De bello Gallico 1: Actual or Historical Present?
Quiz
Identify each underlined present tense verb form as actual or historical present.
Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae
- actual
- historical
ā Belgīs Matrona et Sēquana dīvidit
- actual
- historical
in tertium annumm profetiōnem lēge cōnfirmant
- actual
- historical
In eō itinere [Orgetorīx] persuādet Casticō
- actual
- historical
Dumnorīgī fīliam suam in mātrimōnium dat
- actual
- historical
mōns Iūra, quī est inter Sēquānōs et Helvētiōs
- actual
- historical
tōtīus Galliae sēsē potīrī posse spērant
- actual
- historical
Post eius mortem Helvētiī id facere cōnantur
- actual
- historical
Extrēmum oppidum Allobrogum est Genava.
- actual
- historical