Passage 6

Question 1

in litteris scribit se cum legionibus profectum celeriter adfore;

Answer 1

In the letters he writes that he, having set out with his legions would be there quickly;

Question 2

;hortatur ut pristinam virtutem retineat.

Answer 2

;he encourages him to maintain his ancestral valour.

Question 3

Gallus periculum veritus, ut erat praeceptum , tragulam mittit.

Answer 3

The Gaul, fearing danger throws his spear as had been ordered.

Question 4

haec casu ad turrim adhaesit neque ab nostris biduo animadversa tertio die a quodam milite conspicitur, dempta ad Ciceronem defertur.

Answer 4

This by chance stuck to the tower, and, not being observed by our men for two days, is spotted by a certain soldier on the third day, when taken down it is carried to Cicero.

Question 5

ille perlectam in conventu militum recitat, maximaque omnes laetitia adficit.

Answer 5

He having perused it, reads it out in an assembly of soldiers, and moves all with the greatest joy.

Question 6

tum fumi incendiorum procul videbantur, quae res omnem dubitationem adventus legionum expulit.

Answer 6

Then the smoke of fires was seen far off; something that banished all doubt of the arrival of the legions.