Selections from Viri Romae Part 37

[Footnote: 1: Abl. abs.]

IX.

#Causal clauses with _c.u.m_; purpose clauses with _ut_.#

1. Since his brother had been killed, Brutus feared the same fate, for he was a young man of great sagacity. 2. He set out for Delphi with Tarquin's sons. 3. When they had consulted the oracle, they returned to Rome. 4. The Romans chose Brutus and Collatinus, the son of the sister of Tarquin the Elder, consuls. 5. As the sons of Brutus were traitors, they were put to death. 6. In order to regain[1] his throne, Tarquin undertook war. 7. Brutus, who had gone ahead with the cavalry to[2]

reconnoitre,[2] met the enemy. 8. Brutus and Aruns fell in the first charge. 9. Since one consul had been slain, the other returned to the city alone.

[Footnotes: 1: See p. 1, l. 3 and n. 5.

2: Express in two ways; cf. l. 30, and #ageret#, l. 26.]

X.

#Causal clauses with _quod_.#

1. Mucius received permission to go over [of going over] to the enemy, because (as he said) he wished to kill the king. 2. Because he did not know which was[1] the king, he killed the clerk. 3. To punish the hand which had committed the crime, he placed it on a lighted altar. 4. After this he was called Scaevola.

[Footnote: 1: See p. 3, n. 2.]

XI.

#Dative of possessor; construction with _paenitet_.#

1. The Veientes hara.s.sed the Romans with repeated raids. 2. The Fabian gens proposed [had in mind] to carry on the war at its own expense. 3.

The senate thanked the consul because he had provided for this war. 4.

When they arrived at the river Cremera, they established a fortified post and repeatedly routed the enemy. 5. The Veientes soon repented of the peace they had secured and renewed the war. 6. The Fabians roamed about in order to lay waste the enemy's territory. 7. They were entrapped in an ambush and all slain.

XII.

#Relative clauses of purpose.#

1. I intend to write about the crime of Appius Claudius, the Decemvir.

2. He fell in love with a beautiful girl, and, when he found that he could not entice her with money, he claimed her as a slave [for slavery]. 3. He sent one of his clients to the market place to carry[1]

her off by force. 4. The girl's friends sent a messenger to carry the news[1] to her father Virginius, who was then away on military duty. 5.

Virginius immediately returned to Rome and sought the aid of the people.

6. When he saw that there was no aid anywhere, he seized a knife and killed his daughter. 7. Appius then repented of his crime.

[Footnote: 1: See p. 5, n. 3.]

XIII.

#Complementary infinitive; genitive with _obliviscor_; hortatory subjunctive.#

1. The tribune of the plebs appointed a day for (the trial of) Manlius, because with great severity he had banished his son to the country. 2.

When his son t.i.tus heard of this design of the tribune, he hastened to Rome and forced him to abandon the charge. 3. Such [this] filial devotion reflected great credit on the young man, and his father repented of his harshness. 4. Afterwards, when the Gauls were carrying on war with the Romans, a Gaul of enormous size wanted to fight with the bravest Roman. 5. "Let him come on," said t.i.tus Manlius, who was now tribune of the soldiers, "that I may show him which of us is the braver." 6. Between the two lines they joined[1] in close[1] combat,[1]

and with a stroke or two of his Spanish sword he thrust through his gigantic foe. 7. Having stripped a necklace from the Gaul, he was afterwards called Torquatus. 8. The son of this same Torquatus, without the consent of the consul, his father, met and conquered a Latin in a single combat. 9. When he returned to camp, his father ordered him to be put to death because he had disobeyed[2] his commander. 10. The young man's companions did not forget the father's cruelty. 11. Cornelius Piso was also a man of great sternness. 12. He once ordered a soldier to be put to death on the charge of murdering a comrade. 13. The comrade had not been murdered and soon appeared in camp. 14. When they returned to Piso with great rejoicing, he angrily ordered both the comrades and the centurion who had been placed in charge of the execution to be put to death. 15. Another Manlius was guilty of [showed] like cruelty toward his son. 16. The Macedonians sent amba.s.sadors to complain[3] about his son Sila.n.u.s. 17. Manlius wanted to try the case himself, and this was granted by the senate. 18. After he had heard both sides of the case, he forbade his son to return to his home. 19. The next day[4] the young man committed[5] suicide.[5]

[Footnotes: 1: See p. 11, l. 14. [[in selection IV]]

2: The reason is that of the father, not the writer.

3: Cf. #conquestum#, l. 82, with #qui deposceret#, XII, l. 7, and express in two ways.

4: H. 486 (429); M. 630; A. 256; G. 393; B. 230.

5: See XII, l. 30.]

XIV.

#Construction of _medius_, _summus_, etc.#

1. The consul sent Publius Decius to get possession of the summit of a hill. 2. When the consul had escaped, he led his army in safety through the midst of [middle] enemies. 3. In the Latin war he sacrificed himself in order to save his army. 4. Let us never forget this brave man.

XV.

#Indirect quotation of simple sentences; ablative with _opus_.#

1. "The Samnites are our enemies," said Curius; "let us set out against them." 2. Immediately he set out, and, having[1] conquered[1] the Samnites,[1] he took a large amount of land and many captives [men]. 3.

He swore (that there) was[2] none [nothing] of the booty in his house.

4. Cicero says (that) the Samnites brought [to have brought] a great weight of gold to Curius. 5. Curius scorned[1] their gold[1] (and) said that he could not be bribed. 6. He told the senate that he was contented with seven jugera of land. 7. He afterwards sold into slavery a young man who refused to serve in the army [military service]. 8. The young man saw that the tribunes could not help him [not to be able to be for an aid to him]. 9. After he had destroyed the army of Pyrrhus, he returned to Rome in triumph [triumphing]. 10. It is said that Pyrrhus was slain by a woman of Argos.[3] 11. So the Romans[4] did not need the aid[5] of Curius again.

[Footnotes: 1: Abl. abs.

2: See p. 7, n. 16.

3: Use adj.

4: Dat. of poss.

5: Cf. #cive#, l. 22.]

XVI.

#_Ne_ with verbs of fearing; ablative with _utor_.#

1. It is said that Duilius was the first to conquer the Carthaginians in a naval battle. 2. He used grappling[1] irons[1] to seize and hold the enemy's ships. 3. He saw that with this useful contrivance the Romans would have an easy victory [victory to be about to be easy to the Romans]. 4. He now set[2] out boldly into the midst[3] of the enemy's fleet, and captured many of their ships. 5. The Romans were pleased with this victory. 6. The Carthaginians feared that the Romans would now be supreme on land and sea. 7. Hannibal, the leader of the Carthaginians, by a shrewd trick escaped punishment for losing his fleet.

[Footnotes: 1: Cf. #quo#, p. 36, l. 4 and n. 10.

2: Use participle.

3: See Ex. XIV, sentence 2.]

XVII.

#Gerundive with _esse_; ablative of separation; ablative with comparatives.#

1. After the Carthaginians had been defeated by Regulus, Hanno came to negotiate[1] [about] peace. 2. The Roman soldiers saw that[2] he had come[2] treacherously and was not in earnest in his negotiations [did not negotiate seriously]. 3. Hanno was afraid that[3] he would be arrested and put in chains. 4. Regulus relieved him of his fear[4] and told him that the Romans did not wish to retaliate. 5. In Africa, Regulus[5] had[6] to fight not only with men, but also with an enormous serpent. 6. As its scales could not be pierced by javelins, Regulus was compelled to use the artillery. 7. In this way the monster was crushed.

8. When Regulus learned that the senate had extended his command to the next year, he asked that his successor should be sent at once.[7] 9. He said that he had lost his slave and farming implements and that his wife and children had no means of support [he had nothing whence his wife and children should be supported]. 10. The senate relieved him of this anxiety. 11. After he had defeated the Carthaginians in many battles, Regulus himself was defeated and captured. 12. It is said that he was sent from Carthage to Rome to negotiate an exchange of [about exchanging] prisoners. 13. When the senate ordered him to state his opinion, he said that the Carthaginian captives ought not to be returned. 14. He thought that they were better generals than the Romans.[8] 15. As[9] he had given[9] his oath,[9] he returned to Carthage and was put to death with terrible torture.