Tyriī ōlim in Āfricā haud procul ab Hispāniā colōniam collocāverant magnamque urbem, Carthāginem nōmine, aedificāverant: huius urbis incolae Poenī vocābantur. Hī per mercātūram magnās dīvitiās comparāvērunt fīnitimōsque populōs imperiō suō adiūnxērunt: urbem ingentibus mūrīs mūnīverant templīsque pulcherrimīs ōrnāverant. Multa in historiā dē illīus gentis crūdēlitāte nārrantur: ducēs, sī in bellō vīctī erant, sine misericordiā occīdēbant; īnfantēs suōs dīs immolābant. Omnium iam populōrum Rōmānī et Poenī potentissimī erant: inter aemulās gentēs causa bellī mox invenītur. In Siciliā Hierō, rēx Syrācūsārum, Māmertīnōs obsīdēbat: Rōmānī ad Māmertīnōs, Poenī ad Hierōnem auxilium mīsērunt. Tum Hierō pācem amīcitiamque cum Rōmānīs cōnfirmāvit, Poenī sōlī cum Rōmānīs bellum gerēbant ōramque Ītaliae nāvibus vastābant.
adiungō, -ere,
adiunxī, adiunctus [3]: add, join [+ dative]: populōs imperiō suō
adiūnxērunt
Mamertīnī:
Mamertines
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamertines
Tyrius, -a, -um:
Tyrian; of Tyre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyre,_Lebanon
[1] Lines 1 – 4; translate into English (13)*
Tyriī ōlim in
Āfricā haud procul ab Hispāniā colōniam collocāverant magnamque urbem,
Carthāginem nōmine, aedificāverant: huius urbis incolae Poenī vocābantur. Hī
per mercātūram magnās dīvitiās comparāvērunt fīnitimōsque populōs imperiō suō
adiūnxērunt: urbem ingentibus mūrīs mūnīverant templīsque pulcherrimīs
ōrnāverant.
[2] Lines 5 – 6 (ducēs
… immolābant) How did the Carthaginians treat [i] conquered leaders, and [ii]
the children? (4)
[3] Lines 6 – 7: Omnium
iam populōrum Rōmānī et Poenī potentissimī erant.
Identify the case and
number of the words in bold and explain why it is being used. (2)
[4] Lines 7 – end
(inter aemulās … vastābant)
Which of the
following statements are true?
Neighbouring
nations were already at war.
Rivalry was the
reason for war.
Hiero was the king
of Syracuse.
Hiero was the king
of the Mamertines.
The Mamertines
beseiged the Romans.
Hiero besieged the
Mamertines.
The Romans sent
help to Hiero.
The Romans sent
help to the Mamertines.
The Carthaginians
sent help to Hiero.
Hiero and the Carthaginians
made peace with the Romans.
Hiero made peace
with the Romans.
Only the
Carthaginians made peace with the Romans.
The Carthaginians
waged war with the Romans.
The Carthaginian
infantry attacked the Romans.
Roman cities were
laid waste.
The Carthaginian
fleet destroyed the Italian coast.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Punic_War
An aerial
photograph of the remains of the naval base of the city of Carthage. The
remains of the mercantile harbour are in the centre and those of the military
harbour are bottom right. Before the war Carthage had the most powerful navy in
the western Mediterranean. (The Oxford History of the Classical World, 1986)
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*[i] At one time, [ii]
the Tyrians had placed a colony in Africa [iii] far from Spain and [iv] had
built a great city [v] by the name of Carthage, and [vi] the inhabitants of
this city were called Carthaginians. [vii] They / these people obtained great
wealth / riches [viii] through trade / commerce and [ix] joined the
neighbouring nations to their own empire: [x] they fortified the city [xi]
with huge walls and [xii] decorated (it) [xiii] with very beautiful
temples.
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