Passage 1

Question 1

erant in ea legione fortissimi viri, centuriones, qui primis ordinibus appropinquarent, Titus Pullo et Lucius Vorenus.

Answer 1

There were in that legion very brave men, centurions, who were approaching the first ranks, T.Pullo and L.Vorenus.

Question 2

hi perpetuas inter se controversias habebant, quinam anteferretur,

Answer 2

These used to have continual fights as to which one of them should be preferred.

Question 3

,omnibusque annis de locis summis simultatibus contendebant.

Answer 3

,and every year they used to contend for the highest promotion with quarrels.

Question 4

ex his pullo, cum acerrime ad munitiones pugnaretur,

Answer 4

One of them, Pullo, when the fight was going on most fiercely at the fortifications,

Question 5

‘quid dubitas’, inquit, ‘Vorene? aut quem locum tuae pro laude spectas?

Answer 5

said ‘why do you hesitate Vorenus? Or do you some other opportunity for praise of your courage?

Question 6

hic dies de nostris controversiis iudicabit’.

Answer 6

This day will decide our disputes’.

Question 7

haec cum dixisset, procedit extra munitiones,

Answer 7

When he had said these words, he proceeds beyond the fortifications,

Question 8

, quaeque pars hostium confertissima est visa irrumpit.

Answer 8

, and rushes on that part of the enemy which appeared the thickest.