Latin

Narcissus

1000 BCE

There was a beautiful boy named Narcissus, many girls were in love with him. One nymph named Echo loved him but she could only repeat the words that other people said, she died. Narcissus saw his reflection in a pool of water and was transfixed by his beauty, he then fell into the water and drowned.

Explusion of the tyrant

509 BCE

Tarquinius Superbus wanted to wage war with the Vulcans but the Roman people didn't like him or his son. He and his son fled to Etruria, Rome was not ruled by Tyrants anymore
Nemo post Tarquinios inter Romanos regnavit.

Mucus scaevola

508 BCE

Scaevola wanted to kill the Etruscan leader so he had snuck into the Etruscans' camp. He was then caught and captured and was about to be killed. In order to prove his bravery, he put his right hand in a flame. The enemy leader was so impressed he let him free
Mucius dextram in flamma diu tenebat.

Battle of the lake regillus

499 BCE

Etruscans allied with tarquinius and waged war with the Romans. But they are defeated and a temple is dedicated to their defeat. Etrusci contra Romanos pro Tarquinio coniuraverunt et socios ad bellum vocabant

Secession of the Plebs

494 BCE

The plebs revolted for a second time, now because the patricians had promised to reward them, but hadn't. The patricians wanted to end the conflict so they asked Menenius Agrippa for advice. He told them to have tribunes of the plebs and they followed his advice.
“Non iam,” clamabant, “pro patria pugnabimus nec agros colemus, nisi patricii promissa praestabunt.”

Coriolanus

493 BCE

Cornelius Marcus went into a Volscian town by himself. He killed everyone in the town and burned down the wall. They called him Coriolanus for his bravery, but he was hated for his pride and all the plebians left. Coriolanus lived in exile with the Volscians.
Tum Cn. Marcius, iuvenis Romanus propter virtutem notus, prope solus oppidum intravit, incolas necavit, muros incendit

Patricians and Plebs

490 BCE

The Roman military was made entirely of plebs who aren't payed. The plebians decided to revolt. The patricians, who were very scared, agreed to start paying the plebians, so the plebians stopped revolting.
Ardebant ira animi plebeiorum nec iam de iniuriis tacebant

Spurius Cassius

485 BCE

Spurius Cassius had been a consul and he called for the public land to be divided between the plebs. The patricians disagreed and after debating, they accused him of trying to be king and they threw him off the Tarpeian Rock.
Sp. Cassius coniurat: regnum appetit

Cincinnatus

458 BCE

Cincinatus had been a Roman consul, later in his life, he was just a farmer. The Romans called him back because they were waging war so they made him an emergency dictator.
Statim Cincinnatus dictator creatus est: senatores ad Cincinnatum nuntios miserunt.

Twelve Tables

450 BCE

The patricians and plebs had been feuding for a long time. So ten men were chosen to create 12 laws and make them known.
“Imperium,” inquit, “decemviris populus concessit: imperium non deponemus.”

Spurius Maelius

439 BCE

Spurius Maelius was a knight of great wealth who, when the city was lacking in food, bought food and gave it to the Plebs. The Patricians decided that he was trying to become a king by bribing the Plebs so they killed him.
Sp. Maelius coniurat: regnum appetit: si iam muneribus plebeiorum animis placuerit auctoritatemque confirmaverit

The Capture of Veii

396 BCE

Rome was trying to capture Veii, but the Etruscans were defending it well and scaring the Romans. So the Romans elected an emergency dictator Marcus Furius Camillus who dug tunnels underground to the city and invading through those. He was successful.
Itaque M. Furius Camillus dictator creatus est: Camilli consilio milites cuniculum sub terra ad arcem urbis egerunt

Capture of Rome

387 BCE

Rome was being attacked by the Etruscans, everyone was scared so everyone but the youth and the senators left. The senators sat silently and still in their seats as if they were statues. The Etruscans killed all of them.
nostri vix primum impetum sustinuerunt sed urbem fuga petiverunt.

Return of Camilius

387 BCE

Rome was being attacked and the Gauls tried to sneak in at night. But a sacred goose alerted Camilius and he killed all the Gauls by himself. The teenagers in the city decided to throw food away to trick the Gauls into thinking that they had lots of food.
Gallos singulos Romani trucidaverunt.

The Fate of M. Manlius

384 BCE

Marcus Manlius was guarding the capitol, and he spoke against the patricians so they said that he was trying to become king. He told the plebs to equip themselves but then the tribunes were also accused by the patricians.
Statim patricii Manlium, sicut antea Sp. Cassium et Sp. Maelium, accusaverunt.

Licinian Laws

368 BCE

The struggle between Patricians and plebeians was still strong so dictator Camillus passed laws to make the Plebeians less discriminated against.
Frustra iam,” inquit, “tribunorum postulationibus resistimus: multa patricii concedemus; consulum alter e plebeiis semper creabitur; agri publici nemo amplius quingenta iugera possidebit

Caudine forks

321 BCE

Rome went through a narrow passage, they were trapped by the Samnites. A wise man told them to either kill all of them or declare peace but they disregarded his statements and let the Romans free after putting them under the yoke.
“Si patris consilio parebis,” respondit senex, “Romanos omnes aut incolumes liberabis aut occides.”

Pyrrhic Victory

281 BCE

Rome was waging war against Pyrrhus, the Romans lost the first battle because of the greek's elephants and superior discipline. However, the although they won it was very costly so Pyrrhus tried to declare peace but Rome never allows peace negotiations while they are in Italy. Rome conquered them in the end.
Plurimi tamen utrimque cediderunt. Pyrrhus, ubi tot mortuorum corpora vidit

Catiline's followers

63 BCE

Cicero publicly denounces not Catiline, but Catiline's followers. Saying that you should not fear Catiline because he is on the other side of a wall. However his followers are here in Rome and we don't know who to trust.

M.Valerius Corvus

1 CE

One Gaul notable for his huge muscles stood and tried to provoke the Romans. They sent Marcus Valerius to fight him but when Marcus went a crow flew down and pecked at the Gaul allowing Marcus to win. Vix iam manum conseruerant, ubi corvus repente in galea Valerii consedit et identidem os oculosque hostis rostro appetivit.

An Heroic Family

3

Rome was at war with the Veiens, their enemies were careless and walked right into an ambush from the Fabius family. They were defeated there.
Frustra Fabii contra ingentes copias hostium pugnabant.