Passage 6

Question 1

clara et antiquis victoriis par ea die laus parta:

Answer 1

The glory won that day was illustrious and equal to our ancient victories:

Question 2

: quippe sunt qui paulo minus quam octoginta milia Britannorum cecidisse tradant, militum quadringentis ferme interfectis nec multo amplius vulneratis.

Answer 2

: for there are those who say that a little less than 80,000 Britons fell, with of our soldiers around 400 killed and not much greater number wounded.

Question 3

. Boudicca vitam veneno finivit.

Answer 3

Boudicca ended her life with poison.

Question 4

. et Poenius Postumus, praefectus castrorum secundae legionis, cognitis quartadecimanorum vicesimanorumque prosperis rebus,

Answer 4

And Poenius Postumus, camp-prefect of the second legion, informed of the success of the fourteenth and twentieth legion,

Question 5

, quia pari gloria legionem suam fraudaverat abnueratque contra ritum militiae iussa ducis, se ipse gladio transegit.

Answer 5

, and because he had cheated his legion of a share in the glory and had ignored the orders of his commander, contrary to military practice, ran his sword through his body.