Latin course for the Virtual School of Languages

Test IV:

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If you have completed lessons 12-16, please take some time to do this test,
which will allow me to see whether you understood the explanations and
to help you with problems you might have:
Translate the following text and send the translation to sprachprofi@gmx.net
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questions every day. Because of that, I am sometimes not able to 
answer them all. I do however guarantee that every test sent in with a
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Leonidas
(At the beginning of the 5th century BC, the Persians tried to extend 
their empire to the west. The Greeks fought against them. This is how 
Leonidas, the king of the Spartans, might have incited his men for that 
fight:)
Leonidas Spartiatas incitat: "Iam Persae patriae nostrae appropinquant.
Iniuriis non abstinent, amicos vestros contumeliis violant. Ceteri populi
Graeciae, amici nostri, nos vocant neque frustra vocant. Itaque placate
deos nostros sacrificiis! Parate gladios et scuta vestra et este animosi!
Persae multi erunt, non nego, sed disciplina populi nostri cunctis Graecis
nota est. Pugnabimus cum adversariis ut viri boni et fidi et fugabimus
Persas e terra nostra!"

Reading vocabulary:
Spartiatas - Spartans (don't worry about other forms of this word)
frustra	- in vain, mistakenly
scutum - shield
animosus - courageous
disciplina - discipline