Passage 1

Question 1

Boudicca curru filias prae se vehens,

Answer 1

Boudicca carrying her daughters before her in her chariot,

Question 2

,ut quamque nationem accesserat, solitum quidem Britannis feminarum ductu bellare testabatur,

Answer 2

, as she approached each tribe in turn, was declaring that it was indeed customary for Britons to fight under the leadership of women,

Question 3

, sed tunc non ut tantis maioribus ortam regnum et opes,

Answer 3

, but that now she was avenging, not as a woman born to royal ancestry, her kingdom and power

Question 4

, verum ut unam e vulgo libertatem amissam, confectum verberibus corpus, contrectatam filiarum pudicitiam ulcisci.

Answer 4

But as a woman of the people, her liberty lost, her body tortured by the beatings, the violated honour of her daughters.