10. Alexander et Pirata

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Alexánder olim
comprehénsum pirátam interrogávit
quo iure
maria infestáret.
Ille
"Eódem," inquit,
"quo tu
orbem terrárum.
Sed quia id
ego parvo navígio fácio,
latro vocor;
tu,
quia magna classe et exércitu,
imperátor."
Alexánder
hóminem inviolátum dimísit.
Num iuste fecit?

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TEXT SOURCE: First Easy Latin Reading Book - Anecdotes, by Edmund Fowle (1877). Vocabulary Lists in back of book.

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