(1) Latīnī, quī nōluerant mīlitēs dare, hoc quoque ā Rōmānīs exigere coepērunt, ut ūnus cōnsul ex eōrum, alter ex Rōmānōrum populō creārētur.
(2) Quod cum esset negātum, bellum contrā eōs susceptum est et ingentī pūgnā superātī sunt; ac dē hīs perdomitīs triumphātum est. Statuae cōnsulibus ob meritum victōriae in rōstrīs positae sunt.
(3) Eō annō etiam Alexandria ab Alexandrō Macedone condita est.
notes
Latin War, 340–338 BCE
(1) Latīnī: according to Livy (8.3.8–10), it was in 340 BCE, during the consulship of T. Manlius Torquatus and P. Decius Mus, that the Latins demanded that one consul and half the senate should be chosen from them. In the subsequent war the Romans emerged as victors partly due to the devotio of P. Decius Mus. There is no mention of statues for 340 BCE in Livy, but he does note that statues were erected for L. Furius Camillus and C. Maenius in 338 BCE (Bird).
ex eōrum: supply populō (Hazzard), i.e., the Latins
creārētur: imperfect subjunctive after ut in an indirect command (AG 563)
(2) cum esset negātum: cum here is causal (AG 549) with verb used impersonally (AG 207)
contrā eōs: the Latins
triumphātum est: for more information on triumphs, see triumphs
in rōstrīs: the Rostra or speaker’s platform in the Forum. From it the speaker could command the entire Forum and the Comitium. In 42 BCE it was removed and set up again at the west end of the Forum. Another rostra was constructed about the same time at the opposite end, in front of the new Temple of Divus Iulius (Hazzard).
(3) Alexandria: Alexandria, founded in Egypt by Alexander the Great, was actually founded ca. the beginning of 331 BCE (Bird).
vocabulary
Core Vocabulary | Numbers | Dates
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Latīnī, ōrum, pl. m. |
the Latins |
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perdomō, āre, uī, itus |
to subdue, vanquish |
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triumphō, āre, āvī, ātus |
to celebrate a triumph |
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statua, ae [stō] |
a statue, image |
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meritum, ī, n. |
service |
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rōstrum, ī, n. |
the beak of a ship; pl., the Rostra or speaker's platform in the Forum (adorned with the beaks of captured ships) |
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Alexandrīa, ae, f. |
a city in Egypt, at the mouth of the Nile, founded by Alexander the Great, 331 B.C. |
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Alexander, drī, m. |
Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia, the conqueror of Persia; B.C. 356–323 |
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Macedo, onis, m. |
a Macedonian |