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Question 1

Hic, clausus locōrum angustiīs, noctū sine ūllō dētrīmentō exercitūs sē expedīvit; Fabiōque, callidissimō imperātōrī, dedit verba.

Answer 1

Hannibal, having been contained in the place’s narrow passage, disengaged himself at night without any detriment to his army; he deceived Fabius, the crafty commander

Question 2

Quō repentīnō obiectō vīsū tantum terrōrem iniēcit exercituī Rōmānōrum, ut ēgredī extrā vāllum nēmō sit ausus.

Answer 2

With this sight having been suddenly thrust before him, it incited so great a terror for the roman army that no one dared to go outside the walls.

Question 3

Namque, obductā nocte, sarmenta in cornibus iuvencōrum dēligāta incendit ēiusque generis multitūdinem magnam dispālātam immīsit.

Answer 3

For with the night having been overspread, he set on fire the twigs of a cherry tree, having been tied around young bulls and sent out a great magnitude of this kind, wandering.

Question 4

Hanc post rem gestam nōn ita multīs diēbus M. Minucium Rūfum, magistrum equitum parī ac dictātōrem imperiō, dolō prōductum in proelium, fugāvit.

Answer 4

Not so many days after these things, He caused Marcus, the master of the Cavalry, with an authority equal to that of a dictator, having been lead into deceit in battle, to flee.

Question 5

Ti. Semprōnium Gracchum, iterum cōnsulem, in Lūcānīs absēns in īnsidiās inductum sustulit.

Answer 5

While being absent, he destroyed Ti~, the consul for the second time, having been led into an ambush among the Lucanians.

Question 6

M. Claudium Marcellum, quīnquiēns cōnsulem, apud Venusiam parī modō interfēcit.

Answer 6

In a similar way, he killed M~, a 5th time consul near the Venusia

Question 7

Quā rē hoc ūnum satis erit dictum, ex quō intellegī possit, quantus ille fuerit: quamdiū in Italiā fuit, nēmō eī in aciē restitit, nēmō adversus eum post Cannēnsem pugnam in campō castra posuit.

Answer 7

Therefore this 1 thing in satisfaction will be said, of which can be understood how great he was: for as long as he was in Italy, no one stood firm against him in battle, and after the battle of Cannes, no one put down camp opposite him in the open field.

Question 7

Longum est omnia ēnumerāre proelia.

Answer 7

It would be too long to count up every battle.

Question 8

Post id factum paucīs diēbus apud Zamam cum eōdem cōnflīxit: pulsus — incrēdibile dictū — bīduō et duābus noctibus Hadrūmētum pervēnit, quod abest ab Zamā circiter mīlia passuum trecenta.

Answer 8

After this deed within a few days near Zama, he fought with the same man: Beaten- incredible to say - he reached Hadr~ in 2 days and 2 nights, which he was removed from Zama by almost 300,000 paces.

Question 8

Hinc invictus patriam dēfēnsum revocātus, bellum gessit adversus P. Scīpiōnem, fīlium ēius, quem ipse prīmō apud Rhodanum, iterum apud Padum, tertiō apud Trebiam fugārat.

Answer 8

Then the unconquered, recalled in defense of his homeland, he brought war against P~, son of him, who he had put to flight himself first near the Rhone, the other at the Po, and a 3rd time near Tresbia.

Question 9

Cum hōc, exhaustīs iam patriae facultātibus, cupīvit impraesentiārum bellum compōnere, quō valentior posteā congrederētur.

Answer 9

With him, having drained the faculties of his homeland, he wished to form a truce for the present, so he could join him in battle stronger afterwards.

Question 10

In colloquium convēnit; condiciōnēs nōn convēnērunt.

Answer 10

He met for conversation; the terms of peace were not met.

Question 11

In hāc fugā, Numidae, quī simul cum eō ex aciē excesserant, īnsidiātī sunt eī; quōs nōn sōlum effūgit, sed etiam ipsōs oppressit.

Answer 11

In this flight, the Numidians, who at the same time drew out of battle with him, laid traps for him; who not only escaped them but also oppressed them for him.

Question 12

Hadrūmētī reliquōs ē fugā collēgit; novīs dīlēctibus paucīs diēbus multōs contrāxit.

Answer 12

At ha~ he rallied the remaining from the flight, by new levies he assembles many from a few days

Question 13

Cum in apparandō ācerrimē esset occupātus, Karthāginiēnsēs bellum cum Rōmānīs composuērunt.

Answer 13

When he was most actively engaged in preparing for war, the Carthagineans did make a temporary true with the Romans.

Question 14

Hīs enim magistrātibus lēgātī Karthāginiēnsēs Rōmam vēnērunt, quī senātuī populōque Rōmānō grātiās agerent, quod cum iīs pācem fēcissent, ob eamque rem corōnā aureā eōs dōnārent, simulque peterent ut obsidēs eōrum Fregellīs essent captīvīque redderentur.

Answer 14

For with these men being the magistrates, Carthagenian envoys came to rome to give thanks to the Roman senate and roman people, because they made peace with them on account of them gifting the golden crown to them and at the same time they were seeking that their hostages will be in Fregelli and that their prisoners will be returned.

Question 14

Ille nihilō sētius exercituī posteā praefuit rēsque in Āfricā gessit ūsque ad P. Sulpicium C. Aurēlium cōnsulēs.

Answer 14

Afterwards, Hannibal, not at all differently was in charge of army and conducted affairs in Africa even until the consulship of P and G.

Question 15

Hīs ex senātūs cōnsultō respōnsum est: mūnus eōrum grātum acceptumque esse; obsidēs, quō locō rogārent, futūrōs; captīvōs nōn remissūrōs, quod Hannibalem, cuius operā susceptum bellum foret, inimīcissimum nōminī Rōmānō, etiam nunc cum imperiō apud exercitum habērent itemque frātrem ēius Māgōnem.

Answer 15

For them from the formal decree of the senate this was the response; their gifts were accepted with gratitude; the hostages will live where they are asked; the prisoners will not be send back, because Hannibal, by whose efforts war had been undertaken, and had active hatred by the roman name, also now with command among army held likewise his brother Mago.