Reading & Vocab
Sabina dormire non potest.
Sabina is not able to sleep.
Rufina dormire vult.
dormire - to sleep
Nemo te videre potest!
potest - is able, can
ego intrare volo!
volo = I want
How was water brought to the baths?
aqueduct
"nos omnes dormire volumus!"
we all want to sleep!
Manius surgere temptat.
surgere - to stand up
me adiuvare potes?
potes - you are able, you can
senator pecuniam habere vult
vult - wants
How were Roman baths heated?
2. hot air circulated in space under the floor
3. Water (bath and also a tank) was heated from furnace
"can you be quiet?"
Rufine ridere cupit
ridere - to laugh
nos amici sumus
sumus - we are
Tu manere non vis?
non vis = you don't want?
Name 3 things Romans might have done in Roman baths
-washing
-socializing
-exercising (ball games, wrestling)
-concerts/poetry
-buy food or drink
-relax w/ friends
Sabina and Celer flee.
ego pugnare non possum
pugnare - to fight
custodes audire possunt
possunt - (they) are able, can
nos in insula habitare nolumus
nolumus - we do not want
Why does lead contamination not seem to have been an issue despite the fact that Roman pipes were made of lead?
1) constant flow
2) mineral deposits insulate the pipes
pater pecuniam dare non vult.
father does not want to give money.
amici Lucilium videre non possunt
videre - to see
es - you are
vos in Subura habitare vultis!
vultis - you (plural) want
Describe a Roman latrina (at least 2 details)
-communal/low privacy
-holes on stone benches
-waste carried by water into a sewer
-sponge on a stick