All Subordinate Clauses of the Indirect Discourse have their verbs in
the subjunctive mood:
Tatius . . Tarpêiae optiônem mûneris dedit, #sî . . perdûxisset#,
II, 19-21 (direct form, dô or dabô optiônem mûneris, #sî . .
perdûxeris#: see note); Illa petiit quod #gererent#, II, 21 (direct
form, Petô quod . . #geritis#).
The grammatical references in the footnotes are to the Latin Grammars in
most common use; H = Harkness' Complete Latin Grammar, references to
Harkness' Standard Grammar being inclosed in parentheses; M = Lane &
Morgan; A = Allen & Greenough; G = Gildersleeve; B = Bennett.
[Illustration: THE HILLS OF ROME]
The original Latin city comprised only the Palatine and a small portion
of the surrounding territory. The Etruscans inhabited the Caelian Hill,
and extended toward the Esquiline. The Sabine town occupied the
Quirinal, which was originally connected with the Capitoline, on which
was the Sabine citadel, by a ridge sloping toward the Forum and the
Campus Martius. Ancus Marcius added to the city the Aventine, and built
a fortress on the Janiculum. Servius Tullius added the Viminal and
Esquiline, and inclosed the seven hills with a line of fortifications,
of which one portion is still traceable. The ridge connecting the
Capitoline and Quirinal was a barrier which cut the town in two. The
only means of communication between the two halves of the city, when its
population had reached nearly two million inhabitants, were the narrow
strip of land between the Capitoline and the river and a lane ten feet
wide crossing the ridge. To relieve the pressure, this ridge was cut
away by the Emperor Trajan, in whose Forum on the site of the
excavations stands the well-known 'Trajan's Column,' 140 feet high,
'erected to show to posterity how high was the mountain leveled by the
Emperor.' The business portion of the modern city occupies the Campus
Martius, its main artery, the famous 'Corso,' following the line of the
ancient street shown on the plan. See Lanciani, _Ancient Rome_, p. 86.