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Stage 12 Review (plus maybe some stage 11)

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  • When people began to dig at Pompeii in the 17-1800s, what did people want from the site?
    to loot - jewels, statues, works of art, etc.
  • ego ad portum festino. ego ex urbe fugio.
    I am hurrying to the city. I am fleeing from the city.
  • subject: fugimus (ego, tu, nos, vos) (AND translate)
    nos - we are fleeing/running away
  • subject: conspexistī (ego, tu, nos, vos) (AND translate)
    tu - you caught sight of
  • Why did the Pompeiians not know Vesuvius was going to erupt? (2 answers)
    the last eruption had been too long previous, so didn't remember; didn't know what a volcano was
  • subject: dicēbam (ego, tu, nos, vos) (AND translate)
    ego - I was saying
  • How were Herculaneum and Pompeii destroyed? (what was the main effect of Vesuvius on each?)
    Herculaneum - mud; Pompeii - ash/gas
  • She felt. (sēnsit, sentit, sentiebat) (AND name tense)
    Sēnsit - perfect
  • he saw (videt, vīdit, videbat) (AND name tense)
    vīdit
  • She sends. (mīsit, mittebat, mittit) (AND name tense)
    mittit - present
  • Who was the author who witnessed and wrote about the eruption? What happened to his mother and uncle?
    Pliny the Younger; mother got out and survived; uncle died trying to rescue someone
  • ego Metellam et Luciam non invēnī. ego, igitur, ad villam rediī.
    ego didn't find M and L. I, therefore, returned to the house.
  • nubes mirabilis
    strange cloud
  • It destroyed. (delet, delevit, delebat) (AND name tense)
    delevit - perfect
  • subject: timebamus (ego, tu, nos, vos)
    nos
  • He was making. (faciebat, facit, fēcit) (AND name tense)
    faciebat - imperfect
  • subito tremor ingens tabernam delevit. Metella et filia in ruinis iacebant.
    suddenly a huge tremor destroyed the tavern. Metella and her daughter were lying in the ruins.
  • subject: scripsistī (ego, tu, nos, vos)
    tu
  • Cerberus guards his master (custodivit, custodiebat, custodit)
    custodit
  • How did scientists make the plaster molds of people, animals, and objects?
    found spots where there were holes in the ash and poured liquid resin in that spot to harden
  • they were filling (complebant, complevērunt, complent) (AND name tense)
    complebant - imperfect
  • subject: conspexī (ego, tu, nos, vos) (AND translate)
    ego - I caught sight of
  • Pompeiani erant iratissimi quod Nucerini omnes vias complebant.
    Pompeiians were very angry b/c Nucerini were filling all the streets.
  • In what year did Vesuvius erupt?
    79 AD
  • about how much of Pompeii and Herculaneum have been excavated?
    Pomp - 3/5 Herc - less than that
  • subject: ambulabas (ego, tu, nos, vos) (AND translate)
    tu - you were walking
  • subject: scripsī (ego, tu, nos, vos)
    ego
  • Cerberus tamen in villa mansit. dominum frustra custodiebat.
    Cerberus, however, stayed in the house. He was guarding his master in vain.
  • She runs away/flees (fugit, fugiebat, fūgit)
    fugit - present
  • tu villam tuam amīsisti! ego uxorem meam amīsi!
    You lost your house! I lost my wife!
  • subject: sēnsistis (ego, tu, nos, vos) (AND translate)
    vos - you all felt
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