Quārta · Unit 2 · Lesson 7
Letters 10.5–7: a doctor’s citizenship
Governor to emperor: Pliny asks Trajan to make his doctor a Roman citizen, finds he has done it in the wrong order, and asks again.
You will be able to
- Read Letters 10.5, 10.6 and 10.7 in extracts
- Recognize an indirect command without ut and a circumstantial cum clause
- Describe how Pliny writes to the emperor
New words
- cīvitās, cīvitātis, f. citizenship; a city, state
- beneficium, beneficiī, n. kindness, favor
- grātia, grātiae, f. favor, gratitude; pl. thanks
- patrōna, patrōnae, f. patroness, protector