6. In Cæsar’s time Greek was spoken more widely in the Roman world than any other language.
7. fīliī, in apposition with puerī.
8. nōn ... mittere. This infinitive clause is the subject of erat. Cf. [§ 216]. The same construction is repeated in the next clause, domī ... docēre. The object of docēre is fīliōs understood.
9. The peristyle was an open court surrounded by a colonnade.
[10.] At the age of sixteen a boy laid aside the bulla and the toga praetexta and assumed toga virīlis or manly gown.
[11.] annōs, [§ 501. 21]. The expression nōndum sēdecim annōs nātī sunt means literally, they were born not yet sixteen years. This is the usual expression for age. What is the English equivalent?
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Discipulī. Salvē, magister.