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Question 1

‘non haec, o Palla, dederas promissa parenti, cautius ut saevo velles te credere Marti.

Answer 1

‘O Pallas, you had given these promises to your father that you wished to entrust yourself more cautiously to savage Mars.

Question 2

haud ignarus eram quantum nova gloria in armis et praedulce decus primo certamine posset.

Answer 2

I was not aware of how great new glory in arms and how pre-eminently sweet an hour it can be in your first battle.

Question 3

primitiae iuvenis miserae bellique propinqui dura rudimenta, et nulli exaudita deorum vota precesque meae!

Answer 3

And the miserable first fruits of a young man and the hard lessons of a nearby war and my prayers and offerings were heard by none of the gods!

Question 4

tuque, o sanctissima coniunx, felix morte tua neque in hunc servata dolorem!

Answer 4

And you, o most holy wife, happy in your death having not been kept alive for this sorrow.