Friday, August 9, 2024

14.09.24: Level 2; revise numbers (2)

In the extracts below, focus only on recognising the numbers; fill in the blanks with the numbers listed at the end; one number appears twice

[1] Et trium mīlium spatiō procul ā castrīs eōrum posuērunt castra. (Livy) And they pitched camp __________ away from their camp.

[2] Et iam Q. Marcius quaestiōnibus suae regiōnis perfectīs in Ligurēs prōvinciam proficīscī parābat, [i] tribus mīlibus peditum Rōmānōrum, [ii] centum quīnquāgintā equitibus, et [iii] quīnque mīlibus Latīnī nōminis peditum, [iv] ducentīs equitibus in supplēmentum acceptīs. (Livy)

[i] __________ Roman infantry

[ii] __________ cavalry

[iii] __________  infantry and [iv] __________ cavalry of the Latin confederacy

[3] [i] quattuor mīlia mīlitum āmissa, et legiōnis secundae [ii] signa tria, [iii] ūndecim vēxilla socium Latīnī nōminis in potestātem hostium vēnērunt, … (Livy)

[i] __________ soldiers

[ii] __________ standards of the second legion

[iii] __________ ensigns of the Latin confederacy

[4] Epamīnōndās, dux Thēbānōrum, [i] quattuor mīlibus hominum, ex quibus [ii] CCCC tantum equitēs erant, Lacedaemoniōrum exercitum [iii] vīgintī quattuor mīlium peditum, [iv] equitum mīlle sēscentōrum vīcit. Ā [v] quattuordecim mīlibus Graecōrum, quī numerus in auxiliīs Cȳrī adversus Artaxerxen fuit, [vi] centum mīlia barbarōrum proeliō superāta sunt.  (Frontinus)

With [i] __________ men, of whom only [ii] __________ were cavalry, Epaminondas, the Theban leader, conquered a Spartan army of [iii] ­__________ infantry and [iv] __________ cavalry. By [v] ­__________ Greeks, the number assisting Cyrus against Artaxerxes, [vi] __________ barbarians were defeated in battle.

3 miles; 3; 11; 150; 200; 400; 1,600; 3,000; 4000; 4000; 5000; 14,000; 24,000; 100,000

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