Passage 5

Question 1

venit magnis itineribus in Nerviorum fines.

Answer 1

Caesar comes into the territories of the Nivearii by long marches.

Question 2

ibi ex captivis cognoscit quae apud Ciceronem gerantur, quantoque in periculo res sit.

Answer 2

There he learns from some prisoners what things are going on in the camp of Cicero, and in how much danger the situation is.

Question 3

tum cuidam ex equitibus Gallis magnis praemiis persuadet uti ad Ciceronem epistolam deferat.

Answer 3

Then with great rewards he persuades a certain man of the Gallic cavalry to convey a letter to Cicero.

Question 4

hanc Graecis conscriptam litteris mittit, ne intercepta epistola nostra ab hostibus consilia cognoscantur.

Answer 4

This he sends written in Greek characters, lest the letter being intercepted, our plans should be discovered by the enemy.

Question 5

si adire non possit, monet ut tragulam cum epistola ad ammentum deligata intra munitionem castrorum abiciat.

Answer 5

He advises him, if he is unable to enter, to throw his spear with the letter fastened to the thong inside the fortifications of the camp.