Lectio IV: Dē Futūrō: Prōmissa et Praedīcta

Praefatio

Aliquandō fortasse in vītā tuā rēs pūblicās gerere cōgitābis, fortasse Mogontiācī. Et quid candidātī prōmittere solent? "Crās amphitheātrum novum aedificābitur!" "Mox thermae ampliābuntur!" "Vīnum melius bibētur!" "Vectīgālia minuentur!" "Barbarī mansuētiōrēs fīent!" Sed quī cōtīdiē haec verba audiunt, sciunt multa prōmissa numquam perficī.

In hīs exercitātiōnibus dīscēs quōmodō candidātus rēs futūrās prōmittat et praedīcat. Nam cursus honōrum prōmissīs struētur. Viae verrentur, lacūnae complēbuntur, mercātōrēs probī fīent, amphitheātrum nōn iam stillābit, puerī modestī erunt, sacrificia dīs grātiōra fīent, hiemēs ipsae clēmentiōrēs fīent, et certē Germānī omnia opera nostra efficient. Sine dubiō tū ipse sellam maiōrem in cūriā habēbis. Dē cēterīs rēbus... tempus ostendet.

Nam cum candidātus factus eris, et sellam maiōrem habēbis, ad imperātīvōs exercendōs prōcēdere poteris.

Sometime in your life, you may find yourself considering a political career, perhaps in Mogontacium, on the German border. And what do political candidates promise? 'Tomorrow we'll build a new amphitheatre!' 'Soon we'll expand the public baths!' 'Wine will taste better!' 'Taxes will be reduced!' 'Barbarians will become more civilised!' But anyone who hears these words daily knows most promises are not very reliable.

In these exercises, you'll learn how to make your own promises about the future. Because your career will be built on promises. The roads will be swept, the potholes filled, the merchants made honest, the amphitheatre will stop leaking, the children will be obedient, the sacrifices will please the gods better, the winters will somehow become warmer, and of course, the Germans will do all our work for us. Without a doubt, you'll soon have a bigger seat in the council chamber. As for the rest: time will tell.

Once you become a candidate, and win that council seat, you can move on to practice the Imperative Mood.

Contio Hibernalis

Gāius Semprōnius Latīnus, candidātus duumvirātūs, in forō lutulentō Mogontiācī stābat. Quamquam nix lentē cadēbat, multī veterānī convēnerant. Vīnum calefactum—et quidem pessimum—ministrī distribuēbant.

"Cīvēs optimī!" inquit Semprōnius. "Multa prō colōniā nostrā faciam. Novum amphitheātrum aedificābitur. Thermae ampliābuntur. Mūrī—"

"Quid dē agrīs nōbīs prōmissīs?" interrūpit veterānus quīdam. "Iam decem annōs exspectāmus!"

"Rēs certē cūrābitur," inquit Semprōnius sollicitus. "Litterae Rōmam mittentur..."

"Litterae!" exclāmāvit alter. "Litterae mittentur, tabellāriī venient, epistulae scrībentur! Sed agrī bonī Rōmam mittuntur, vīnum optimum Rōmam portātur, et nōs hīc cum Germānīs bibimus!"

"Atque hī servī Germānicī!" addidit tertius. "Nihil intellegunt, nihil labōrant. 'Nōn intellegō, domine' semper dīcunt. Et fēminae eōrum! Sordidae, barbarae..."

"Amīcī meī," placāre temptāvit Semprōnius, "novae familiae servōrum ex Italiā adducentur. Vīnum melius—"

"At cūr nōn nunc habemus?" clāmāvit prīmus veterānus. "Imperātor ipse prōmīsit nōs vītam dignam habitūrōs esse! Quid factum est? In caenō stāmus, vīnum acidum bibimus, Germānōs tolerāmus!"

Nix iam gravius cadēbat. Semprōnius sē in togam involvēbat.

"Rōmae fortasse dē hīs querēlis audīvistī?" rogāvit alter īrōnicē. "Cum amīcīs tuīs optimātibus cenābās?"

Semprōnius, perīculum sentiēns, subitō vultum firmāvit: "At scītisne cūr hīc in lutō stāmus? Cūr in hāc terrā inhospitālī patimur? Propter Germānōs! Eōrum feritās sine fīne nostrōs fīnēs vexat, nostrōs mīlitēs lacessit!"

Veterānī, nunc attentī, capita annuēbant.

"Dīcunt quīdam—et quidem longē ā perīculō in lectīs suīs Rōmae—Germānōs 'nōbilēs barbarōs' esse. Hī sapientēs togātī numquam lutum nostrum calcāvērunt, numquam in tenēbrīs glaciālibus vigilāvērunt! Servīne malī sunt Germānī? Erunt bonī—in fodīnīs salis!"

Rīsus ācer ā veterānīs.

"Dīcam vōbīs vēritātem dē Germānīs: aut servient et cultum mōrēsque nostrōs discent, aut in casīs suīs sordidīs, pellibus foedīs indūtī, computrēscent! Germānus bonus est Germānus domitus—nōn mortuus, cīvēs, sed domitus! Nam labōrābunt prō nōbīs, et tandem homines ex beluīs fīent!"

Clāmor approbātiōnis surgēbat.

"Audīte mē, cīvēs! Sumus Rōmānī! Vīta dūra est, sed fīnēs imperiī contrā hōs barbarōs dēfendimus! Verum est—sunt Rōmae quī nōs oblītī sunt. Verum est—voluntās Imperātōris ā corrūptīs frustrāta est, iūra nostra negāta sunt. Sed nōs nōn oblītī sumus quid simus—Rōmānī sumus! Et hīc, in hāc terrā ab ipsīs dīs relictā, stāmus—et pugnāmus!"

Iam veterānī plaudēbant, priōrum querellārum paene oblītī. Semprōnius, colōrem recipiēns, togam ēlegantius disposuit.

"Mēcum eritis? Mēcum pugnābitis? Nam ego vōbīscum erō, ego prō iūribus vestrīs pugnābō! Et crās—spondēō vōbīs nōs in lūtō nōn stābimus!"

Grammatica Explicāta

Tempus Futūrum: Fōrmātiō Simplex

Sīcut candidātī, futurōrum verbōrum fōrmātiōnem discere dēbēmus. Quamquam multī prōmissa sua numquam perficient, saltem grammaticam servāre possumus!

Prīma et Secunda Coniugātiōnēs

Addimus -b- et terminātiōnēs personārum:

Prīma	Secunda	Persōna
parā-b-ō	monē-b-ō	ego
parā-b-is	monē-b-is	tū
parā-b-it	monē-b-it	is/ea
parā-b-imus	monē-b-imus	nōs
parā-b-itis	monē-b-itis	vōs
parā-b-unt	monē-b-unt	iī/eae

Tertia et Quārta Coniugātiōnēs

Addimus -a-/-e- et terminātiōnēs personārum:

Tertia	Quārta	Persōna
reg-a-m	audi-a-m	ego
reg-e-s	audi-e-s	tū
reg-e-t	audi-e-t	is/ea
reg-ē-mus	audi-ē-mus	nōs
reg-ē-tis	audi-ē-tis	vōs
reg-e-nt	audi-e-nt	iī/eae

Futūrum Passīvum

Quandō rēs prōmittuntur, saepe vōce passīvā ūtimur:

"Amphitheātrum aedificābitur" (nōn: "Amphitheātrum aedificābō")
"Pecūnia dīvidētur" (nōn: "Pecūniam dīvidam")
"Viae pūrgābuntur" (nōn: "Viās pūrgābō")

Futūrum Passīvum

Quandō rēs prōmittuntur, saepe vōce passīvā ūtimur:

"Amphitheātrum aedificābitur" (nōn: "Amphitheātrum aedificābō")
"Pecūnia dīvidētur" (nōn: "Pecūniam dīvidam")
"Viae pūrgābuntur" (nōn: "Viās pūrgābō")

Terminātiōnēs Passīvae

Persōna	Coniugātiōnēs I-II (cum -b-)	Coniugātiōnēs III-IV (sine -b-)
1 sing.	-bor	-ar
2 sing.	-beris	-ēris
3 sing.	-bitur	-ētur
1 pl.	-bimur	-ēmur
2 pl.	-biminī	-ēminī
3 pl.	-buntur	-entur

Exempla:

Prīma/Secunda	Tertia/Quārta
laudābor	mittar
vidēberis	audiēris
amābitur	regētur
monēbimur	capiēmur
vocābiminī	accipēminī
laudābuntur	punientur

Verba Irregulāria Futūra

Quaedam verba, sīcut prōmissa candidātōrum, rēgulās nōn sequuntur:

Verba Essentiālia

Verbum	Futūrum
sum	erō, eris, erit, erimus, eritis, erunt
possum	poterō, poteris, poterit...
volō	volam, volēs, volet...
eō	ībō, ībis, ībit...
ferō	feram, ferēs, feret...

In Ūsū Cotīdiānō

Prōmissa Sollemnia

"Pecūniam afferam!" (num umquam afferet?)
"Rem pūblicam servābō!" (sed quōmodō?)
"Lēgēs novae scrībentur!" (ā quō?)

Excūsātiōnēs Futūrae

"Tempus nōn habēbō..." (ut semper)
"Scrība aeger erit..." (commodē)
"Pecūnia nōn sufficit..." (iterum atque iterum)

Vocabula Nova

Rēs Pūblicae:

candidātus, -ī (m) - candidate
duumvir, -ī (m) - town magistrate
dēcuriō, -ōnis (m) - town councillor
veterānus, -ī (m) - veteran
aedīlis, -is (m) - commissioner of public works
praetor, -ōris (m) - praetor
cūria, -ae (f) - senate house, council
comitium, -ī (n) - election assembly

Opera Pūblica:

lacūna, -ae (f) - hole, pit
aquaeductus, -ūs (m) - aqueduct
thermae, -ārum (f.pl) - public baths
horreum, -ī (n) - granary
amphitheātrum, -ī (n) - amphitheater
forum, -ī (n) - marketplace, forum
via, -ae (f) - street, road
taberna, -ae (f) - shop, tavern

Condiciōnēs:

lutulentus, -a, -um - muddy
squalidus, -a, -um - filthy
stillō, -āre - to drip, leak
sordidus, -a, -um - dirty, squalid
ruinōsus, -a, -um - falling down, ruined
plēnus, -a, -um - full
vacuus, -a, -um - empty
corruptus, -a, -um - corrupt, spoiled

Verba Administrātiōnis:

reficiō, -ere - to repair
pūrgō, -āre - to clean
amplificō, -āre - to enlarge
renovō, -āre - to renovate
fulciō, -īre - to prop up, support
aedificō, -āre - to build
polliceor, -ērī - to promise
prōmittō, -ere - to promise

Collocationes

Prōmissa Politica:

"meā fide" - on my word
"sine dubiō" - without doubt
"quam prīmum" - as soon as possible
"rēs cūrābitur" - the matter will be handled
"litterae mittentur" - letters will be sent
"prō bonō pūblicō" - for the public good
"salūs reī pūblicae" - the welfare of the state
"dignitās urbis" - the dignity of the city

Querellae Populī:

"in lutō stāre" - to stand in the mud
"vīnum acidum bibere" - to drink sour wine
"barbarōs tolerāre" - to put up with barbarians
"rem neglegere" - to neglect a matter
"pecūniam perdere" - to lose money
"tribūta solvere" - to pay taxes
"aquam quaerere" - to seek water
"forum lutulentum" - muddy marketplace

Excūsātiōnēs Officiālēs:

"pecūnia nōn sufficit" - there isn't enough money
"litterae nōndum advēnērunt" - the letters haven't arrived yet
"operāriī aegrotant" - the workers are sick
"tempus nōn suppetit" - there isn't enough time
"aliīs rēbus occupātī sumus" - we are busy with other matters
"rēs difficilior est" - the matter is rather difficult
"maiōrēs sūmptūs erunt" - there will be greater expenses
"nōn nostra culpa est" - it's not our fault

Written Exercises

A. English to Latin

Translate these sentences into Latin, using appropriate future tense forms:

I will become consul and reduce all taxes.
The roads will be repaired before winter.
The people will have better wine and more frequent games.
When will you give money to the poor citizens?
The barbarians will be more civilised under my leadership.
We shall build new baths and repair the old ones.
The rain will not damage the amphitheatre any longer.
You (plural) will see many improvements in the forum.
The merchants will become honest through my new laws.
When will the new aqueduct be completed?

B. Composition Exercise

Write a campaign speech (approximately 100 words) announcing your candidacy for local office. Include:

Three promises about public works
Two promises about public entertainment
Two promises about taxes or prices
One promise about foreign policy
One promise about public morality
One promise that subtly criticises your predecessor

Your speech should demonstrate:

Future tense in both active and passive forms
At least one temporal clause with future reference
Variation between first person singular (I will...) and first person plural (we shall...)
Appropriate political vocabulary and expressions

Model Answers

Model Answers

Colloquia

Colloquium Prīmum

Candidātus et Cīvis Cīvis querēlās dē rē pūblicā expōnit; candidātus respondet. Dē prōmissīs et ēmendātiōnibus discimus, tempore futūrō ūtentēs.

AI Prompts

Exchange	Cīvis	Candidātus
Instructiōnēs	Expōne querēlās dē rē pūblicā.	Respondē: ad quaestiōnem (tempus futūrum) Addere: statim, prōmittō, sine dubīō
0 Exemplum	"Lacūnae in viīs nōn refectae sunt. Cūr nōn?" [īrātē]	Respondē: ad quaestiōnem (tempus futūrum) Addere: tibi sanctē polliceor, prōmittō, sine morā Solūtiō: "Lacūnās statim reficiam, tibi sanctē polliceor!"
1	"Aquaeductus nōn aedificātus est. Nōs fefellērunt?" [sevērē]	Respondē: ad quaestiōnem (tempus futūrum) Addere: ut maiōrēs nostrī, dīs faventibus, ante kalendās
2	"Thermae nōn ampliātae sunt. Quandō?" [importūnē]	Respondē: ad quaestiōnem (tempus futūrum) Addere: pecūnia iam parāta, opus iam incipit, architectus advenit
3	"Forum nōn pūrgātum est. Cūr neglegis?" [asperē]	Respondē: ad quaestiōnem (tempus futūrum) Addere: servī iam labōrant, meā pecūniā, barbarī pūrgābunt
4	"Templum nōn refectum est. Deōs nōn cūrās?" [religiōsē]	Respondē: ad quaestiōnem (tempus futūrum) Addere: dī mē monuērunt, in somnīs vīdī, ōrācula cōnsulam
5	"Theātrum adhūc pluit. Cūr permittis?" [molestē]	Respondē: ad quaestiōnem (tempus futūrum) Addere: caelum ipsum mūtābō, novum tēctum veniet, cum sōle pacīscar
6	"Lūdī nōn datī sunt. Quandō spectācula vidēbimus?" [cupidē]	Respondē: ad quaestiōnem (tempus futūrum) Addere: elephantōs prōmittō, leōnēs iam nāvigant, Germānī saltābunt
7	"Mercātōrēs fraudulentī nōn pūnītī sunt. Quid agēs?" [sevērē]	Respondē: ad quaestiōnem (tempus futūrum) Addere: fūrēs ipsī fūrābuntur, Mercurius mē adiuvābit, forum pūrgābitur
8	"Fūrēs nōn captī sunt. Quis nōs custōdiet?" [anxiē]	Respondē: ad quaestiōnem (tempus futūrum) Addere: lupī lupōs custōdient, fūrēs fūrēs capient, Cerberum condūcam
9	"Germānī nōn domitī sunt. Quandō fīnēs dēfendēs?" [sollicitē]	Respondē: ad quaestiōnem (tempus futūrum) Addere: barbarī cīvīlizābuntur, Graecē loquentur, philosophiam discent
10	"Omnia prōmittis, nihil perficis. Quid dīcēs?" [contemptim]	Respondē: ad quaestiōnem (tempus futūrum) Addere: dī testēs sunt, fortūnā volente, sī Parcae permittent
11	Conclūsiō: "Satis audīvī. Vidēbimus quid faciās." "Vale!" "Dī tē respiciant!" Aut: "Nihil nisi verba audiō!" "Vale!" "Dī tē pūniant!"	Conclūsiō: "Omnia prōmissa perficiam!" "Vale!" "Suffrāgia vestra exspectō!" Aut: "Tempus ostendet vēritātem!" "Vale!" "Meliōra tempora venient!"

Colloquium Alterum

Dēcuriō et Duumvir

AI Prompts

Dēcuriō (novus in cūriā) duumvirō (superbō et arrogantī) queritur. Tempore futūrō passīvō ūtimur.

Exchange	Dēcuriō	Duumvir
Instructiōnēs	Querere dēbēs dē rēbus neglēctīs.	Respondē, sententiam interrogantem in responsum futūrum passīvum mūtāns. Adde aliquid ex optionibus.
0 Exemplum	"Dīcō tibi, domine: operāriī viās nōn reficiunt."	Respondē: "Viae [reficere]" cum legiō permittit post īnspectiōnem praefectī castrōrum secundum ōrdinem prīōritātum mīlitārium Solūtiō: "Viae reficientur, cum legiō permittit."
1	"Tē moneō: architectus aquaeductum nōn aedificat."	Respondē: "Aquaeductus [aedificāre]" post litterās imperātōriās cum architectus Rōmā advēnerit secundum exemplar Rōmānum
2	"Tē certiōrem faciō: sacerdōtēs templum nōn pūrgant."	Respondē: "Templum [reficere]" cum tribūnus mīlitum approbet post cōnsultātiōnem cum haruspicibus Germānicīs iūxtā novam religiōnis prōvinciālis fōrmulam
3	"Nōtum tibi faciō: quaestōrēs pecūniam nōn numerant."	Respondē: "Theātrum [tegere]" post cohortis discessum cum lignā ex Germāniā advēnerint modō barbarī quiēscant
4	"Tibi nūntiō: artifex theātrum nōn tegit.""	Respondē: "Forum [pūrgāre]" post nundinārum barbarōrum fīnem cum mercātōrēs Germānicī discesserint secundum novās sanitātis normās
5	"Tē moneō: architectus aquaeductum nōn aedificat."	Respondē: "Frūmentum [distribuere]" cum nāvēs Rhēnum trānsierint post tribūtōrum collēctiōnem sī Germānī messem nōn dīripuerint
6	"Queror apud tē: mercātōrēs frūmentum nōn distribuunt."	Respondē: "Lūdī [dare]" post victōriam contrā Chattōs cum gladiātōrēs ex Augustā Trevirōrum advēnerint modō barbarī spectācula nōn turbent
7	"Tē rogō quārē: servī thermās nōn renovant."	Respondē: "Pecūnia [numerāre]" cum quaestor prōvinciālis permīserit post ratiōnum Rōmam missiōnem secundum novam tribūtōrum fōrmulam
8	"Manifestum est: fabrī tabernās nōn fulciunt."	Respondē: "Mercātōrēs [pūnīre]" cum prōcūrātor investīgāverit post querellās lēgātī audītās iūxtā novum dē commerciō cum barbarīs ēdictum
9	"Negāre nōn potes: pictōrēs pariētēs nōn pingunt."	Respondē: "Germānī [labōrāre]" cum pāx stabilita erit post foedus novum īctum sī ducēs eōrum consēnserint
10	"Vidēsne quod: custōdēs portās nōn claudunt."	Respondē: "Vīnum [bibere]" cum vīneae in Rhēnō crēverint post negōtiātiōnēs cum Gallīs sī barbarī vītēs nōn vāstāverint
11	Conclusiō: "Omnia ergō ab Imperātōre pendent." "Grātiās prō explicātiōne." "Vale!" "Utinam barbarī quiēscant!" Aut: "Tot impedīmenta, tot morās audiō." "Rēs numquam perficientur." "Vale!" "Fortasse in Italiā melius vīvitur!"	Conclusiō: "Rōma nōs adiuvābit." "Patientia opus est." "Vale!" "Barbarī tandem cēdent!" Aut: "Difficile est prōvinciam regere." "Nōn omnia in potestāte meā sunt." "Vale!" "Dī Rōmam servant!"

Colloquium Tertium

Duō Scrībae

AI Prompts

Scrība prīmus cum scrībā secundō colloquitur. Dē rēbus futūrīs et prōmissīs āctiōnum discēmus.

Exchange	Scrība Prīmus	Scrība Secundus
Instructiōnēs	Interrogā dē rēbus futūrīs.	Respondē: Mūtā verba in tempus futūrum, prīmā persōnā singulārī.
0 Exemplum	"Gubernātōrem sequerisne?"	Respondē: "[sequī]" (futūrum) Addere potes: cum argentum accēperō, ut bonī scrībae solent Solutiō: "Gubernātōrem sequar cum argentum accēperō."
1	"Cūr illī senātōrem imitantur?"	Respondē: "[imitārī]" (futūrum) Addere potes: stultī sunt, sine ūllā suspīciōne, bonā spē
2	"Quibus modīs mentīris?"	Respondē: "[mentīrī]" (futūrum) Addere potes: necessitās docet, nēmō audit, sapientī sat
3	"Pecūniamne pollicēris?"	Respondē: "[pollicērī]" (futūrum) Addere potes: sī iusseris, mōre maiōrum, sine testibus
4	"Quōmodō ratiōnibus ūtimur?"	Respondē: "[ūtī]" (futūrum) Addere potes: prūdenter certē, crās vidēbimus, caecī sunt
5	"In prōvinciam proficīsceris?"	Respondē: "[proficīscī]" (futūrum) Addere potes: nisi pluit, ut fāma fert, propter lucrum
6	"Cūr vēra fatēminī?"	Respondē: "[fatērī]" (futūrum) Addere potes: errāvimus fortasse, nēmō perfectus, simul peccāvimus
7	"Quem ex senātōribus imitāris?"	Respondē: "[imitārī]" (futūrum) Addere potes: quī plūs solvit, ut ratiō docet, pecūnia vincit
8	"Frūmentumne partīris?"	Respondē: "[partīrī]" (futūrum) Addere potes: inter amīcōs, sine querellīs, aequā lance
9	"Pecūlātōrēs aggrederisne?"	Respondē: "[aggredī]" (futūrum) Addere potes: tempora mūtantur, hodiē nōn licet, crās fortasse
10	"Quōmodō pactum signāre vīs?"	Respondē: "[signāre]" (futūrum) Addere potes: quōmodō testis, signum, chirographum
11	Conclusiō: "Bene intellēxī. Nunc sciō quid āctūrus sīs." "Grātiās tibi agō prō sincēritāte tuā." "Vale!" "Dī tē custōdiant!"	Conclusiō: "Omnia aperuī. Spērō cōnsilia mea tibi placuisse." "Grātus sum quod mē intellēxistī." "Vale!" "Fortūna nōbīs faveat!"

Lūdī Scaenicī

Scaena Prima

Duumvir Novus et Scrība Expertus

AI Prompts

Prōlōgus

Duumvir novus modo ēlectus est. Prōmissa multa fēcit; nunc tempus est agere. Sed scrība expertus moderātiōnem suādet: pecūnia parca est, et quaeque solutiō novum prōblema creat.

Duumvir	Scriba
Condiciō: Duumvir recēns ēlectus est Multa prōmīsit populō Auctōritātem stabilīre dēbet In aerāriō quīngentī dēnāriī sunt Rēs urgentēs tractandae sunt Rēs Tractandae: Aedificia vetera reficere Populum contentum servāre Lūdōs magnificōs parāre Ōrdinem pūblicum tenēre	Condiciō: Administrātor expertus est Limitēs urbis bene nōvit Pecūniam pūblicam cūstōdit Rem prūdenter geret Dēbita nova timet Rēs Cūrandae: Prōmissa nimia impedīre Aerārium stabilem servāre Institūta urbis dēfendere Rēs politicās moderārī
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Dē Aquaeductū: Dē thermīs: reditus minuentur; barbarī male olēbunt Reparātiō: vectīgālia crēscent, plēbs īrāta erit thermae claudentur; barbarī peius olēbunt mercātōrēs dē emptōribus sordidīs querēntur Fēminae ad fontem: marītī querēntur fōns hieme conglaciābit servī alia opera nōn facient Dicta Ūtilia: "Prō bonō pūblicō..." "Ut maiōrēs nostrī..." "Prō glōriā colōniae..."	Dē Aquaeductū: Remedia: Reparātiō: trecentōs dēnāriōs poscet Aqua pūblica: (sine pretiō) fēminae et servī ad fontem convenient Fontēs: siccābuntur; morbi spargentur Vīcīnī: dē aquā inquinātā querēntur Incendia: aqua dēficiet; urbs periclitābitur Mercātōrēs: negōtia aliō trānsferent Dicta Ūtilia: "Ratiōnēs nostrae indicant..." "Ex computātiōnibus patet..." "Ut numerī dēmōnstrant..."
Dē Forō: Tabernae: mercātōrēs queruntur; negōtia cessant Pūrgātiō: sacerdōtēs dē aquā queruntur mercātōrēs fugient; tabernae claudentur cīvēs maiōrem tristitiam patientur Mercātōrēs in viīs: vigilēs difficultātēs habēbunt fūrēs multiplicābuntur tribūta mercātōrum dēcrēscent Dicta Ūtilia: "Dignitās urbis postulat..." "Gravitās officī requīrit..." "Cīvium salūs exigit..."	Dē Forō: Remedia: Pūrgātiō: ducentōs dēnāriōs poscet Mercātūra: (sine pretiō) in viīs minōribus agētur Imbrēs: lutum crēscet; mercēs corrumpentur Vigilēs: plūrēs necessāriī; sumptūs augēbuntur Nox: perīculōsa; fūrēs gaudēbunt Tribūta: minor reditus; aerārium exhauriētur Dicta Ūtilia: "Rēs in diēs fit gravior..." "Mercātōrēs frequenter nūntiant..." "Computātiōnēs manifēstant..."
Dē Amphitheātrō: Tectum perfluit: spectācula impediuntur; populus fremit Tectum: pecūnia prō thermīs nōn aderit plēbs sine lūdīs turbās faciet decuriōnēs urbem culpābunt Spectācula in forō: sacerdōtēs templōrum īrāscentur gladiātōrēs in lutō certābunt āctōrēs cum aquilegīs pugnābunt Dicta Ūtilia: "Salūs reī pūblicae..." "Ut disciplīna maneat..." "Prō urbis dignitāte..."	Dē Amphitheātrō: Remedia: Tectum novum: quīngentōs dēnāriōs poscet Lūdī forēnsēs: (quīnquāgintā dēnāriī) negōtia impedientur Tigna: putrent; mox cadent Subsellia: perīculōsa; lītēs sequentur Turbae: sine ōrdine; rīxae orientur Architectī: pecūniam statim postulābunt Dicta Ūtilia: "Perītī aedificiōrum monent..." "Architectī affirmant..." "Fabrī ipsi docent..."
Dē Barbaris: Novī custōdēs necessāriī sunt. Veterēs dormiunt, nōn vigilant Germānī: barbarī mansuētiōrēs fīent cultum nostrum discent exemplum aliīs dabunt Veterānī: maiōrem mercēdem postulant vinō cariōre ēgēbunt Rōma fidēlēs suōs praemiābit Dicta Ūtilia: "Ut disciplīna servētur..." "Prō securitāte urbis..." "Contrā hostēs externōs..."	Dē Barbaris: Remedia: Germānī (DC 100): prō mercēde minimā labōrābunt veterānī sēditiōnem parābunt linguam corrumpētur: "Ja, domine" respondēbunt cervisia in thermīs bibētur Veterānī (DC 400): maiōrem mercēdem postulant aerārium vacuābitur vīnum carius fiet tabernae crēscant Dicta Ūtilia: "Ex relātiōnibus vigilum..." "Ut statisticae indicant..." "Secundum testimōnia..."
Conclusiō: "Tempora difficilia sunt sed spērāre dēbēmus." "Grātiās tibi agō prō cōnsiliīs tuīs." "Vale!" "Deī Rōmam servant!"	Conclusiō: "Omnia quae poterō faciam." "Grātus sum. Rēs pūblica tē eget." "Vale!" "Fortūna tibi faveat!"

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