C. Gracchus

Question 1

Nuper Teanum Sidicinum consul venit.

Answer 1

Recently the consul came to Teanum Sidicinum.

Question 2

Uxor eius dixit se in balneis virilibus lavari velle.

Answer 2

His wife said that she wished to bathe in the men’s baths.

Question 3

balneum, balnei (n)

Answer 3

bath

Question 4

lavari

Answer 4

to bathe

Question 5

virilibus

Answer 5

men’s/masculine

Question 6

quaestori Sidicino M. Mario datum est negotium, uti balneis exigerentur, qui lavabantur.

Answer 6

The matter was put to the Sidicinian quaestor Marcus Marius, that those who were bathing be removed from the baths.

Question 7

uti

Answer 7

alternate ut

Question 8

uxor renuntiat viro parum cito sibi balneas traditas esse et parum lautas fuisse.

Answer 8

The wife reported (historical present) that the baths were not given over to her quickly enough and that they were not washed enough.

Question 9

lautas, -a, -um

Answer 9

washed

Question 10

idcirco palus destitutus est in foro, eoque adductus suae civitatis nobilissimus homo M. Marius.

Answer 10

For this reason a post was placed in the forum, and the most noble man of his own city Marcus Marius was led to it.

Question 11

idcirco

Answer 11

for this reason

Question 12

paulus, -i (m)

Answer 12

stake, post

Question 13

vestimenta detracta sunt, virgis caesus est.

Answer 13

His clothes were removed, he was beaten with rods.

Question 14

vestimentum, -i (n)

Answer 14

garments, clothes

Question 15

virga, -ae (f)

Answer 15

rods

Question 16

Caleni, ubi id audierunt, edixerunt, ne quis in balneis lavisse vellet, cum magistratus Romanus ibi esset.

Answer 16

The Caleni, when then heard this, they made a declaration, forbidding anyone wishing to bathe in the baths, when a Roman magistrate was there.

Question 17

edixerunt

Answer 17

they declared

Question 18

ne quis… vellet

Answer 18

legalese for “forbid” or “nobody should”

Question 19

Ferentini ob eandem causam praetor noster quaestores adripi iussit: alter se de muro deiecit, alter prensus et virgis caesus est.

Answer 19

In Ferrentinum, because of this same cause, our praetor ordered the quaestors to be seized: one threw himself from the wal, the other was taken and beaten with rods.

Question 20

prensus

Answer 20

taken