25.07.25: Level 3; Sonnenschein; Prō Patriā [7]; Pax Rōmāna [1]; review: [i] nūllus, -a, -um; [ii] comparative of adjectives

 Postquam hoc caput in vītā Agricolae lēctitāvimus, patruus meus "Haec narrat Tacitus ipse," inquit, "sed sī testimōnium eius vērum est, nūllus victor Rōmānus hūmānior, nūllus clēmentior fuit quam Iūlius Agricola. Nūlla autem prōvincia turbulentior fuerat quam Britannia. Nūllī hostēs Rōmānōrum fortiōrēs, nūllī audāciōrēs fuerant quam Britannī et Calēdonēs et gentēs Cambriae. Quis ex omnibus Rōmānīs sē iūstiōrem in hostēs dēbellātōs praestitit, quis clēmentiōrem, quis minus saevum et crūdēlem, quam Agricola? Sed quid inhūmānius, quid saevius est quam bellum? Atque nūllī hostēs in bellō crūdēliōrēs fuērunt quam Rōmānī. Nihil minus clēmēns erat quam hostēs dēbellātōs in servitūtem dēportāre. Nam mors pulchra minus misera est quam servitūs. Omnibus hominibus vīta cāra est; sed virīs līberīs lībertās cārior est quam vīta. Atque nūllī hominēs umquam ācriōrēs dēfēnsōrēs lībertātis suae fuērunt quam Britannī. Nihil pulchrius exīstimābant quam lībertātem, nihil miserius quam servitūtem."

[A] Review: nūllus, -a, -um; find the Latin:

[i] no (man) was more merciful

[ii] no enemies of the Romans

[iii] no men were (ever) … bolder defenders

[iv] no province

[v] no Roman conqueror

[vi] none had been bolder

Link: https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/04/220725-level-3-pronominal-adjectives-4.html

[B] Review: the comparative of the adjective

[2] Find the Latin:

[i] more turbulent (more riotous; unrulier)

[ii] more humane

[iii] braver

[iv] What is more savage than war?

[v] no enemy were crueller … than the Romans

[vi] nothing was less merciful

[vii] a beautiful death was less wretched than slavery

[3] Translate:

[i] Virīs līberīs lībertās cārior est quam vīta.

[ii] Quis ex omnibus Rōmānīs sē iūstiōrem in hostēs dēbellātōs praestitit, quis clēmentiōrem, quis minus saevum et crūdēlem, quam Agricola?

[iii] Nihil pulchrius exīstimābant quam lībertātem, nihil miserius quam servitūtem.

[4] Links: the comparative of the adjective and adverb was covered in detail in the following posts:

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/09/041124-level-2-degrees-of-comparison-1.html

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/09/041124-level-2-degrees-of-comparison-2.html

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/09/081124-level-2-degrees-of-comparison-3.html

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/09/081124-level-2-degrees-of-comparison-4.html

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/09/121124-level-2-degrees-of-comparison-5.html

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/09/121124-level-2-degrees-of-comparison-6.html

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/09/161124-level-2-degrees-of-comparison-7.html

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/09/161124-level-2-degrees-of-comparison-8.html

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/09/201124-level-2-degrees-of-comparison-9.html

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/09/201124-level-2-degrees-of-comparison-10.html

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/09/241124-level-2-degrees-of-comparison-11.html

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/09/241124-level-2-degrees-of-comparison-12.html

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/09/281124-level-2-degrees-of-comparison-13.html