[under the cover of darkness, Brian sneaks up to a statue and starts painting Latin grafitti on the plinth of a statue; he is caught in the act by a centurion who gives him a Latin grammar lesson]

Centurion:
What's this, then? "Romanes Eunt Domus"? "People called Romanes, they go the house"?
Brian:
It says "Romans, Go Home".
Centurion:
No it doesn't. What's Latin for "Roman"? Come on!
Brian:
"Romanus".
Centurion:
Goes like?
Brian:
"Annus"?
Centurion:
Vocative plural of "annus" is?
Brian:
"Anni"?
Centurion:
"Romani".
[the centurion corrects the first line of Brian's grafitti]

Centurion:
"Eunt". What is "eunt"?
Brian:
"Go".
Centurion:
Conjugate the verb "to go".
Brian:
"Ire, eo, is, it, imus, itis, eunt".
Centurion:
So "eunt" is?
Brian:
Third person plural present indicative. "They go".
Centurion:
But "Romans, go home" is an *order*, so you must use the...?
Brian:
The imperative!
Centurion:
Which is?
Brian:
Um, oh, oh, "i".
Centurion:
How many Romans?
Brian:
Plural. "Ite".
Centurion:
"Ite".
[the centurion corrects the second line of Brian's grafitti]

Centurion:
"Domus"? Nominative? "Go home". This is motion towards, isn't it, boy?
Brian:
Dative!
[the centurion draws his sword and holds it to Brian's neck]

Brian:
No, not dative! Accusative! Accusative! "Domum", sir. "Ad domum".
Centurion:
Except that "domus" takes the...
Brian:
The locative, sir.
Centurion:
Which is?
Brian:
"Domum".
Centurion:
"Domum".
[the centurion corrects the last line of Brian's grafitti]

Centurion:
Understand?
Brian:
Yes, sir.
Centurion:
Now write it out a hundred times.
Brian:
Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar, sir.
Centurion:
Hail Caesar. And if it's not done by sunrise, I'll cut your balls off.

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Brian di Nazareth (1979)

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