ROM: Overview - Decimus' Journey

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Overview - Decimus' Journey

Once he has recovered, Decimus makes the journey from the port city of Misenum to Rome. His first assignment is to report to the camp of the Praetorian Guard. There, Decimus serves as a soldier in the private guard of the Emperor Titus. 

He has many duties in the city: protecting the emperor and the imperial palace, ensuring public safety, providing crown control at public events and assisting night watchmen by patrolling the city. Decimus finds being a praetorian guard to be a rewarding and honorable duty.

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Essential Questions

    1. What is an adjective?
    2. How is an adjective formed and translated in Latin?
    3. What is noun and adjective agreement?
    4. What is an adverb?
    5. How is an adverb formed and translated in Latin?
    6. What famous buildings were part of the ancient Roman city?

Key Terms

  1. Noun - A noun is traditionally defined as a person, place or thing. In Latin a noun is a word that uses a set of case endings and has three characteristics - case, number and gender.
  2. Declension - a family of nouns
  3. Gender - masculine, feminine or neuter
  4. Number - singular or plural
  5. Case - shows the function of the noun in the sentence
  6. Adjective - word that describes a noun or pronoun
  7. Adverb - word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb

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