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Question 1

quanto erat in dies gravior atque asperior oppugnatio,

Answer 1

The more serious and rough the attack was every day,

Question 2

et maxime quod

Answer 2

and especially because,

Question 3

magna parte militum confecta vulneribus

Answer 3

with a great part of the soldiers worn out by wounds,

Question 4

res ad paucitatem defensorum pervenerat,

Answer 4

the task had fallen to a small number of defenders,

Question 5

tanto crebriores litterae nuntiique ad Caesarem mittebantur;

Answer 5

the more frequently letters and messengers were being sent to Caesar;

Question 6

quorum pars deprehensa in conspectu nostrorum militum cum cruciatu necabatur.

Answer 6

some of these [messengers] were caught and, in the sight of our soldiers, were being killed with torture.

Question 7

erat unus intus Nervius nomine Vertico,

Answer 7

There was inside [the camp] one Nervian called Vertico,

Question 8

loco natus honesto,

Answer 8

born in a high-ranking position,

Question 9

qui a prima obsidione ad Ciceronem perfugerat,

Answer 9

who had deserted to Cicero at the beginning of the siege,

Question 10

suamque ei fidem praestiterat.

Answer 10

and had shown his loyalty to him.

Question 11

hic servo spe libertatis magnisque persuadet praemiis

Answer 11

This man persuaded a slave with the hope of freedom and with great rewards

Question 12

ut litteras ad Caesarem deferat.

Answer 12

to deliver a letter to Caesar.