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30 Cards in this Set
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curia
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senate house
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temple of vesta
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sacred flame
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dactyl
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long-short-short
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spondee
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long-long
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dactylic hexameter
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the epic meter
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carinae
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hull of the ship
SYNECDOCHE |
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tectum
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roof
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tenuere
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they held
SYNCOPE |
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moriamur
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let us die
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canabatur
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he was trying
DEPONENT |
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conspicatus
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having caught sight of
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dicta
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having been said
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vidisset
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when he had seen
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iuberet
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to order
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amavisse
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to have loved
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missa est
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she was sent
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rubicon
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river Ceasar crossed declaring war
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Tiber
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River that runs through Rome
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Temple of Jupiter
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center of roman religion
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hannibal
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carthaginian leader
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scipio
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roman leader
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cartiago delenda est
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carthage must be destroyed
ANAPHORA |
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Hadrian's wall
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end of roman territory in britian
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masada
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Jew's last stand
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Lesbia
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Catullus' great love
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Etsruscans
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predecessors of the romans
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Lucretia
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rape caused the expoltion of the kings
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tarquinius supurbus
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last king of rome
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livy
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roman historian
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cicero
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roman orator
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