'illo tempore, urbs Roma a Gallis oppugnabatur' (line 1). What was happening at that time?
The city, Rome, was being attacked by the Gauls.oppugnabatur is passive and imperfect.urbs Roma is the subject in nominative
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All answers ▸Translate the following: 'de hac re diu locuti, reges fratribus imperaverunt ut pro urbe eorum pugnarent'
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