Quārta · Unit 2 · Lesson 8
Letters 10.37 and 10.90: water for two cities
Governor Pliny finds two abandoned aqueducts at Nicomedia, and a thirsty colony at Sinope, and asks Trajan for help.
You will be able to
- Read Letters 10.37 and 10.90
- Recognize purpose clauses with ut and nē, and personification
- Summarize what Pliny proposes
New words
- pecūnia, pecūniae, f. money
- arcus, arcūs, m. bow; arch
- architectus, architectī, m. architect, builder
- dignus, digna, dignum worthy (of: ablative)