Romulus eam ream minus aegre quam dignum erat tulisse dicitur

[ClassicalSoul]

Shouldn't Romulus be in the accusative, Romulum, because it is an indirect sentence?

Romulus eam ream minus aegre quam dignum erat tulisse dicitur

Lingua Latina, pg. 105, 15.

 

[Bitmap]

No, it is an NcI = nominativus cum infinitivo.

 

[cinefactus]

That is always very tricky. Do you have some tips as to when it is used?

 

[Pacifica]

When the introducing verb is passive, it's more usual for the subject of the indirect statement to be made the nominative subject of the introducing verb as well. In other words, in Latin, the literal equivalent of "X is said to have done Y" is much more common than that of "It is said that X did Y".

 

[Pacifica]

Though that rule applies most especially in the present, imperfect and simple future tenses. In the perfect tenses, the accusative and infinitive isn't so uncommon (e.g. dictum est Caesarem Rubiconem transisse). But the nominative-and-infinitive construction is found with those tenses too.