Episode 5.2.b

>Forum Herculāneī, Ītalia, 79 CE<

forum magnum est et multās rēs habet. circumspectātis. iānuam nōn statim vidētis. inter tabellās et statuās et columnās quaeritis.

 

tandem aliquid invenītis. in mūrō, prope angulum, est imāgō portae. sub imāgine latet inscrīptiō. litterae parvae et antīquae sunt.

 

inscrīptiōnem legitis:

 

ego iānua sum. ego hominibus dō viās ad Lapidem. videō locum, et in locō est Lapis. videō et tabellās. tabellae habent litterās. litterae dīcunt viās, et viae dūcunt scrīptōrēs ad Lapidem. nōs servī sumus. nōs Rōmam servāmus, et Rōmae servīmus. nōs hominibus damus litterās, et litterae habent viam ad potentiam.

 


Prompt: Read and interpret the inscription. (Do not expect to solve it fully; some of its meaning will only become clear later.)

CODEX 5.2 Iter Ad Forum

 

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