Prepositions Governing the Accusative

        notes   example
ad   to, toward   motion   Ad senatum ambulo. (I walk to the Senate)
aduersus   (abstract)   against   Gladiator aduersus militem stabat. (The gladiator stood against the soldier.)
ante   in front of,
before 		  position   Cloelia carrum ante equum posuit. (Cloelia put the cart before the horse.)
apud   at, among   position   Asterix et Obelix apud Romanos sunt. (Astérix and Obélix are visiting Romans.)
circiter   about   position    
circum   around   position   Milites circum transfugam stabant. (The soldiers stood around the deserter.)
cis, citra   on this side of   position  
contra   against   position   Puer contra condus pugnauit. (The child fought with the shopkeepers.)
erga   toward   motion  
extra   outside   position   Extra casam pugnauerunt. (They fought outside the house.)
in   into, onto, on   motion   Hercules saxum in casam iecit. (Hercules threw the rock into the house.)
infra   below   position  
inter   between,
among 		  position   Inter amicos sto. (I stand among friends.)
intra   within   position   Intra fæces et urinas nascimur. (Amid feces and urine are we born.—St. Augustine)
juxta   near   position  
ob   because of   cause  
per   through   motion  
post   behind, after   position   Flauius equum post carrum ponebit. (Flavius will put the horse after the cart.)
praeter   beyond, past  
prope   near   position  
propter   because of   cause   Post hoc ergo propter hoc. (“After it thus because of it.”—logical fallacy)
secundum   next to   position  
sub   under   motion  
super   over   position  
supra   above, over   position   Pontis supra aquam territum. (a bridge over fearful water.)
trans   across   motion   Ventus trans flumen flat. (the wind blows across the stream.)
uersus   toward   motion  
ultra   beyond    

Nota bene: When towns or islands are small or distant enough to be considered one place, the prepositions ad and in are simply expressed by the accusative case of the place name.

Until vulgar Latin introduced such notions, a great deal of expression in the accusative was done without prepositions, particularly to denote duration of time and direction.

Cloelia nauit dua horas. (Cloelia swam for two hours.)

Iacobius Romam iuit. (James went to Rome.)