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Question 1

sequitur

Answer 1

historic present

Question 2

an dolo principis

Answer 2

emphatic 2nd position gives it clear weight and colours our judgement before we eve learn of tragic event

Question 3

initium… ortum

Answer 3

tautology

Question 4

quo flamma alitur

Answer 4

personifies flames

Question 5

coeptus… validus… citus… corripuit

Answer 5

rapid progression of fire

Question 6

neque… vel… aut

Answer 6

polysyndeton - underscores absence of anything to stop fire

Question 7

impetu

Answer 7

metaphor of sacking of city by an army; emphatic position

Question 8

pervagatum incendium plana primum

Answer 8

more personification; p - alliteration; -per conveys breadth of fire

Question 9

adsurgens

Answer 9

present participle - vivid

Question 10

remedia

Answer 10

medical metaphor - incurable disease

Question 11

feminarum, fessa aetate aut rudis pueritiae

Answer 11

even the defenceless are not spared - sacking of city metaphor again - evokes pathos

Question 12

quique… quique

Answer 12

anaphora - confusion and urgency

Question 13

sibi… aliis

Answer 13

polar contrast - all groups, selfish and unselfish, contribute to mayhem

Question 14

tergum… lateribus… fronte

Answer 14

all 3 directions - no escape!

Question 15

vitarent… peterent

Answer 15

verbs are polar opposites - conveys utter bewilderment of citizens

Question 16

caritate suorum

Answer 16

very moving - they’d rather die than abandon loved ones

Question 17

minis restinguere

Answer 17

outrageous, evil actions add insult to injury

Question 18

palam

Answer 18

conveys shamelessness of N’s men

Question 19

seu iussu

Answer 19

ends with hefty accusation, surely of Nero