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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Totila had taken all the flags and field-badges of the twelve thousand, a thing which, as Procopius angrily writes, "never before happened to the Romans."
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
adherents
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From this reading Cethegus himself, with his small band of trusty adherents, hastened across the AEmilia to the west coast of Italy, which he reached at Populonium.
AEmilia
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From this reading Cethegus himself, with his small band of trusty adherents, hastened across the AEmilia to the west coast of Italy, which he reached at Populonium.
all
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From this reading Totila had taken all the flags and field-badges of the twelve thousand, a thing which, as Procopius angrily writes, "never before happened to the Romans."
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading There he went on board a swift ship of war, and, favoured by a strong breeze from the north-east (sent, as he said, by the ancient gods of Latium), sailed to the harbour of Rome--Portus.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
angrily
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From this reading Totila had taken all the flags and field-badges of the twelve thousand, a thing which, as Procopius angrily writes, "never before happened to the Romans."
armed
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From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Totila had taken all the flags and field-badges of the twelve thousand, a thing which, as Procopius angrily writes, "never before happened to the Romans."
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
back
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From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
band
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From this reading Cethegus himself, with his small band of trusty adherents, hastened across the AEmilia to the west coast of Italy, which he reached at Populonium.
battle
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From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Totila had taken all the flags and field-badges of the twelve thousand, a thing which, as Procopius angrily writes, "never before happened to the Romans."
board
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From this reading There he went on board a swift ship of war, and, favoured by a strong breeze from the north-east (sent, as he said, by the ancient gods of Latium), sailed to the harbour of Rome--Portus.
breeze
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From this reading There he went on board a swift ship of war, and, favoured by a strong breeze from the north-east (sent, as he said, by the ancient gods of Latium), sailed to the harbour of Rome--Portus.
bridge
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From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There he went on board a swift ship of war, and, favoured by a strong breeze from the north-east (sent, as he said, by the ancient gods of Latium), sailed to the harbour of Rome--Portus.
Cethegus
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From this reading Cethegus himself, with his small band of trusty adherents, hastened across the AEmilia to the west coast of Italy, which he reached at Populonium.
citizens
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From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
city
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From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
coast
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From this reading Cethegus himself, with his small band of trusty adherents, hastened across the AEmilia to the west coast of Italy, which he reached at Populonium.
defeated
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From this reading He left the defeated troops of Demetrius to their fate.
Demetrius
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From this reading He left the defeated troops of Demetrius to their fate.
disastrous
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From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
fate
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From this reading He left the defeated troops of Demetrius to their fate.
favoured
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From this reading There he went on board a swift ship of war, and, favoured by a strong breeze from the north-east (sent, as he said, by the ancient gods of Latium), sailed to the harbour of Rome--Portus.
field-badges
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From this reading Totila had taken all the flags and field-badges of the twelve thousand, a thing which, as Procopius angrily writes, "never before happened to the Romans."
flags
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From this reading Totila had taken all the flags and field-badges of the twelve thousand, a thing which, as Procopius angrily writes, "never before happened to the Romans."
following
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From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There he went on board a swift ship of war, and, favoured by a strong breeze from the north-east (sent, as he said, by the ancient gods of Latium), sailed to the harbour of Rome--Portus.
gods
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From this reading There he went on board a swift ship of war, and, favoured by a strong breeze from the north-east (sent, as he said, by the ancient gods of Latium), sailed to the harbour of Rome--Portus.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
happened
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From this reading Totila had taken all the flags and field-badges of the twelve thousand, a thing which, as Procopius angrily writes, "never before happened to the Romans."
harbour
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From this reading There he went on board a swift ship of war, and, favoured by a strong breeze from the north-east (sent, as he said, by the ancient gods of Latium), sailed to the harbour of Rome--Portus.
hastened
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From this reading Cethegus himself, with his small band of trusty adherents, hastened across the AEmilia to the west coast of Italy, which he reached at Populonium.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He left the defeated troops of Demetrius to their fate.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Cethegus himself, with his small band of trusty adherents, hastened across the AEmilia to the west coast of Italy, which he reached at Populonium.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
Italy
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From this reading Cethegus himself, with his small band of trusty adherents, hastened across the AEmilia to the west coast of Italy, which he reached at Populonium.
Latium
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From this reading There he went on board a swift ship of war, and, favoured by a strong breeze from the north-east (sent, as he said, by the ancient gods of Latium), sailed to the harbour of Rome--Portus.
latter
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From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He left the defeated troops of Demetrius to their fate.
messengers
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From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Totila had taken all the flags and field-badges of the twelve thousand, a thing which, as Procopius angrily writes, "never before happened to the Romans."
north-east
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From this reading There he went on board a swift ship of war, and, favoured by a strong breeze from the north-east (sent, as he said, by the ancient gods of Latium), sailed to the harbour of Rome--Portus.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
once
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From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
Padus
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From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
Populonium
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From this reading Cethegus himself, with his small band of trusty adherents, hastened across the AEmilia to the west coast of Italy, which he reached at Populonium.
Portus
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From this reading There he went on board a swift ship of war, and, favoured by a strong breeze from the north-east (sent, as he said, by the ancient gods of Latium), sailed to the harbour of Rome--Portus.
Prefect
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From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
Procopius
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From this reading Totila had taken all the flags and field-badges of the twelve thousand, a thing which, as Procopius angrily writes, "never before happened to the Romans."
Ravenna
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From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
reached
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From this reading Cethegus himself, with his small band of trusty adherents, hastened across the AEmilia to the west coast of Italy, which he reached at Populonium.
result
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From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
return
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From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
Romans
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From this reading Totila had taken all the flags and field-badges of the twelve thousand, a thing which, as Procopius angrily writes, "never before happened to the Romans."
Rome
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From this reading There he went on board a swift ship of war, and, favoured by a strong breeze from the north-east (sent, as he said, by the ancient gods of Latium), sailed to the harbour of Rome--Portus.
said
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From this reading There he went on board a swift ship of war, and, favoured by a strong breeze from the north-east (sent, as he said, by the ancient gods of Latium), sailed to the harbour of Rome--Portus.
sailed
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From this reading There he went on board a swift ship of war, and, favoured by a strong breeze from the north-east (sent, as he said, by the ancient gods of Latium), sailed to the harbour of Rome--Portus.
seeing
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From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
sent
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From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
shipnounUS /ship/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There he went on board a swift ship of war, and, favoured by a strong breeze from the north-east (sent, as he said, by the ancient gods of Latium), sailed to the harbour of Rome--Portus.
small
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From this reading Cethegus himself, with his small band of trusty adherents, hastened across the AEmilia to the west coast of Italy, which he reached at Populonium.
strong
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From this reading There he went on board a swift ship of war, and, favoured by a strong breeze from the north-east (sent, as he said, by the ancient gods of Latium), sailed to the harbour of Rome--Portus.
swift
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From this reading There he went on board a swift ship of war, and, favoured by a strong breeze from the north-east (sent, as he said, by the ancient gods of Latium), sailed to the harbour of Rome--Portus.
taken
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From this reading Totila had taken all the flags and field-badges of the twelve thousand, a thing which, as Procopius angrily writes, "never before happened to the Romans."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading He left the defeated troops of Demetrius to their fate.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
There
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From this reading There he went on board a swift ship of war, and, favoured by a strong breeze from the north-east (sent, as he said, by the ancient gods of Latium), sailed to the harbour of Rome--Portus.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Totila had taken all the flags and field-badges of the twelve thousand, a thing which, as Procopius angrily writes, "never before happened to the Romans."
thousand
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From this reading Totila had taken all the flags and field-badges of the twelve thousand, a thing which, as Procopius angrily writes, "never before happened to the Romans."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
Totila
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From this reading Totila had taken all the flags and field-badges of the twelve thousand, a thing which, as Procopius angrily writes, "never before happened to the Romans."
troops
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From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
trusty
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From this reading Cethegus himself, with his small band of trusty adherents, hastened across the AEmilia to the west coast of Italy, which he reached at Populonium.
twelve
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From this reading Totila had taken all the flags and field-badges of the twelve thousand, a thing which, as Procopius angrily writes, "never before happened to the Romans."
war
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From this reading There he went on board a swift ship of war, and, favoured by a strong breeze from the north-east (sent, as he said, by the ancient gods of Latium), sailed to the harbour of Rome--Portus.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There he went on board a swift ship of war, and, favoured by a strong breeze from the north-east (sent, as he said, by the ancient gods of Latium), sailed to the harbour of Rome--Portus.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
west
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From this reading Cethegus himself, with his small band of trusty adherents, hastened across the AEmilia to the west coast of Italy, which he reached at Populonium.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Totila had taken all the flags and field-badges of the twelve thousand, a thing which, as Procopius angrily writes, "never before happened to the Romans."
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading On seeing the disastrous result of the battle at the bridge across the Padus, the Prefect had sent messengers back to his troops and the armed citizens of Ravenna, who were following him, to order them to return at once to the latter city.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Cethegus himself, with his small band of trusty adherents, hastened across the AEmilia to the west coast of Italy, which he reached at Populonium.
writes
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From this reading Totila had taken all the flags and field-badges of the twelve thousand, a thing which, as Procopius angrily writes, "never before happened to the Romans."
