55a&b quiz Flashcards
M. Tullio Cicernone oratore et C. Antonio consulibus, anno ab urbe condita sexcentesimo nonagesimo primo, L. Sergius Catilina, nobilissimi generis vir sed ingenii pravissimi, ad delendam patriam coniuravit cum quibusdam claris quidem sed audacibus viris.
During the consulship of Marcus Tullius Cicero the orator and Gaius Antonius, in the 691st year from the founding of the city, Lucius Sergius Catiline, a man of most noble class, but most corrupt character, plotted to destroy the country with certain well-known indeed but bold men.
A cicerone urbe expulsus est.
He was driven out of the city by Cicero.
Socii eius deprehensi in carcere strangulati sunt.
His comrades, having been caught were strangled in prison.
Ab Antonio, altero consule, Catilina ipse victus proelio est interfectus.
Catilina himself having been conquered in battle was killed by Antonio, the other consul.
Anno urbis conditae sexcentesimo nonagesimo quinto Gaius Iulius Caesar, qui postea imperavit, cum Lucius Bibulo consul est factus.
In the 695th year from the founding of the city, Gaius Julius Caesar, who as dictator, became consul with Lucius Biblius.
Decreta est ei Gallia et Illycrium cum legionibus decem.
Gaul and Illycrium have been decreed to him.
Is primus vicit Helvetios, qui nunc Sequani appellantur, deinde vincendo per bella gravissima usque ad Oceanum Brannicum processit.
He first conquered the Helvetians, who now are called Sequani, then by conquering through the most serious war, he proceeded to the English Channel.
Domuit autem annis novem fere omnem Galliam, quae inter Alpes, flumen Rhodanum, Rhenum et Oceanum est et circuitu patet ad bis et tricies centena milia passuum.
He conquered, however, in nine years, almost all of Gaul, which is between the Alpes, the Rhone River, Rhine river and the Ocean, which stretches in circumference to 3,200 miles (thousands of paces).
Britannnis mox bellum intulit, quibus ante eum ne nomen quidem Romanorum cognitum erat, eosque victos, obsidibus acceptis, stipendiarios fecit.
He soon made war against the Britains, to whom the name of the Romans had not even been know before him, and having conquered them, with hostages having been recieved, he made tributes.
Galliae autem tributi nomine annuum imperavit stipendium quadringenties.
However, he commanded from Gaul as an annual tax, tribute 400 times.
Germanosque trans Rhenum aggressus immanissimis proelis vicit.
Having advanced across the Rhine, He conquered the Germans in the most immense battles.
Hinc iam bellum civile successit exsecrandum et lacrimabile, quo praeter calamitates, quae in proeliis acciderunt, etiam populi Romani fortuna mutata est.
From this now a detestable and lamentable civil war followed , through which beyond calamities, that occurred in battles, even the fortune of the Roman people has changed.
Caesar enim rediens ex gallia victor coepit poscere alterum consulatum atque ita, ut sine dubietate aliquā eī deferretur.
For Caesar, going from Gaul as a victor, began to demand another consulship and in such a way, that without any doubt it would be offered to him.
Contradictum est ā Marcellō consule, ā Bibulō, ā Pompeiō, a Catone, iussusque dimissīs exercitibus ad urbem redire.
It was opposed by Marcellus the consul, by Bibulus, by Pompey, by Cato, and he was ordered, with his armies having been sent away, to return to the city.
Propter quam iniuriam ab Ariminō, ubi militēs congregatōs habebat, adversum patriam cum exercitū venit.
Because of this injustice, from Ariminum, where he held his soldiers assembled, he came against the country with the army.
