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phrase for the graffito "" from a scene in the film ''

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''.

''Life of Brian''

The scene features

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as a

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and

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as Brian, at that stage a would-be member of the revolutionary group the "People's Front of Judea". To prove himself worthy to be a member of the group, Brian has to

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the anti-Roman slogan "Romans go home" on the walls of Governor

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's palace in

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, under cover of darkness, written in Latin for the Romans to read. He completes the phrase ' when he is caught by a centurion. Brian is terrified and clearly expects to be killed on the spot. The centurion corrects Brian's grammatical mistakes in the manner of a traditional strict Latin teacher, as he has written "People called 'Romanes' they go the house". He forces Brian to use the proper imperative verb form and

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and write the correct phrase, ', 100 times, threatening to "cut isballs off" if he has not done so by sunrise. Brian does so, covering nearly every surface of the plaza with the graffiti watched by two guards. When he finishes the task in the following morning, one soldier says "don't do it again" and leaves with his comrade. Just as they leave, three other soldiers come round the corner and see the graffiti. Brian realises his position and races off, chased by the soldiers. In subsequent scenes, various Roman soldiers can be seen erasing the seditious graffiti.

Case of ''domus''

The exchange on the

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of ''domus'' concludes: The (

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) case construction used in the final formulation is not locative but accusative of motion towards. The locative of ''domus'' in literary classical Latin is ''domi''.The Latin Dictionary: domus
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