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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.

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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.

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