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  • Vilbia et Rubria, tamen, patri non parent.
    Vilbia and Rubria, however, do not obey their father.
  • Who was the Pontifex Maximus? (Who holds this title now?)
    The Chief Priest - became the Emperor in later times
  • Verum aut falsum: Vota were spirits or divinities that were seen in natural phenomena
    Falsum (that was numina)
  • O Modeste, cur me ex omnibus puellis elegisti? quam laeta sum!
    O Modestus, why did you choose me out of all the girls? How happy I am!
  • caelum
    sky
  • eligit:elegit
    choose
  • Bulbus, saepe de matrimonio locutus, nihil umquam effecit.
    Bulbus, having spoken often about marriage, accomplished nothing ever.
  • deam precatus, tabulam in fontem sacrum inieci. dira imprecatio, in tabula scripta, iam in fonte deae iacet. (imprecatio - curse; iacet - lies)
    having prayed to the goddess, I threw a tablet into the sacred fountain. a dire curse, written on the tablet, now lies in the fountain of the goddess
  • minimus
    very little; least
  • Verum aut Falsum: Tullus Hostilius once split a man in half (allegedly)
    Verum
  • intrat Cogidubnus tenens epistulam ā Cephalo scriptam
    Cog enters holding the letter written by Cephalus
  • What was the name of the group that kept the eternal flame of Rome?
    Vestal Virgins
  • mandatum
    an order
  • Verum aut Falsum: Tarquinius Priscus was the last king of Rome
    Falsum
  • "tu enim fortior es quam Mars ipse!" "verum dicis. olim tria milia hostium interfeci"
    "for you are braver than Mars himself!" "you speak the truth. once, I killed three thousand enemies!
  • scio
    I know
  • quo modo ego puellam retinere possum?
    How can I keep my girl?
  • Modestus est vir maximae virtutis. olim tria milia hostium occidit. (occidit = interfecit)
    Modestus is a man of the greatest courage. once, he killed three thousand enemies.
  • cedit:cessit
    give in, yield
  • Cephalus poculum e manibus Quinti capere temptabat. maxima pars spectatorum stabat immota.
    Cephalus was trying to take the cup from Q's hands. a really big part of the spectators were standing by motionless.
  • fur, regressus ad fontem, amuletum in aqua quaesivit.
    the thief, having returned to the fountain, searched for the amulet in the water.
  • Strythio Bulbum verberare incepit. Bulbus, fortiter se defendens, vinum in caput Strythionis fundit. (se - himself)
    Strythio began to hit Bulbus. Bulbus, bravely defending himself, pours wine onto S's head.
  • monet:monuit
    warn
  • non decorum est viro stolam gerere. praeterea barbam habeo! (praeterea - furthermore)
    it's not proper for a man to wear a dress. furthermore, I have a beard!
  • Haruspices and Augures both read omens. How did each profession read the omens?
    H - livers/other things about the sacrifice of animals; A - read the signs of birds
  • numquam umquam
    never ever
  • Name TWO ways in which women influenced Roman history (mythically, historically, etc)
    Sabine women's intervention, the rape and suicide of Lucretia, lineage from Venus, Aeneas going through trials on account of Juno
  • Verum aut Falsum: Romans deified their Emperors while they were alive
    Falsum
  • Name FOUR things that were typically on a curse tablet
    name of the offender (or potentials), invocation of a god, crime, wanted punishment, magic words, images
  • fur, amuletum adeptus, attonitus legit: mortem omnibus furibus. fur amuletum deicit et e thermis perterritus fugit.
    the thief, having obtained the amulet, astonished, read: death to all thieves. the thief threw down the amulet and terrified, fled out of the baths.
  • haec verba locuta
    having said these words
  • parce mihi!
    spare me!
  • Cephalus, a principibus coactus, venenum hausit. (coactus:coegit - force, compel)
    Cephalus, (having been) forced by the chiefs, drained the poison.
  • iecur est lividum. nonne hoc mortem significat? nonne mortem viri clari significat? (iecur - what the haruspex looked at; lividum - lead-colored)
    the liver is lead-colored. surely this indicates death? surely this indicates the death of a famous man?
  • nox, noctis
    night
  • Memor, splendidam togam gerens, arae appropinquavit.
    Memor, wearing a splendid toga, approached the altar
  • What is the Latin word for a curse tablet?
    defixio (defixiones)
  • nunc, ā Romanis deceptus, ista ornamenta, mihi ā Romanis data, humi iacio.
    now, (h.b.) deceived by the Romans, those decorations, given to me by the Romans, I throw on the ground.
  • What seemed to be the most common material of curse tablets?
    lead
  • eheu! mihi difficile est puellas vitare. nimis pulcher sum.
    alas! it's difficult for me to avoid girls. I am too handsome.
  • simulac Modestus tabernam nostram intravit, ego eum statim amavi. Quanti erant umeri eius! (umerus = where Barbillus got wounded)
    As soon as M entered our tavern, I loved him at once. How big his shoulders are!
  • amor, amoris
    love
  • incipit: incepit
    begin
  • tutus
    safe
  • virtus:virtutis
    courage, manliness
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