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Question 1

domuum et insularum et templorum

Answer 1

homoiteleuton, polysyndetonic tricolon

Question 2

sed

Answer 2

marks contrast between insignificant flats and homes, and sacred buildings

Question 3

et… que… que… que… et

Answer 3

polysyndetonic list of sacred buildings

Question 4

Statoris Iovis vota Romulo

Answer 4

name-checks two of the most revered of Roman figures - poignant how the Stayer no longer ‘stays’

Question 5

Penatibus

Answer 5

no long there to support the people in their time of need

Question 6

exusta

Answer 6

delayed verb at end of list stresses total destruction of these monumental sites

Question 7

opes

Answer 7

conveys the preciousness of the lost spoils

Question 8

antiqua et incorrupta

Answer 8

implies contemporary literature is the opposite, like Nero

Question 9

decora

Answer 9

can designate both social and aesthetic value when translated as ‘glory’ or ‘beauty’

Question 10

resurgentis

Answer 10

vivid present participle - suggests the irreplaceable losses were still very present in people’s minds, despite the new beauty

Question 11

multa

Answer 11

placed before subject, giving it emphasis

Question 12

fuere qui

Answer 12

T distances himself from observation so it lacks credibility

Question 13

eo usque

Answer 13

implies the superstition is excessive, thus conveying T’s contempt for it