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praefectus vigilum per totam noctem vigilare debet et per urbem errare calceatus

English translation: The chief of the fire department must stay awake for the whole night and walk around the city wearin

00:00 Jun 7, 2004
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Latin term or phrase: praefectus vigilum per totam noctem vigilare debet et per urbem errare calceatus
praefectus vigilum per totam noctem vigilare debet et per urbem errare calceatus cum hamis et dolabris. debet iubere omnes incolas curam habere ne neglegentia inccendium fiat praeterea omns incolas aquam paratam in cencaculis habere iubet
jared
English translation:The chief of the fire department must stay awake for the whole night and walk around the city wearin
Explanation:
The chief of the fire department must stay awake for the whole night and walk around the city wearing boots (with a bucket and a pickax, it continues).

It further continues: He must order that all the inhabitants take care that they stay cautious about fires (incendium) and furthermore that they keep water in their dining rooms (cenaculis).
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Jyri Lehtinen
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Local time: 23:40
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3 +7The chief of the fire department must stay awake for the whole night and walk around the city wearin
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The chief of the fire department must stay awake for the whole night and walk around the city wearin


Explanation:
The chief of the fire department must stay awake for the whole night and walk around the city wearing boots (with a bucket and a pickax, it continues).

It further continues: He must order that all the inhabitants take care that they stay cautious about fires (incendium) and furthermore that they keep water in their dining rooms (cenaculis).

Jyri Lehtinen
Finland
Local time: 23:40
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Native speaker of: Native in FinnishFinnish
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