Boudica section B

Question 1

What does the first line translate as

“stabat..virisque”?

Answer 1

1)On the shore in front of them stood a hostile army,

close-packed with weapons and men,

Question 2

What were the women described as

“intercursantibus … praeferebant”?

Answer 2

2)with women running around between [them], dressed
in funeral clothes in the style of Furies, with
dishevelled hair [and] carrying torches in front of
them;

Question 3

What were the druid doing

“circum..fundentes, “?

Answer 3

3)around [them] the Druids pouring out fearful prayers

with their hands raised to heaven;

Question 4

How did they frighten the soldiers

“novitate … praeberent”?

Answer 4

4)they frightened the soldiers by the weirdness of the
sight, so that they offered their motionless bodies to
wounds, as though their limbs were stuck together

Question 5

Who enecouraged them and what were they urged not to fear of “dein…pavescerent”?

Answer 5

5)Then at the encouragement of their leader and with
they themselves urging each other on not to fear this
mad gang of women,

Question 6

What did they carry forward” inferunt

involvunt”?

Answer 6

6)they carried forward their standards and scattered
those in their way and enveloped them in their own
fire.

Question 7

What was imposed on the conquered

Praesidium …sacri”?

Answer 7

7)After this, a garrison [was] imposed on the
conquered, and the groves, sacred to their savage
superstitions, [were] cut down;

Question 8

What did they think was right to do on the alters?

Answer 8

8)for they considered it right to sprinkle their altars with
the blood of a captive and to consult the gods by
means of the entrails of men.

Question 9

What was reported to Suetonius “haec nuntiar”?

Answer 9

9)While Suetonius was dealing with this, a sudden

uprising in the province was reported [to him].