Via Nomentana Via Nomentana Via Nomentana is an ancient road of Italy, leading North-East from Rome to Nomentum (modern Mentana), a distance of . It originally bore the name "Via Ficulensis", from the old Latin village of Ficulea, about from Rome. It was subsequently extended to Nomentum, but never became an important high road, and merged in the Via Salaria a few kilometers beyond Nomentum. It is followed as far as Nomentum by the modern state road, but some traces of its pavement still exist. Originally starting from now-destroyed Porta Collina in the Servian Walls, in the third century emperor Aurelian build
Latin word order does not raise to the second position: In a negative sentence, the auxiliary tends to attach itself to the word "non", and does not move forward of it. "Non est" can either precede or follow the participle: When "est" is a copula, it tends to be unemphatic and to be placed after a stronger word, or between two strong words: This strong word which "est" follows can also be the subject: It is also possible for the subject to follow the copula: Or the order may be Adjective, Subject, Copula: In some sentences, the copula may begin the sentence: When