DRILL EXERCISES 135
Perhaps^ it was St. Albans, ' as sonie learned men have aflirmed. Caesar tells about the town of Cassivellaunus in the fifth book of the Gallic War.
§40. {Recapitulation of Nouns 0/ jrd Declension coniinited.) Caesar's carap was^ in Kent. There-is also a place in Souih Africa named* Caesar's Camp. The tribes of Kent fought bravely for {pn-behalf-of) their native-land (§4), but the Trinobantes were friends of the Romans and enemies of the Cassi. Accordingly the unhappy Britons fought in-vain. At-length (§25) many states begged peace from («) Caesar. The conditions of peace wcre hard (say rough, §13). After the peace Caesar sold^ a great multitude of British captives (§19). Thus many British men and women (§20) and children were slaves (§19) of the Romans in the first century before the birth of Christ.
§ 41. {Nouns of jrd Declension continued.) •
Thus (§16) Caesar carried-off the victory and imposed a tribute upon^ the inhabitants of South Britain. The Romans carried-off the victory because (§1 5) they were skilled (§15) in war. The tenth legion was with Caesar in Britain. Caesar loved the tcnth legion. In the first expedition, while the Romans hesitated (§25) to fight,
' For ' perhaps ' see Preparations § 25.
' Veruldinium.
' Remember that the Verb must agree with its Subject [castra).
- Remember that the Adjective must agree with its Noun. Which is the
Noun to which the Adjective 'named' belongs?
' Venum-do, ' l sell,' is a compound of do, 'I give,* meaning liter.illy ' I offer for sale,' and forms its Pcrfect hke do.
•The Adjectives of the 3rd Declension are deferred till §42.
' Imitate the construction given in § 40 of the story.
