Lines 24-36

Question 1

iam Suetonius erant quanta decima legio cum vexillariis vicensimae et e proximis auxiliares, decem ferme milia armatorum:

Answer 1

Now Suetonius had the fourteenth legion with a detachment of the twentieth and auxiliaries from the neighbouring area, about ten thousand armed men:

Question 2

contendere et acie congredi parat.

Answer 2

He prepared to break off delay and to join battle.

Question 3

eligitque locum angustia faucibus et a tergo silivis clausum;

Answer 3

And he chose a position in a narrow defile and enclosed by woods at the rear;

Question 4

sciebat enim nihil hostium esse nisi en fronte, et apertam esse planitiem sine metu insidiarum.

Answer 4

For he knew that there was no enemy except to the front, and that the plain was open without fear of ambush.

Question 5

igitur legionarii instructi sunt frequentes ordinibus, levi armatura circumstante;

Answer 5

Therefore the legionary soldiers were drawn up in close formation, with the lightly-armed troops stationed around them;

Question 6

equites conglobati pro cornibus adstiterunt.

Answer 6

the Calvary, massed together, stood by on the wings.

Question 7

at Britannorum copiae passim per catervas et turmas exultabant,

Answer 7

But the troops of Britons were rushing about wildly everywhere in groups of infantry and troops of cavalry,

Question 8

tanta multitudo quanta non alias

Answer 8

an unprecedented number

Question 9

et animo adeo feroci ut coniuges quoque testes victoriae sedum traherunt

Answer 9

and with such ferocious spirit that they brought their wives along with them too as witnesses to the victory

Question 10

plaustrisque imponerent quae ad extremam planitiem posuerant.

Answer 10

and they installed them in wagons which they had placed at the edge of the plain.