Prose Literature: 5.45

Question 1

quanto erat in dies gravior atque asperio oppugnatio

Answer 1

As much as the attack daily became heavier and rougher,

Question 2

et maxime quod magna parte militum confecta vulneribus res ad paucitatem defensorum pervenerat

Answer 2

and, because, with a very great part of the soldiers exhausted by wounds, the matter had reached a shortage of defenders

Question 3

tanto crebriores litterae nuntiique ad Caesarem mittebantur

Answer 3

by so much, more frequent letters and messages were sent to Caesar;

Question 4

quorum pars deprehensa in conspectu nostrorum militum cum cruciatu necbatur

Answer 4

some of these [messengers] were caught and killed with torture in the sight of our soldiers.

Question 5

erat unus intus Nervius nomine Vertico, loco natus honesto

Answer 5

There was inside [the camp] a certain Nervian, Vertico by name, born in a high-ranking position

Question 6

qui a prima obsidione ad Ciceronem perfugerat, suamque ei fidem praestiterat.

Answer 6

who at the beginning of the siege had fled over [to the Roman side] to Cicero and had shown his own loyalty to him.

Question 7

hic servo spe libertatis magnisque persuadet praemiis ut litteras ad Caesarem deferat.

Answer 7

This man persuades his slave with the hope of liberty and with great rewards to carry letters to Caesar.

Question 8

has ille in iaculo inligatas effert et Gallus inter Gallos sine ulla suspicione versatus ad Caesarem pervenit.

Answer 8

He brings them out tied onto his spear and, because he came and went frequently without any suspicion, a Gaul among Gauls, he reaches Caesar.

Question 9

ab eo de periculis Ciceronis legionisque cognoscitur.

Answer 9

From him [the news] was learned about the dangers of Cicero and the legion.