05 Minimus II - Moving on in Latin
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An important job
After the parade, Flavius gives the sol diers some surprising orders.
Pandora decides to tell Rufus a story to cheer him up. He loved the parade with the wonderful horse so she tells him the story of another s peci al horse.
PEGASUS THE WONDER-HORSE
Long ago in Greece there lived a handsome hero called Bellerophon. He quarrelled with Proteus, the King of Corinth, so the King gave him some terrible tasks to do. One of these was to kill a monster called the Chimaera, a strange beast which breathed fire. It had the head of a lion, the body of a goat and a snake for a tail. It was destroying the land. Bellerophon went to sleep, wondering how he could kill such a frightening creature. While he slept, the goddess Minerva appeared and left a golden bridle by his side. When he woke up, Bellerophon saw a wonderful horse with wings. This horse was called Pegasus. With the help of the golden bridle, he mounted the horse and soared into the sky in search of the Chimaera. Once he caught sight of it he swooped down low, choked its fiery breath with lead and cut its head off. Bellerophon was so proud of his achievements that he decided to fly Pegasus up to Mount Olympus, where the gods lived. Jupiter was angry with Bellerophon for his arrogance so he sent a gadfly to sting Pegasus. Bellerophon was thrown from his horse and plummeted to earth.
Remember, the verb is the action word in the sentence!
And a noun is the name of
A soldier at last!
Iulius has joined the Roman army and will soon be leaving Vindolanda. He discusses this plan with Flavius and Rufus.
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ROMAN REPORT
Joining up
Iulius is eighteen and he is about to join the Roman army. Before being accepted, he has to pass a fitness test and promise that he will be loyal to the Roman emperor. Since his f ather Flavius is prefect of the camp, Iulius will join the army as an officer, called a tribune. He will join a legion called 11 Traiana. This is a new legion, assembled by the emperor Trajan specia lly for the wars in D acia. (Today this country is called Romania.)
Check the eviclence
When we want to find out about a Roman emperor ( what he did, what he looked like, what sort of person he was) we need to check the evidence carefully. Sometimes we have archaeological remains that show what the emperor built, for example Hadrian's Wall in the north of Britain. Sometimes we have accounts by ancient writers that tell us about his character, for example Suetonius wrote a work called Lives of the Emperors. Sometimes we have coins and statues that show what the emperor looked like. In the case of Trajan, we can see Trajan's forum in Rome and the column that was built in his honour to show his victories in D acia. We also have several written accounts of his character and achievements.
He was loved by all and dreaded by none
save the enemy. Cassius Dio
When it comes ?uilding, you [
to public Trajan] do
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