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Structure 1
100
What were slaves to the law?
Things that could be bought and sold.
100
What were slaves used for in the towns?
Skilled and unskilled work. Cooks, gardeners, laborers, secretaries, and entertainers.
100
Clemens in foro ambulabat.
Clemens is walking in the forum.
100
Felix olim in tablino scribebat.
Sometime ago Felix was writing in the study.
100
What are the endings for imperfect tenses?
Singular: bat Plural: bant
200
How did people become slaves?
People usually became slaves being taking prisoner during times of war or being captured by pirates; the children of slaves were born into slavery.
200
What kind of work did slaves do in the country?
Work on big cattle ranches, in mines, building roads, and bridges.
200
sed quis erat infans?
but who was the baby?
200
Ego igitur sum libertus.
Therefore I am a freedman.
200
What are the endings for perfect tenses?
Singular: vit Plural: verunt
300
What is the act of freeing a slave called?
Manumissio
300
What would make a slave expensive?
A slave that was a skilled craftsmen, particularly one that could read and write, keep accounts, and manage a small store.
300
Servi pecunium portabant.
The slave was carrying money.
300
Clemens Felicem ad villam invitavit.
Clems invites Felix to the house.
300
What is the difference between imperfect tense and present tense?
Aside from the endings, imperfect tense is when the past action is still on going and, present tense is when the past action is completed.
400
What were ex-slaves called?
Libertus
400
What could freedmen not do?
He could not run in elections or beocme a high ranking officer in the army.
400
Pompeiani agricolam fortem laudaverunt.
The Pompeiians praised the brave farmers.
400
Caecilius et Metella ad atrium festinaverunt et Felicem salutaverunt.
Caecillius and Metella hurried to the atrium and greeted Felix.
400
Which of the following are imperfect? incitabant, pulsavit, erat, sunt, pestis, liberavit.
incitabant,erat
500
What are one of the limits the laws sets on freeing a slave?
The slave must be at least 30 years old.
500
What connection can be seen very clearly between a freeman and his previous master?
The slave would take some of his previous masters name and put it in his.
500
In villa avarus et serpentem laudabat.
In the house the old man smiled and praised the snake.
500
Felix, postquam clamorem audivit, staim e tablino festinavit.
When Felix heard the noise, he hurried out of the study at once.
500
When translating what should the endings be for imperfect and perfect tenses in English?
Imperfect: -ing Perfect: -ed
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