NOTA BENE: In a Latin sentence the most important word is the first word; next in importance is the last word; the weakest point is the middle of the sentence. Usually the subject is the most important word and is placed first; then the verb (in the future we will call the predicate the verb.) is placed last. The other words of the sentence stand between these two in the order of their importance. However, word order is just a style and not necessarily one way or another. That is why the endings are important to identify the different parts of the sentence.
Subject - Modifiers of the Subject - Indirect Object - Direct Object - Adverb - Verb
The Romans loved the periodic style—the intent of putting the verb at the end is to keep the reader or hearer in suspense—but often changed the order for variety or emphasis.