5A(iii) Catiline's conspiracy Flashcards
hīs rēbus comparātīs, …
Although these matters had been arranged, …
… Catilīna nihilōminus in proximum annum cōnsulātum petēbat.
… Catiline nevertheless was seeking the consulship for the next year.
neque intereā quiētus erat, sed omnibus modīs īnsidiās parābat Cicerōnī.
Nor was he quiet in the meantime, but was preparing traps for Cicero in all (possible) ways.
sed Cicerō, ut hās īnsidiās ēuītāret, per Fuluiam effēcerat …
But Cicero, in order to avoid these traps, had brought it about through Fulvia …
… ut Q. Curius cōnsilia Catilīnae sibi prōderet.
… that Quintus Curius would betray Catiline’s plans to him.
Igitur Catilīna postquam diēs comitiōrum uēnit et repulsam tulit, cōnstituit bellum facere.
Therefore Catiline, after election day came and brought defeat, decided to make war.
deinde, ut sociōs in dīuersīs partibus Ītaliae habēret, …
Then, in order to have allies in different parts of Italy, …
… C. Mānlium Faesulīs, aliōs aliīs locīs per Ītaliam posuit.
… he placed Gaius Manlius at Fiesole, (and) others in different places throughout Italy.
intereā Rōmae multa simul agere;
Meanwhile at Rome he was doing many things at the same time;
cōnsulibus īnsidiās collocāre, …
he was laying ambushes for the consuls,…
… parāre incendia, …
… he was preparing fires, …
… opportūna loca armātīs hominibus obsidēre, …
… he was besieging strategic places with armed men, …
… ipse cum tēlō esse, …
… he himself was (there) with a weapon;
… sociōs hortārī ut semper intentī paratīque essent;
… he was urging his allies to be always alert and ready;
diēs noctīsque festīnāre, uigilāre, …
he was hurrying (about) day and night [days and nights], he was staying awake …,
