taberna

postquam ad urbem advenimus, ego Clementi diu tabernam quaerebam

After we arrived at the city, I was looking for a shop for Clemens, for a long time.

tandem Barbillus, qui triginta tabernas possidebat, mihi tabernam optimam obtulit.

At last Barbillus, who used to own 30 shops, offered me an excellent shop.

haec taberna prope templum deae Isidis erat

This shop was near the temple of the goddess Isis

In hac parte urbis via est, in qua omnes tabernarii vitrum vendunt.

In this part of the city is a street, in which all the shopkeepers sell glass.

taberna, quam Barbillus mihi offerebat, optimum situm habebat

The shop, which Barbillus offered me, had an excellent site.

Barbillus tamen dubitabat.

barbillus however was doubtful

'sunt multi latrones', inquit, 'in illa parte urbis.

'there are many robbers' he said, 'in that part of the city.

tabernarii latrones timent, quod pecuniam extorquent et vim inferunt.

the shopkeepers are afraid of the robbers because they extort money and use violence.

latrones libertum meum interfecerunt, qui nuper illam tabernam tenebat.

The robbers, killed my freed man, who was recently keeping that shop.

eum in via invenimus mortuum

We found him dead in the street

libertus, qui senex obstinatus erat, latronibus pecuniam dare noluit.

The freed man, who was a stubborn old man, didnt want to give money to the robbers.

latrones eum necaverunt tabernamque diripuerunt.'

the robbers killed him and ransacked the shop

'Clemens vir fortis, non senex infirmus est', ego Barbillo respondi.

clemens is a brave man, not a weak old man, I replied to Barbillus

'fortuna semper ei favet.

fortune always favors him.

hanc tabernam Clementi emere volo.

I want to buy this shop for Clemens

tibi centum aureos offero. placetne?

I offer you a hundred gold coins. Does it suit you?

'mihi placet', respondit Barbillus. 'centum aurei sufficiunt.'

'yes it does', replied Barbillus. A hundred gold coins is enough

Barbillo igitur centum aureos tradidi

Therefore I handed over a hundred gold coins to barbillus