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KEY-TEXT
Listen to the audio feed from TSTT Mission Control as you read, operatives.
Rōmulus Rēmusque
ōlim Rhēa Silvia genuit geminōs fīliōs, Rōmulum Rēmumque. rēx Amūlius erat īrātus quod Rhēa erat sacerdōs Vestālis. Rhēa nōn poterat geminōs habēre et Amūlius iussit servum puerōs necāre. servus, quod flūmen erat altum, geminōs prope rīpās Tiberis dēposuit in parvō alveō. vir nōn poterat aquam intrāre. itaque flūmen alveum tulit sed mox aqua recēdēbat. geminī tūtī nunc erant in terrā. lupa, quae erat sitiēns, ambulābat ad flūmen et alveum cōnspēxit. lupa puerōs in alveō vīdit et eōs ad montēs portāvit. ibi illa lupa puerōs aluit.
Faustulus, quī erat pāstor, lupam cum puerīs invēnit. Faustulus geminōs domum portāvit et puerōs uxōrī, Lārentiae, dedit. pāstor puerōs docuit et mox iuvenēs voluērunt in Amūlium impetum facere. Amūlium occīdērunt et cōnstituērunt urbem novam condere ubī lupa eōs invēnerat.
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KEY-TEXT
Romulus Remusque
postquam Fastulus puerōs, Rōmulum Remumque, uxorī portāvit, pastor iuvenēs dē vitā pāstōrāle docuit. virī malī saepe omnēs agricolās vēxāvērunt et bona rapuērunt.
Rōmulus Remusque iratī erant et in virōs malōs impetum fecērunt. Rōmulus Remusque virōs malōs reppulērunt, bona virōrum malōrum cēpērunt, et tunc iuvenēs praedam inter agricolās dīvidērunt.
unā diē, virī malī (lātrōnēs) revēnērunt et cēpērunt Remum. Remus in agrō cum ovibus erat et lātrōnēs nōn vīdit. lātrōnēs Remum ad regem Amūlium traxērunt. lātrōnēs dīxērunt, “invēnimus hunc virum in agrīs Numitōris. ille in agrōs impetum fēcit et bona nostra rapuit.”
Amūlius erat iratus et dedit Remum Numitōrī ad supplicium. Remus nunc erat servus sed Numitor nōn cōgnōvit Remum.
Faustulus interim dīxit Rōmulō omnia dē Amūliō Numitōreque. Rōmulus parābat cōnsilium adiuvāre fratrem suum. Rōmulus agricolās multōs vocāvit et tunc in regem Amūlium impetum fēcit. Rēmus quoque amīcōs vocāvit et fratrem suum adiuvāvit. Rōmulus Remusque Amūlium nēcāvērunt et tandem Numitor erat rēx iterum.
postquam mortem Amūliī, Rōmulus Remusque condere urbem novam constituērunt. necesse erat condere urbem in eōdem locō ubī lupa eōs invēnit -- prope rīvum Tiberem.
quod geminī erant, incertum fuit uter nōmen novae urbī daret et urbem regnāret. fortasse necesse erat Romulō Remōque auguria spectāre. Remus sex vulturēs super collem Aventīnum vīdit et super collem Palantīnum Rōmulus duodecim vulturēs vīdit. mox fratrēs contra sē pugnāvērunt. Remus trāns murōs Rōmulī saluit et statim Rōmulus fratrem suum nēcāvit.
tum Rōmulus haec verba dīxit: “sīc pereant omnēs quī transilient murōs meōs.”
nunc Rōmulus erat rēx urbis suae. appellāvit urbem novam nōmine suō; Rōma. Rōmulus legēs multās populō dedit. mox multī hominēs urbem novam intrāre dēsiderāvērunt. rēx Rōmulus asȳlum hīs hominibus dedit.
postquam multī hominēs urbem intrāvērunt, Rōmulus centem senātorēs creāvit. saepe hī virī “patrēs” appellātī sunt. paucae autem fēminae in urbe erant. necesse erat Romulō fēminās capere.
Rōmulus cōnsilium cēpit. erat urbs prope Rōmam et hac urbs habuit multās fēminās puellāsque. Rōmulus Sabinōs hominēs fēmināsque ad urbem suam invitāvit...
GRAMMATICA
Operatives, there are certain verbs in Latin (just like in English) that usually include an infinitive as a part of their construction. Three of the most common are volō (I want), nolō (I don’t want) and possum (I am able). These verbs are also irregular in the present tense. Consider the following:
| 1st person (ego) | volō | I want |
| 2nd person (tū) | vīs | You want |
| 3rd person | vult | S/he wants |
| 1st person plural (nōs) | volumus | We want |
| 2nd person plural (vōs) | vultis | Y'all want |
| 3rd person pluarl | volunt | They want |
nōlō, nōlle, nōluī - to not want
| (ego) | nōlō | I do not want |
| (tū) | nōn vīs | You do not want |
| nōn vult | S/he does not want | |
| (nōs) | nōlumus | We do not want |
| (vōs) | nōn vultis | Y'all do not want |
| nōlunt | They do not want |
| (ego) | possum | I am able |
| (tū) | potes | You are able |
| potest | S/he is able | |
| (nōs) | possumus | We are able |
| (vōs) | potestis | Y'all are able |
| possunt | They are able |
Also consider the following examples:
Gāius Recentius Bellātor pūgnāre vult .
Gaius Recentius Bellator wants to fight.
Recentia Tulliāna chartam vidēre potest .
Recentia Tulliana is able to see the map.
Nōs optimam cēnam edere nōlumus .
We do not want to eat the best dinner.
We encourage all operatives to explore this video briefing from Latin Tutorial:
VERBA
| vidētur | it seems | verb |
| appāreō, appārēre, appāruī | to appear, to be apparent | verb |
| difficilis, -e | difficult | adjective |
| cēra, -ae; f | wax tabelt | noun |
| aliēnus, -a, -um | strange, foreign | adjective |
| collīna, ae; f | small hill, hilly land | noun |
| geminus, -a, -um | twin | adjective |
| rīvus, -ī; m | river | noun |
| turba, -ae; f | crowd | noun |
| superbē | proudly, haughtily | adverb |
CULTURALIA
Operatives, the Demiurge advises you that the legends of the founding of Rome are very contradictory. He believes you have a free hand to gain LP bonuses by having your Recentiōs perform independently, yet in as Roman a way as possible.
ATTUNEMENT
7.2a
Directions: Using the CULTURALIA section of your CODEX as a guide, answer the following questions:
1. What date do all sources agree on for the founding of Rome?
2. Trace the founding of Rome through the line of Aeneas.
3. Trace the founding of Rome through Romulus and Remus.
4. Which hills did the brothers prefer for a new city?
5. How did they determine who would be the ruler of the new city?
6. What happened to Remus?
7.2b
Directions: Copy and paste each sentence into your attunement form, completing it with the correct word in parentheses. Then translate the sentence into English.
1. Tiberius (nōn vīs, nōlunt, nōn vult) cōgitāre dē lapide.
2. (vīsne, vultne, vultisne) tū scrībere epistulam?
3. Salvius dīxit, "ego (potēs, possum, potest) interficere vōs!"
4. nōs (vultis, volumus, volunt) iter facere Rōmam.
5. nōnne vōs (potestis, possunt, possumus) vidēre domum?
6. cūr Recentiī (nōn vult, nōlumus, nōlunt) invenīre Sinistrum?
7. vir nōn (intrat, intrāre, intrāvit) aquam potest.
8. Caecilius nōn potest (intellegit, intellexit, intellegere) Horātium.
7.2c
Directions: Using the key-text for 7.2, answer the following questions in complete Latin sentences.
1. quis genuit geminōs filiōs?
2. cūr Amūlius īrātus erat?
3. quō lupa portāvit geminōs filiōs?
4. deditne Faustulus puerōs uxōrī Lārentiae?
5. quid constituērunt puerī?
7.2d
Directions: Match the vocabulary word with the clue.
| simulāre | collīna | rīvus | palūdōsus | horrentēs |
| nūper | plaustrum | trahere | superbus | fessus |
1. Arrogant. There is a Roman king with this name.
2. If you all see a scary monster, you would be _____.
3. Not all that long ago.
4. The area around a rīvus is usually ______.
5. What oxen might do to a plaustrum.
6. The Tiber is much larger than your average______.
7. Romulus got mad because Remus tried to _____ his city.
8. Mt. Everest is NOT one.
9. You would load this up to go to the market, if you were a mercātor.
10. What you probably are at the end of a long day.