STAGE 13

CULTURE

• Romans explore Britain, encountering native tribes
• Romanization- natives adapt roman practices like religion, and even begin to build their houses like Romans, leaving behind the old mud huts.
• Discovered Celtic art and metal work
• Julius Caesar explored in 54BC but left because he was uninterested. In AD43 Claudius invaded again.

GRAMMAR

• Focus on infinitives
• Translated as "To_____"
• Examples: Loquax cantare vult. Loquax wants to sing.
• ARE- I, ĒRE- II, ĒRE-III, ĪRE- IV

CHARACTERS

• Salvius: a Roman senator in charge of a territory in Britain
• Rufilla: Salvius' husband
• Varica: slave director
• Philus: smart slave, likes numbers
• Volubilus: the cook
• Bregans: slave who is not happy and lazy
• Loquax and Anti Loquax: slave twins double slave power

VOCAB

• Aeger: sick
• Custos: guard
• Decidio: fall down
• Fesses: tired
• Horreum: barn
• Nullus: not any
• Ordo: row
• Ruo- rush
• Traho: drag
• Vita: life

QUIZ TIME BABY!!

• In what year did Julius Caesar first invade Brittania
• True or false: the native people of Britain were stupid and had no culture
• Define the word Decidio
• Translate: Servī dominum vidēre nolunt.
• What conjugation is "ēre"