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Question 1

accerimum in veteranos odium; qui in coloniam Camulodunum nuper deducti pellebant domibus Trinobantes,

Answer 1

The most bitter hatred was for the veterans who, recently installed in the settlement of Camulodunum, were driving the Trinobantes from their homes,

Question 2

exturbabant agris

Answer 2

were forcibly expelling them from their lands,

Question 3

Captivos vel servos apellabant;

Answer 3

were calling them prisoners or slaves;

Question 4

militesque superbiam saevitiamque veteranorum incitabant similitudine vitae et spe eiusdem licentiae.

Answer 4

and the soldiers were encouraging the insolent behaviour and savagery of the veterans because of the similarity of their lives and in the hope that they would have the same freedom to misbehave.

Question 5

ad hoc, templum divo Claudio exstructum quasi arx aeternae dominationis aspiciebatur,

Answer 5

Moreover, the temple built to the divine Claudius was looked upon as if it were a stronghold of eternal tyranny,

Question 6

electique sacerdotes specie religionis omnes fortunas suas effundebant.

Answer 6

and men chosen as priests were squandering all their fortunes in the guise of religious observance.

Question 7

nec difficile videbatur delere coloniam nullis munimentis saeptam;

Answer 7

and it did not seem difficult to destroy a settlement protected by no fortifications;

Question 8

quod ducibus nostris parum provisum erat, cum amoenitati prius quam usui consuluissent.

Answer 8

this had been too little considered by our leaders, since they had paid attention to attractive appearance rather than practical use.