Work File 01.14
Viae Romanae
In Italia, sunt multae (many) viae. Via Appia* est "regina viarum (of roads)."
Est via clara (famous)!
Via Appia agricolas, puellas, familias, et copias de Roma trans Italiam ad Brundisium (Brundisium, an Italian harbor) portat.
De Brundisio familiae Romanae ad Graeciam navigare parant.
Via Aurelia* familias et copias de Roma ad Lunam (name of Italian town) portat.
De Luna ad Genuam (Genoa) Via Aurelia* copias portat.
Tunc (then) Via Iulia Augusta* copias ad Arelatum (name of a town) in Gallia portat.
Multae viae Romanae familias et copias portant.
In Britannia, etiam nunc ( even now) familiae viam bonam Romanam, Viam Fossem*, laudant. Etiam (also) copias portat.
Via Egnatia*, via clara (famous), trans Graeciam (Greece) familias portat.
*Via Appia = the Appian Way
*Via Aurelia = the Aurelian Way
*Via Iulia Augusta = the Julia Augusta Way
*Via Fosse = the Fosse Way
*Via Egnatia - the Egnatian Way
Under your translation, copy and answer these questions.
Observations:
1. What do you notice about the endings on the nouns and the adjectives (Roman, famous) that describe them?
2. In English, the adjective usually comes before the noun that it describes. Is this true in Latin?
3. In some sentences, there is no noun subject. Where did you find the subject of the sentence?
Bonus: (2 points) What is the name of Arelatum today? In what country is it? Arles and it is in France.