Ecce Romani Chapters 17 + 18 Flashcards
Undecimus
eleventh
caelum
sky
advesperascit
it gets dark
aedificium
building
caupona
inn
pernocto, pernoctare
to spend the night
caupo
innkeeper
periculosus
dangerous
graecus
greek
custodio,
to guard
sum, esse
to be
posum, posse
to be able
ire
to go
ferre
to bring or carry
volo, velle
to want
nolo, nelle
to not want
praecurro, praecurrere
to run ahead
homo
man
se praecipitant
they hurl themselves
fugio, fugere
to flee
manum
hand
hi canes
these dogs
modo
only
cauda, ae
tail
apparuit
appears
obesus
fat
revocavit
called back
pernocotaverunt
have spent the night
olim
once
legatus
envoy
quid agis?
how are you
mehercule
by hercules
nisi erro
unless i am mistaken
agnosco, agnoscere
to recognize
doleo, dolre
to be sad
Horatius Cocles
During war with the Etruscans, instructed others to destroy the bridge to Rome while he held back the army. He was able to hold them off until the last bridge had fallen and then jumped into the TIber and swam to Rome.
Mucius Scaevola
Infiltrated the Etruscan camp to kill the king. He saw two people dressed importantly and did not know which one was the king, and guessed wrong. The king threatened to burn him alive and Mucius stuck his hand into the fire and he did not feel any pain, so the king sent him back to Rome.
Cloelia
Was a hostage. Led herself and a group of girls to swim across the Tiber to safety. The Etruscan king demanded that she be returned, only to grant her and other hostages freedom. After this the war ended.
Cincinnatus
458 BC. The Aequi surrounded the Romans, and their commander a consul. Cincinnatus was named dictator, and the next day he ordered every citizen of military age to go with him to attack the Aequi by surrounding them with two troops. After this he resigned and went back to his farm.
