In Ītaliā erant multa Graeca oppida. Pauca oppida Rōmānōs auxilium rogāvērunt; Rōmānī et sociī in pugnīs multīs erant victōrēs. Inde nāvēs Rōmānae Tarentum, quod erat oppidum magnum in Calabriā, nāvigāvērunt, sed populus Tarentīnus nāvēs oppugnāvit et Rōmānōs multōs necāvit. Inde populus, quī īram Rōmānōrum timēbat, nūntiōs ad Pyrrhum mīsit.
Pyrrhus, quī erat rēx Ēpīrī, cōpiās magnās et XX elephantōs contrā Rōmānōs dūxit. Elephantī Rōmānōs terrēbant; Pyrrhus Rōmānōs in pugnā magnā vīcit. Inde rēx nūntiōs ad populum Rōmānum dē pāce frūstrā mīsit. Posteā, ubi Rōmānī Pyrrhum prope Beneventum superāvērunt, Pyrrhus ad Graeciam nāvigāvit.
[1] Note the use of two
accusatives after the verb rogō, -āre [1]: ask
Pauca oppida Rōmānōs [accusative]
¦ auxilium [accusative] rogāvērunt. │ A few towns asked ¦ the Romans ¦ for
help.
[2] Sentence structure:
[i] Inde nāvēs Rōmānae Tarentum, ¦
[ii] quod erat oppidum magnum in Calabriā [relative / adjectival clause],
¦ [i] nāvigāvērunt, ¦ sed [iii] populus Tarentīnus navēs oppugnāvit
et [iv] Rōmānōs multōs necāvit.
[i] Inde populus, ¦ [ii] quī
īram Rōmānōrum timēbat [relative / adjectival clause], ¦ [i] nūntiōs ad Pyrrhum
mīsit.
[i] Pyrrhus, ¦ [ii] quī
erat rēx Ēpīrī [relative / adjectival clause], ¦ [i] cōpiās magnās et XX
elephantōs contrā Rōmānōs dūxit.
[i] Posteā, ¦ [ii] ubi
Rōmānī Pyrrhum prope Beneventum superāvērunt [subordinate clause of time], ¦
[i] Pyrrhus ad Graeciam nāvigāvit.
There were many Greek towns in
Italy. A few towns asked the Romans for help; the Romans and their allies were
victorious in many battles. From there the Roman ships sailed to Tarentum,
which was a large town in Calabria, but the Tarentine people attacked
the ships and killed many Romans. Then the people, who feared the wrath of the
Romans, sent messengers to Pyrrhus.
Pyrrhus, who was king of Epirus,
led a large army and 20 elephants against the Romans. The elephants terrified
the Romans; Pyrrhus defeated the Romans in a great battle. Then the king, in
vain, sent messengers to the Roman people concerning peace. Later, when the
Romans defeated Pyrrhus near Benevento, Pyrrhus sailed to Greece.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epirus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhus_of_Epirus
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