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Question 1

Annos undeviginti natus exercitum privato consilio et privata impensa comparavi, per quem rem publicam a dominatione factionis oppressam in libertatem vindicavi.

Answer 1

At the age of 19, I prepared an army by a private plan and private expense, through which I delivered the republic, having been oppressed by the domination of the faction, into freedom.

Question 2

Eo nomine senatus decretis honorificis in ordinem suum me adlegit, C. Pansa et A. Hirtio consulibus, consularem locum sententiae dicendae tribuens, et imperium mihi dedit.

Answer 2

For that reason, the Senate, by honorary decree, elected me into its order, with C. Pansa and A. Hirtius as consuls, granting (me) a consular place/privilege of giving an opinion and gave imperium to me.

Question 3

Res publica ne quid detrimenti caperet, me pro praetore simul cum consulibus providere iussit.

Answer 3

So that the republic took no harm, the senate ordered me to look out, as a proprietor at the same time with the consuls

Question 4

Populus autem eodem anno me consulem, cum consul uterque in bello cecidisset, et triumvirum rei publicae constituendae creavit.

Answer 4

However, the people elected me consul in the same year, since the other consul had fallen in war, and triumvir for the organization of the state.

Question 5

Qui parentem meum trucidaverunt, eos in exilium expuli iudiciis legitimis ultus eorum facinus, et postea bellum inferentes rei publicae vici bis acie.

Answer 5

I drove out into exile, those who murdered my father, through legitimate tribunals, punishing their crimes, and afterwards, waging war to/against the republic, I conquered them twice in battle.