Lesson 0

ubi

Hint: Think: where or when — ubi can mean both (context determines which)

littera

Hint: Think: literal, literary — relating to individual letters of the alphabet

litterae

Hint: Think: plural of littera — letters together form a letter (dispatch) or literature

laudat

Hint: Think: laudat = he/she praises, from laudāre (to praise) — 3rd person singular present

videt

Hint: Think: videt = he/she sees, from vidēre (to see) — 3rd person singular present

dedērunt

Hint: Think: dedērunt = they gave, perfect tense of dare (to give) — 3rd plural perfect

dedit

Hint: Think: dedit = he/she gave, perfect tense of dare (to give) — 3rd singular perfect

sunt

Hint: Think: sunt = they are, from esse (to be) — 3rd person plural present

est

Hint: Think: est = he/she/it is, from esse (to be) — 3rd person singular present

ad

Hint: Think: advance, advent, adhere — moving toward or adding to

ex

Hint: Think: exit, export, exclude — going out from a place

dē

Hint: Think: descend, depart, debate — going down from or about a topic

per

Hint: Think: permeate, pervade, perfect — going all the way through

ante

Hint: Think: antecedent, anteroom — coming before in time or place

post

Hint: Think: postpone, postscript, posterior — coming after in time or place

sub

Hint: Think: submarine, subway, subtitle — under or beneath something

super

Hint: Think: superior, supervise, supernatural — above and beyond

centum

Hint: Think: century, centennial, percent — one hundred or a hundredth part

mīlle

Hint: Think: millennium, mile — a thousand years or a thousand paces

The Roman Empire lasted for over 500 years.

The Colosseum could seat 50,000 spectators.

Latin is the root of many English words.

The seven hills of Rome are famous in history.

Alexander the Great conquered Persia in 331 BC.

The Parthenon was built in Athens around 447 BC.

Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March.

The Nile is the longest river in Africa.

Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth.

The Great Wall of China is over 13,000 miles long.

Rome was not built in a day.

The ancient Greeks invented the Olympic Games.

The Mediterranean Sea was called Mare Nostrum by the Romans.

Cicero was one of Rome's greatest orators and writers.

The Roman Senate met in a building called the Curia.