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77 Cards in this Set
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candidatus
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candidate
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favent
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favor, give support to
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dives
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rich
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vir nobilis
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a man of noble birth
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credunt
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trust, have faith in
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sibi dixit
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said to himself
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gens nostra
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our family
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rem cogitabat
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was considering the problem
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scriptor
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sign-writer
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consilium cepit
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had an idea
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murum
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wall
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scribe!
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write!
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titulum
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advertisement, slogan
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placetne tibi?
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does it suit you?
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scripsit
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wrote
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asinus
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ass, donkey
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senior
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the older
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erade!
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erase!
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inscriptionem
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writing
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erasit
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erased
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desistite!
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stop!
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intro ite!
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go inside!
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rem confecit
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finished the job
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tertium
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third
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addidit
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added
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liberalissimi
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very generous
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babae!
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hey!
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quo?
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where?
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fautores
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supporters
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quinque
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five
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promisit
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promised
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tantum
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only
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mendacissimus
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very deceitful
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convenimus
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gather, meet
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orationes
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speeches
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mecum
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with me
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de te
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about you
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periculosam
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dangerous
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suscipis
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you are undertaking
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exeunt
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they go out
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divisor
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distributor (hired to distribute bribes at elections)
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festinate!
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hurry!
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amicissimi
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very friendly, very good friends
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tace!
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shut up! be quiet!
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utilissimi
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very useful
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caudex
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blockhead, idiot
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scissa
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torn
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rapuerunt
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seized, grabbed
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auxilium
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help
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effugit
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escaped
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duoviri
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one of two pairs of officials elected by the Roman people every year. They were responsible for hearing evidence and giving judgment in court.
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aediles
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One of two pairs of officials elected by Romans every year to manage the local government. They were responsible for supervising the public markets, the police force, the baths, places of public entertainment, the water supply and sewers. It was their duty to see that the public services were efficiently run and the local taxes spent wisely.
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fautores
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political supporters
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candidus
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dazzling white
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praefectus
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a special officer appointed to run the affairs of the town. This position replaced the duoviri under Nero.
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convenit
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gathers, meets
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credit
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trusts, believes, has faith in
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de
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down from; about
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favet
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favors, supports
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gens
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family
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invitat
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invites
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legit
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reads
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liberalis
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generous
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murus
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wall
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noster
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our
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nunc
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now
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placet
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it pleases, it suits
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primus
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first
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promittit
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promises
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pugna
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fight
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rapit
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seizes, grabs
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secundus
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second
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sollicitus
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worried, anxious
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stultus
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stupid
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tertius
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third
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utilis
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useful
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vir
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man
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