Tense ID
Pompeii/Theater/Slavery
Derivatives
Translation
Potpourri
100
"pulsat" is in this tense.
What is present
100
This was the name of the seating area in a Roman theater.
What is cavea
100
This is the Latin root for mendacity
What is mendax
100
adsum
What is "I am here"
100
Translate: ades
What is "you are here"
200
"habet" is in this tense.
What is present
200
This aspect of American slavery was not important at all in ancient Roman slavery.
What is race
200
This is the Latin root for vituperation
What is vituperat
200
erat
What is "s/he was"
200
Complete the sentence: "servi furem (verberabat/verberabant)"
What is verberabant
300
"ambulabant" is in this tense
What is imperfect
300
This is the estimated percentage of the population of Italy that was comprised of slaves at the height of slavery in the Roman empire.
What is 30-40%
300
This is the Latin root for agenda
What is agit
300
aberam
What is "I was absent"
300
Complete the sentence: ego (sum/es) solus.
What is sum
400
"festinavit" is in this tense
What is perfect
400
DAILY DOUBLE This was the seating capacity of the large theater in Pompeii
What is 5000
400
This is the Latin root for liberty
What is libertus
400
multi Pompeiani per viam festinabant
What is "Many Pompeians were hurrying through the street"
400
Some of Rome's strongest slaves were trained as __________.
What is gladiators
500
"aberant" is in this tense
What is imperfect
500
This is the Latin word for the act of freeing a slave.
What is manumissio
500
This is the Latin root for redeem
What is emit
500
Pompeiani agricolam fortem laudaverunt
What is "The Pompeians praised the brave farmer"
500
DAILY DOUBLE Translate into Latin: The thief entered the dining room.
What is "fur triclinium intravit"
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