III.

#Expressions of place; extent of time.#

1. Who succeeded Romulus? Numa Pompilius. 2. From what city did he come?

From Cures, [from] a city of the Sabines. 3. What did he do at Rome? 4.

He established many religious customs and had many useful laws passed.

5. A shield once slipped down from the sky. 6. (There) was a smith in

Rome[1] who made twelve shields of the same shape. 7. The Romans had

peace (for) forty-three years. 8. No temple was erected in honor of

Numa, but he was of more use to the state than Romulus.

[Footnote:

1: Locative case.]

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