Capitulum Sextum

Iter longum est Rōmam. Vir ambulat cum fēle per viās et agrōs. Vir vīllās videt. Gallī nunc cum Romanis habitant sed olim* Romani et Gallī hostes erant**. In collibus vir muros fractos videt. Olim Romani multos Gallos necabant et oppida Gallica deleverunt.

*once a long time ago

**were

Man and cat walking down a road in a pine forest.

Vir per silvās ambulat. Vir animālia vīdit. Vir avēs spectat. Aliquandō fēlēs avēs capit et cōnsūmit!

Vir per montēs ambulat. Montēs sunt altissimī*. Iter per montēs est difficile.

*very tall

Ōlim imperātor Āfricānus elephantōs per montēs dūxit. Multī elephantī mortuī erant* in viā inter montēs sed imperātor Āfricānus post montēs victor erat in Italiā et multōs Rōmānōs necāvit! Ubi est elephantus mortuus in pictūra?

*died

image of a pass through high mountains with an elephant skeleton in the foreground. In the distance is the man walking with his cat.

Iron-Age Town in England: Note round houses more typical of the British Isles

Town in France around the time of conquest. For more information on Celtic oppida see here.

Consider these questions:

When you walk around in a particular state or country what are the signs that you are in that area? Are there kinds of buildings, plants, images that tell you where you are?

How did the Romans mark an area as "Roman?"

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