This afternoon I did my Open University Latin exam, thus marking the end of study until next February. I thought it went rather well and I'll be disappointed if I didn't get a distinction. One question foxed me though: I had to chose 5 noun-adjective pairs which were in agreement, out of ten. I found 6 and, try as I might, I could not find one amongst them which I could eliminate. I lost a lot of time over this and eventually, after thinking about throwing one of these pairs out, I included it after all. I'm not sure how my examiner is going to deal with this!
The big translation was Cicero's account of Regulus, having been captured by the Carthaginians, being sent back to Rome to ask for peace and an exchange of prisoners. Reg swore to put this offer to the senate and to face death if they didn't accept it. When asked by the senators what his actual opinion on the deal was, Reg said that he didn't agree with it! Thus, he had to go back to Carthage to certain and horrible death, despite the pleas of his wife, son and friends to remain in Rome. 'I would rather do this than be a perjored consul', he said. Could you see our politicians behaving with such integrity?
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