Doodz, here's my Latin composition. It's still a work in progress, but I wrote a story in Latin and that makes me cool, right?

And now, prepare to not understand a word of Calo Rex!


Calo, filius Manlii, tyrannus factus est, sed magni nominis umbra erat.
Calo de se cogitabat, et de luxuria cogitabat, et de amore cogitabat.
Piger Calo, filius Manlii, gloriosus libidinosusque erat, sed non urbanus erat.
Equidem, maxime non praeclarus erat. Maxime insapiens erat. Saepenumero ebriosus erat.

Paucos post annos, regnum jam erat non splendidum.

Una voce, populus dicebat, “ Virtivania amoena non nunc est.
Heu, postquam mors Manlii, jam miseri vivimus. Ex morte Manlium referri debemus.
In memoria habemus, Manlius ferox fortisque erat, neque depravitus neque stultus. Non periculum timebat. Calo non patris est filius.
Ecce! Manlium reviviscere debeamus. Mortuus Manlius erit magnus tyrannus.
Nos aget maxime impavidus. Ire debemus ad tumulum Manlii et Manlium revivebemus.”

Itaque Manlium revivebant.
Nescio cur fieri poterat, at tamen erat. Quiesce. Narraro hanc narrationem.

Corpus eius populus terrebatne? Minime. Populus corpus Manlii laudabant.
Mox populus dicebant, “Calo semper de se cogitat.
Iste, filius tuus, saltat interdui, saltat internuit.
Neque solum luxuriam sed etiam indulgentiam gustavit.
Cupimus et desidimus mortem eius. Nos juva.”

Dicebat Manlius, “Heu, sanguinem meum vulnerare debeo.
Nomen meum delere debeo.
Propinquum meum dirimere debeo.
Quam onus malum!
Propterea quod Virtivania dolebat, Calo poenas dabit.
Oppugnabo Calum quam maxime, ante primam lucem solis.
Si ero victor, ducam hanc civitatem iterum.
Bona fide promitto, ducam diligenter hoc tempore.”

Ita mortuus Manlius Calum necavit vehementer fortiterque.
Manlio victore, populus saltabant, et “vivat rex mortuus” dicebat.
Denique, rex ducebat iterum.
Mortuus Manlius liberator erat.








Here is the English translation (which I wrote after the Latin version ) :



Calo, son of Manlius, was king. He was the unworthy shadow of a great name.
Calo was thinking of himself, and of love, and of luxury. Lazy Calo, son of Manlius, was concieted and horny, but he wasn't charming. Truly he was very not bright. He was very unwise. Time and again he was drunk.

After a few years, the kingdom was no longer splendid.
With one voice the people said, " Virtuevania isn't great anymore. Alas, after the death of Manlius, we live miserably. We should bring Manlius back from the dead. We remember, Manlius was brave and strong, neither depraved nor stupid. Calo is not his father's son. Look! We should revive Manlius. Dead Manlius will be a great king. He will lead us fearlessly. We should go to Manlius's tomb and revive him.”

So they did. I don't know how it was possible, it just was. Quiet. I'm telling this story.

Did his corpse frighten the people? No. The people praised the corpse of Manlius. Then they said to him, “Calo is always thinking of himself. That jerk, your son, dances all day and night. He has tasted luxury and indulgence. We want and desire his death. Help us.”

Manlius declared, “Alas! I should wound my blood. I should destroy my name. I should destroy my kinsman. What a cruel burden. Because Virtivania was suffering, Calo will pay the penalty. I'll kill Calo as soon as possible, before the first light of day. If I will be victor, I will rule this country again. I promise in good faith, I'll rule diligently this time.”

So Dead Manlius killed Calo vehemently. Manlius being victor, the populace danced and said, "long live the dead king". Again, Manlius ruled the land. Dead Manlius was a liberator.


Me and three friends are doing our Latin composition project, which is a quarter of the grade for the final exam, as a four-parter. In the first chapter, Manlius, the son of a farmer, becomes king. In the second chapter, he gets fat and marries all his cooks, and there are some issues with his son Calo, which means Batman. The issues lead to his eventual death. My chapter is the third. It's about bringing people back from the dead, and would have been easier to write if there were a Latin word for "zombie". The last chapter is about the reign of Zombie Manlius.