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An indirect statement stands in the AcI. Only clauses subordinate to (and dependent on) the AcI are in the subjunctive.My question was on an indirect statement where a subjunctive (passive) verb would be needed as the “not-main” verb.
e.g. “the romans thought the city might be besieged one day.”
Romani creverunt civitatem olim obsessum sit/ esset.
For "the Romans thought the city might be besieged one day", you can write
Romani creverunt civitatem olim obsideri posse.
I'm pretty sure your textbook would have used a future participle there.obsessum sit/ or esset came from “indirect questions”, in my textbook, where a future tense is needed.
There is no indirect question here.obsessum sit/ or esset came from “indirect questions”, in my textbook, where a future tense is needed. “add the subjunctive of sum to the future participle”.
I thought the same would apply here?
That would be something like
"The Romans were wondering when the enemies would besiege the city."
Romani mirabantur quando hostes (nom.) civitatem obsessuri essent.