Exercise Corrections for Wilding Exercises-19, 23, and 31

19
1.  The forests of Britain were very dense/thick.  (most dense, extremely dense etc.)
2.  The nights are shorter in Britain than in Italy.
3.   Porsenna praised Cloelia, a very bold maiden. (the boldest maiden)
4.  Few (men) have been braver than Horatius.
5.  The Romans were marching (hurrying) by a shorter way.
6.  Was the deed of Cloelia more bold than (the deed) of Horatius?
      Was Cloelia's act more bold than Horatio's?
7.  On account of the "woad" the Britons (British) seem (are seen) to be more awesome in battle.
        "Woad" (not wood) is an herb from which the British tribesmen made a blue dye that they smeared on their bodies.
8.   Nothing is more pleasant than friendship. (amicitia is ablative of comparison)
9.   To comand and to obey are very different things.
10.  Because the place was very well-known to the Britons, it was easier for them to fight than for the Romans.
        "eis" and "Romanis" are datives of reference.

23
1.  Britain is smaller than Gaul.
2.  A greater part of the elephants remained on the raft.
3.  The garrison of Samnites is seen in the highest pass.
4.  Today it is better to preserve the fatherland than to avoid shame.
5.  The teacher proposed a very bad plan to Camillus.
6.  More men than women were once at Rome.  (There was at one time more (of) men than (of) women at Rome.)
7.  The Romans have not entered the farther pass.
8.  Lentulus was prepared to send himself into the midst of the enemy.
9.  Sicily had been obtained by the Romans in a previous war.
10.  The Romans were accustomed to sacrifice to Jove the Best and Greatest (Jupiter Optimus Maximus).

31
1.  The army is led cautiously into the pass.
2.  Surely the spies will be sent by the consuls?
3.  The wise words of the the father are not understood by Pontius.
4.  The Carthaginians (Punes) were being led into ambush by the Gauls.
5.  The whole road had been covered with deep snow.
6.  Why was the advice of the wise man neglected?
7.  Rome  will not be saved if so many soldiers will have been killed.
8.  The camp had been place in a field by the Romans.
9.  O soldiers, do not be conquered by such dangers.
10.  Tarpeia was crushed by the huge shields of the Sabines.