Rome Is Captured (Capitur Urbs)
Alaric's forces entered Rome in A.D. 410, a shock across the Roman world. Jerome lamented that the city which had captured the world was itself captured.
Grade 8. Places and stories.
How it connects
Capitur and cepit come from capio, letting one verb connect the two halves of the lament.
Latin words that go with this card: capio, urbs, mundus.