxit Clôdius tribûnus plêbis, {90} quod cîvês Rômânôs indictâ[5] causâ necâvisset. Senâtus maestus,[6] tamquam in pûblicô lûctû, veste[7] mûtâtâ...
34. Part 34#Vesta, ae#, f., the goddess of the hearth, and so of the family and the state. A fire was kept burning continually in her temple near the Forum, which six maidens, called Vesta...
14. Part 14Tiberius Gracchus, tribûnus plêbis creâtus, â senâtû dêscîvit: populî favôrem profûsîs largîtiônibus sibi conciliâvit; {15} agrôs[9] plêbî dîvidêbat; prôvinciâs novîs colôniîs[1...
6. Part 617.2: #Tarquiniîs . . . urbe#: 'from Tarquinii, a city of Etruria.' Cf. p. 8, n. 5. 17.3: _proficîscor_. 17.4: Sc. _Rômam_: 'while on his way to Rome.' The participle agrees wit...
12. Part 12Cum Publius Cornelius Scipio se erga Hispanos clementer gessisset, circumfusa multitudo eum regem ingenti consensu appellavit; at Scipio, silentio per praeconem facto, "Nomen im...
5. Part 510.16: #Mortuô Numâ#: abl. abs. = _post Numae mortem_. 10.17: #proximô rêgî#: 'his predecessor.' Join with #dissimilis#, which has the same constructions as _similis_ (p. 3, n....
15. Part 15Hîs rêbus audîtîs, Cimbrî êgrediuntur castrîs et cum paucîs suôrum ad vâllum Rômânum adequitâns Boiorix, Cimbrôrum dux, Marium ad pûgnam prôvocat et diem pûgnae â Rômânôrum impe...
10. Part 1039.7: #clâde adfêcisset# = 'had inflicted defeat upon.' Cf. _eô genere . . . adficiêbâtur_, XVI, 31. The reference is to the naval victory off Ecnomus, in Sicily. 39.8: Note car...
9. Part 9Manius Curius contra Samnites profectus eos ingentibus proeliis vicit. In quo bello cum permultum agri hominumque maximam vim cepisset, ipse inde ditari adeo noluit, ut, cum int...
23. Part 231. When Marius was in Spain with Scipio, some one asked this (question) of Scipio. 2. If anything happens[1] to you, what equally great commander will the republic have? 3. Scip...
24. Part 24#auspicium, î# [#avis# + #*speciô#], n., _divination_ by noting the flight or cries of birds. In taking the #auspicia#, _auspices_, the augur sought to learn whether the gods fa...
25. Part 25#cliêns, entis# [orig. #cluêns#, from #clueô#, _to hear_], m., _a vassal, dependent, client_. The #clientês# attached themselves to some patrician, who aided them in business, e...
4. Part 4Successit Rômulô Numa Pompilius, vir inclitâ iûstitiâ[4] et religiône.[4] Is Curibus,[5] ex oppidô Sabînôrum, accîtus est. Quî cum Rômam vênisset, ut[6] populum ferum religiône...
33. Part 331. _L. Cornêlius Sulla_, surnamed Fêlîx, born B.C. 138; consul in 88; commanded against Mithridates 88-84; fought Marius in 88, and again in 83, 82, becoming master of Italy. He...
31. Part 31#quaestor, ôris# [orig. #quaesîtor#; cf. #quaerô, quaesô#], m., _quaestor, quartermaster_, a name given to certain magistrates who had the care of public monies and military sup...
29. Part 2926. Part 26#dictâtor, ôris# [#dictô#, _to order_], m., _a dictator_, a magistrate usually appointed only in times of extreme peril. He was named by one of the consuls, after the senate had...
30. Part 30#Parthî, ôrum#, pl. m., _the Parthians_, a people in Asia, southeast of the Caspian Sea. In the second century B.C. they overran the country to the east of the Euphrates. They w...
28. Part 28#in#, prep, with (1) acc.; of place, _into, to, on, upon, towards, against_; of purpose, _for, with a view to_; of other relations, _respecting, according to_; #in diês#, _day b...
32. Part 322. _P. Cornêlius Scîpiô Âfricânus Mâior_, son of (1), born B.C. 237; commanded in Spain 210-206; consul in 205; defeated Hannibal at Zama in 202. He died about 183 B.C.
27. Part 27#flâmen, inis#, m., _a Flamen_, a priest devoted to the service of a particular god, esp. Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus. His office was to make sacrifices and to watch the sacred...
18. Part 18Quo rarior in regibus et principibus viris moderatio, hoc laudanda magis est. C. Iulius Caesar victoria civili clementissime usus est; cum enim scrinia deprehendisset epistularu...
35. Part 35This work has been prepared in response to a growing demand for a new first reading book in Latin, offering more simple and interesting material for the second-year work than is...