Latin course for the Virtual School of Languages

Test VII:

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If you have completed lessons 25-27, 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
Note: I am really busy at the moment and I drown in Latin tests and 
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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(The twins Romulus and Remus were exposed on the order of the king
Amulius. A wolf fed them at first.)
Fabula est pastorem Romulum et Remum in Palatio spectavisse et ad se
transportavisse. Non ignoramus geminos ibi educatos esse. Gemini 
eum locum postea rursus quaesiverunt ibique a Romulo muros oppidi 
novi aedificatos viasque stratas esse. Remus autem parvos muros 
spernit et transilit. Romulus a Remo irridetus eum necavit.

Reading vocabulary:
pastorem	(Accusative) - shepherd
Palatio - Palatium, one of Rome's hills
geminus, -i - twin brother
educare- educate
murus, -i - wall
aedificare - to build
transsilit - he jumped over