Livy, Ab Urbe Condita 2.23: Sabino bello ait se militantem, quia propter populationes agri non fructu modo caruerit, sed villa incensa fuerit, direpta omnia, pecora abacta, tributum iniquo suo tempore imperatum, æs alienum fecisse. He said he served in the Sabine War and that he had not only lost his harvest on account of the pillaging, […]
Also tagged 1st century BC, Livy, translationHorace (Epistulae 1.15): Ä€d mărÄ• | cÅ«m vÄ“|nÄ«, gÄ•nÄ•|rÅs(um) Ä“t | lÄ“nÄ• rÄ•|quÄ«rÅ, quÅd cÅ«|rÄs ăbÄg|Ät, quÅd | cÅ«m spÄ“ | dÄ«vÄtÄ• | mÄnÄ“t Ä«n vÄ“|nÄs ănÄ|mÅ«mquÄ• mÄ•|Å«m, quÅd | vÄ“rbă mÄ|nÄ«strÄ“t, quÅd mÄ“ | LÅ«cÄ|næ jÅvÄ•|nÄ“m cÅm|mÄ“ndÄ•t ă|mÄ«cæ. When I go to the sea, I need a smooth [wine] with a good lineage, to […]
Also tagged 1st century BC, dactylic hexameter, Horace, scansion, stress accent, translationCicero, In Verrem Secunda (1.28): Dionem HS deciens centena milia numerasse ut causam certissimam obtineret; praeterea greges equarum eius istum abigendos curasse, argenti, vestis stragulae quod fuerit curasse auferendum. Dio paid a million sesterces to win a case that should have been absolutely certain; furthermore, that man [Verres] made sure his herds of mares were […]
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