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Question 1

rex Icenorum Prasutagus, divitiis diu clarus, Caesarem heredem duasque filias scripserat,

Answer 1

Prasutagus, king of the iceni, renowned for a long time for his riches, had made the emperor his heir as well as his two daughters,

Question 2

tali obsequio ratus et regnum et domum suam procul iniuria futurum esse.

Answer 2

thinking that by such submissiveness both his kingdom and his household would be safe from injustice.

Question 3

quod contra vertit, adeo ut regnum a centurionibus, domus a servis velut capta vastarentur.

Answer 3

It turned out just the opposite, to the extent that his kingdom was plundered by centurions and his home by slaves just as if it had been captured.

Question 4

Iam primum uxor eius Boudica verberata et filiae stupro violatae sunt:

Answer 4

To begin with his wife Boudica was flogged and his daughters were raped:

Question 5

principes omnes Icenorum, quasi Romani totam regionem muneri accepissent, avitis bonis exuuntur, et propinqui regis inter servos habebantur.

Answer 5

all the chieftains of the iceni were deprived of their ancestral possessions, as if the Romans had received the whole region as a gift, and the kings relatives were treated as slaves.

Question 6

qua contumelia et metu graviorum permoti, quod in formam provinciae cesserant, rapiunt arma;

Answer 6

Alarmed by this humiliation and by the fear of more serious injustices, because they had been reduced to the status of a province, they took up arms;

Question 7

commoti sunt ad rebellionem Trinobantes et qui alii, nondum servitio fracti, recipere libertatem occultis coniurationibus pepigerant.

Answer 7

the Trinobantes were moved to rebellion and the others who, not yet broken by slavery, had pledged themselves to recover their freedom in secret plots.