Juvenal satirises insatiable ambition.‘Acti,’ inquit, ‘nihil est, nisi Poeno milite portas frangimus et media vexillum pono Subura.’‘Nothing is achieved’, he said, ‘unless we break the gates with a Carthaginian soldier and I plant the banner in the heart of Subura.’Acti: driven, led. In context here, it means an action that has happened.Inquit: he saysNihil est: nothing isNisi: unlessPoeno: by means of CarthaginianMilite: by means of soldierPortas: gatesFrangimus: we break Et: andMedia: in the middle ofVexillum: military standard, bannerPono: I place, plantSubura: ablative of the district of Rome
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