The first set of questions on this test will be based on thi…
The first set of questions on this test will be based on this passage: Hannibal bellum Punicum secundum Romanis tulerit ubi Carthaginiensis dux Saguntum, Hispaniae civitatem Romanis amicam, oppugnaverat. Huic Romani legatos miserunt, qui dixerunt: “Hannibal, bellum desiste!” Tamen, Hannibal legatos admittere nolebat. Hannibal Saguntinos vincet. Hannibal Publium Cornelium Scipionem fugabit, et Scipio in castra redit vulneratus. Hannibal multos in Italia vincit. Vocab Help: Carthaginiens, Carthaginensis; m./f.: Carthaginian castrum, castri; n.: field (castra, castrorum; n.pl.: camp) desisto, desistere, destiti, destitus: to stop, to cease, to set down dux, ducis; m.: leader fero, ferre, tuli, latus: to bring, to carry fugo, fugare, fugavi, fugatus: to put to flight, to rout, to chase away, to make flee Hispania, Hispaniae; f.: Spain Italia, Italiae; f.: Italy legatus, legati; m.: messenger, envoy nolo, nolle, nolui, – : to not want oppugno, oppugnare, oppugnavi, oppugnatus: to attack, to assault, to besiege Saguntum, Sagunti; n.: Saguntum (a town in Spain) Saguntinus, Saguntina, Saguntinum: Saguntine (someone from Saguntum) vulneratus, vulnerata, vulneratum: wounded Notes: Line 1: Hannibal, Hannibalis; m.: Hannibal (a Carthaginian general; his name is used throughout the passage) bellum Punicum secundum = The Second Punic War Line 3: huic: masculine dative singular of hic, haec, hoc qui is masculine nominative singular and refers to legatos Line 6: Publius Cornelius Scipio, Publii Cornelii Scipionis; m.: Publius Cornelius Scipio (the Roman general who defeated Hannibal and became known as Scipio Africanus for defeating Carthage in northern Africa)