Juvenal satirises insatiable ambition
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Juvenal satirises insatiable ambition

Juvenal satirises insatiable ambition.

‘Acti,’ inquit, ‘nihil est, nisi Poeno milite portas frangimus et media vexillum pono Subura.’

‘Nothing is achieved’, he said, ‘unless we break the gates with a Carthaginian soldier and I plant the banner in the heart of Subura.’

Acti: driven, led. In context here, it means an action that has happened.

Inquit: he says

Nihil est: nothing is

Nisi: unless

Poeno: by means of Carthaginian

Milite: by means of soldier

Portas: gates

Frangimus: we break

Et: and

Media: in the middle of

Vexillum: military standard, banner

Pono: I place, plant

Subura: ablative of the district of Rome

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