Livy Vocab Flashcards

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1
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vereri

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They feared

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caesorum

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Of the slain

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praegressi

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Had reconnoitred

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4
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stationem…excubare

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Were watching before the gates

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situm

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The lay out

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consedere

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They went into camp

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quaenam hostibus in perdita consilia essent

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To find out what the enemy in their desperate case could be at

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turbatim

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Troop by troop

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identidem

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In each moment

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10
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exanimare

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Terrified them

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11
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placuit

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They resolved that

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12
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senatusque robur

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The able-bodied senators

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13
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armisque et frumento conlato

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Having laid in arms and provisions

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14
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utique periturae

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Who were bound to die in any case

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15
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et quo id aequiore animo de plebe multitudine ferret

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And so that the multitude of plebs would bear it with a more measured mind

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16
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inopiam armatorum

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The scanty resources of the fighting men

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17
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commendantes

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They committed

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18
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digridientibus

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With the departure

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19
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concursatio incerta

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Uncertain running

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20
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quia quod utile obsessis ad minuendam imbellem is parum humanum erat

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Since what would have helped the besieged to lessen the number of non-combatants would have been inhuman

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21
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deploratis sequentes

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In despair of the common wealth

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quisve ea locus fideli adservaturus custodia esset

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And in what place the objects would be safe

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23
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doliolis

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In jars

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24
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sacello

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In the shrine

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25
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ubi nunc despui religio est

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Where now it is forbidden to spit

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26
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inter se onere partito

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Sharing the burden amongst them

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27
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plaustro

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Wagon

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28
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salvo etiam tum

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Preserving even then

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29
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quae augustissima vestis est tensas ducentibus triumphantibusve

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Put on the stately robes which are worn by those who conduct the tensae or celebrate a triumph

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30
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vestiti

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Thus habited

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31
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eburneis sellis

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On ivory chairs

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32
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modico…praesidio

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After leaving a moderate guard

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33
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adeo haud secus quam venerabundi

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So nearly akin to religious awe

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34
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ut tum omnibus promissa erat

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Which he wore long as they all did then

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35
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compelli

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The besieged

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36
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consipere

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To keep their senses

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37
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aequata

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Laid low

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38
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abalienaverant

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They had ceased to feel

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39
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experiri

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They undertook

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40
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testudine facta

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Having put their shields above their heads

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41
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subeunt

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They began the ascent

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42
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nihil tremere nec trepide

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Did nothing rashly nor in confusion

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43
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strage

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With havoc

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44
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cuius ad id tempus immemores

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Having never till that moment considered such a thing

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45
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praedari

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Pillage

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46
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exsulabat

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Was in exile

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47
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senesceret

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He was pining away

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48
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eguit

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Has made it necessary

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49
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ubi usus erit mei vobis

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Or when shall you have need of me

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50
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vobis…fortuna oblata est

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You have now the opportunity

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51
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argumento

A

This may be seen

52
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taedio

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By the tediousness

53
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vagique…palantur

A

Roaming aimlessly

54
Q

cibo vinoque raptim hausto repleti

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They greedily gorge themselves with food and wine

55
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frequentesque

A

In force

56
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aequis iniquisque persuasum erat

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Well-wishers and opponents were alike persuaded

57
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strages

A

An overthrow

58
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ludibrio esse clades suas

A

To make sport of their calamities

59
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temperavere animis

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They could scarcely temper their spirits

60
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ad salinas

A

At the salt works

61
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ad id tantum intentis Gallis

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With the Gauls being solely concerned

62
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Gabino cinctu incinctus

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Clad in the Gabinian cincture

63
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prohibitus deseruisset

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Could cause him to neglect

64
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palate fuerant

A

Men who had been wanderers

65
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acciri

A

To send for

66
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discriminaque rerum prope perditus rebus servabant

A

Preserving the proper distinctions even in their nearly desperate case

67
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quod magis credere libet

A

As I prefer to believe

68
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compererit legem latam

A

He had learnt that the law was passed

69
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sublustri

A

On a star-lit night

70
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alterni innixi

A

Supporting themselves by their fellows

71
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prout postularet locus

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As the ground required

72
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umbone

A

The boss of the shield

73
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classico

A

Trumpet

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cum et recte et perperam facto pretium deberetur

A

Good conduct and bad had both to be requited

75
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selibras farris

A

Half a pound of spelt

76
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citati

A

We’re called up

77
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urgebat

A

Afflicted

78
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cum…tum

A

Not only…but also

79
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iam pigritia singulos sepeliendi

A

Soon they were too slothful to bury the dead

80
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indutiae

A

A truce

81
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famem obicerent

A

Would taunt them about the famine

82
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postremo spe quoque iam non solum cibo deficiente

A

But at last even hope as well as food began to fail them

83
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obruentibus…armis

A

To sustain their armour

84
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redimi se quacumque pactione

A

For whatever conditions they could make

85
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redemptos

A

Ransomed

86
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per altercationem

A

Owing to the dispute

87
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renitentes

A

When they objected

88
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denuntiatque

A

He warned

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sarcinas

A

Packs

90
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fana

A

Temples

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providit

A

He saw to it

92
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interque iocos militares, quos inconditos iaciunt

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Amid the jests that we’re uttered by the soldiers roughly

93
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terminarentur

A

Should be established

94
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expiarentur

A

Should be celebrated

95
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expiatoque eorum in libris per duumviros quaereretur

A

And that the proper rites should be searched for in books by the duumvirs

96
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expiandae

A

For propitiating

97
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sella

A

Throne

98
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sollemnis laudatio

A

Eulogies

99
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dimicatio

A

The quarrel

100
Q

plus vastitatis huic urbi secunda nostra fortuna faciet quam adversa fecit

A

Shall our prosperity make the city more desolate than our adversity has done

101
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divini cultus exemptam hominibus putem

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I should think it wholly negligent for men to ignore the worship of the gods

102
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intuemini enim horum deinceps annorum

A

For consider these past few years in order

103
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terrarium orbi documento essemus

A

We were a warning to the whole world

104
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admonuerunt

A

Turned

105
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sollemne…obiit

A

Offered up the sacrifice

106
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quorum neutrum fieri salvis caerimoniis potest

A

But if these courses neither can be followed without violation of the sacred usages

107
Q

percenseam

A

(Lest) I enumerate

108
Q

epulo

A

In the feast

109
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pulvinar suscipi

A

That the couch be spread

110
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sine piaculo

A

Without sin

111
Q

instaurentur

A

Are renewed

112
Q

iactari

A

This is a pretext

113
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nec id mirati sitis priusquam quale sit audieritis

A

And don’t be astonished at this until you have heard what my meaning is

114
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conscisceremus

A

Sentence ourselves

115
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macerent desiderio

A

Torment you with regret

116
Q

maritime commeatus

A

Foreign commodities

117
Q

latitudinem obtinens Italiae

A

It’s occupancy of the entire breadth of Italy

118
Q

ancilia

A

Shields

119
Q

hic omnes propitii manentibus vobis di

A

Here are all the gods propitious to you if you remain

120
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tegula publice praebita est

A

Tiles were supplied by the state

121
Q

caedendae

A

Could be quarried

122
Q

festinatio curam exemit vicos dirigendi

A

Haste took away attention to the straightening of streets

123
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omisso sui alienique discrimine

A

While paying no attention to theirs or others’ land

124
Q

cloacae

A

Sewers

125
Q

occupatae

A

Appropriated