Cloelia Translation

My name is Cloelia. I am a small, Roman girl. I am a ten years old girl. I lived in Rome for ten years with

my mother and my father. I was always happy in the ten years. The ten years I was safe and never in

danger.

Now I am in great danger

I am afraid, but however I am a Roman girl. I cannot cry. Roman citizens are strong. Roman citizens are

not afraid of danger, but they fight. Roman citizens are bold. Roman citizens do not run during danger,

but they do very bold things. I am also strong. I am also bold. I will not cry. I will fight.

I am in the enemy’s camp. The father and the mother are not in the enemy’s camp. Now in the city, I am

not with my father or my mother, but I am in the camp with the enemies.

Why am I in the enemies’ camp? I will tell you the entire thing.

I am now a captive in the enemy’s camp, but I was living in the city with my mother and my father. I love

my mother and my father and I want to see them. My mother’s name is Valeria. My father’s name is

Quintus Cloelius Siculus Vocula. My father is a great man, but he is quiet. My mother is not quiet, and

she always tells me stories.

The stories pleases me. When I was at home, I wanted to leave the house. I was wanting to do great

things, just like in the stories. Roman girls do not do great things. Roman girls always stay home and

ought to make clothes.

Once upon a time at home, My mother and I were making clothes. Lucretia, a friend of my mother, also

was making clothes with us. She was a good woman, and she always was telling me stories about good

deeds. Making clothing does not please me. I was always wanting to hear the stories about good deeds.

“Mother, I wanted to hear the stories.”

“And what stories you wanted to hear, Cloelia?” my mother said.

“The story about a girl who does not make cloth.”

My mother and Lucretia laughed. “I will tell you the story about that Camilla.” Lucretia said, and she

began to tell this story.

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Once there was a man, who had been the king of the city, but the citizens did not want the king and

expelled the man. The king oughted to escape out of the city. The man was having a baby daughter. The

name of this daughter was Camilla.

The man escaped and came to the river. The water in the river was really fast.

“The water in the river was really fast.” The father said to himself. “The fast water is in fear of the baby.

With the baby, I cannot go across the river!”

Suddenly, the father got a plan. The father has a spear. He tied Camilla to a spear.

The king made this vow: “Diana, goddess of the woods and virgins, protect my daughter! I will give you

my daughter. My daughter will always be a maiden and will protect chastity!”And so the father sent the

spear with the baby across the river!

Did Diana hear the king’s vow? The father went across the river and saw the riverbank. The safe baby

was on that riverbank! The baby was not dead and was not in danger, but she was living and laughing.

“Oh my daughter, you are safe!” the father exclaimed. “Diana protected you! A friend of Diana will

always be with you. She always protects chastity, and you do not want men.”

The father of Camilla did not break his vow. When that she was, she was living with her father in the

forest. She never ought to make clothes. She was strong, and she was bold. Just like soldiers she was

fighting with a sword and a spear. She was wanting no men, but she was always a virgin like Diana, and

she protects chastity.

“Camilla was strong and daring! I want to live in forests and to fight with a sword and a spear! I am

strong and I do not desire men!” I shouted.

Lucretia laughed. “Cloelia, you did not hear this entire story.”

When the enemies came to Italy, Camilla was wanting to save Italy. She brought war against the enemies.

She was strongly fighting for Italy. She killed many strong men with a sword and a spear. All of the

enemies were seeing her and were fearing her.

But suddenly Camilla saw a man, who brought splendid clothing. She saw this splendid cloth and wanted

them immediately.

“I never saw such splendid clothing, I need to have it!” Camilla said to herself.

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