-
Alleyne 2002, p. 44: Vitruvius's
description of the
Nordic peoples: sub
septentrionibus nutriuntur gentes,
immanibus corporibus,
candidus coloribus ("there...
- (e.g. erat "there was") are also
usually sentence-initial: erat ā
septentriōnibus collis. "There was a hill on the
north side." vēnerat ad eum ... Laetilius...
- flūmine pōns erat (Caesar) 'on that
river there was a bridge' erat ā
septentriōnibus collis 'to the
north there was a hill." The use of fuit here would...
- flūmine pōns erat (Caesar) 'on that
river there was a bridge' erat ā
septentriōnibus collis 'to the
north there was a hill." The use of fuit here would...
