Passage 3

Question 1

ad hunc se confestim a Pullone omnis multitudo convertit;

Answer 1

Immediately, the whole crowd turns from Pullo to him;

Question 2

; illum veruto arbitrantur occisum.

Answer 2

; supposing him (Pullo) to be pierced through by the javelin.

Question 3

. gladio comminus rem gerit Vorenus atque uno interfecto reliquos paulum propellit:

Answer 3

. Vorenus rushes on at close quarters with his sword and having slain one man, drove back the rest a little:

Question 4

: dum cupidius instat, in locum deiectus inferiorem concidit.

Answer 4

: while he presses on too eagerly, he falls, having slipped into a hollow.

Question 5

. huic rursus circumvento fert subsidium Pullo,

Answer 5

. To him, again surrounded, Pullo brings relief,

Question 6

, atque ambo incolumes compluribus interfectis summa cum laude sese intra munitiones recipient.

Answer 6

, and both having slain a great number, retreat into the fortifications unharmed amid the highest applause.

Question 7

. sic fortuna in contentione et certamine utrumque versavit,

Answer 7

. In this way fortune dealt with both in this rivalry and conflict,

Question 8

, ut alter alteri inimicus auxilio salutique esset neque diiudicari posset, uter utri virtute anteferendus videretur.

Answer 8

, so that one rival was a source of help and safety to the other, nor could it be determined which of the two appeared worthy of being preferred for their equal valour over the other.