SECTION 42 (OTHER VIRTUES)

Question 0

fidem vero eius quantam inter socios existamari putatis

Answer 0

Furthermore, do you think Pompeius’ such great loyalty is valued among his allies

Question 1

iam quantum consilio, quantum dicendi gravitae et copia valeat, in quo ipso quaedam dignitas imperatoria, vos, Quirites, hoc ipso ex loco saepe cognostis.

Answer 1

Now citizens, you have often recognised from this very place how great in strategic insight is this man in which the very skill is a certain authority befitting a general, and the extent to which is the dignity and fluency of speaking.

Question 2

humanitate iam tanta est

Answer 2

Now he has such humanity

Question 3

et quisquam dubitabit quin huic hoc tantum bellum permittendum sit

Answer 3

And will anyone doubt whether this very important war should be entrusted to this man,

Question 4

quam hostes omnes omnium generum sanctissimam iudicarint?

Answer 4

which every foe in every race has judged supremely inviolable.

Question 5

ut difficile dictu sit utrum hostes magis virtutem eius pugnantes timuerint an mansuetudinem victi dilexerint.

Answer 5

that it is difficult to say whether the enemy, when they were fighting, feared his valour more than they appreciated his mercifulness when they were conquered.

Question 6

qui ad omnia nostrae memoriae bella conficienda divino quodam consilio natus esse videatur?

Answer 6

who seems to have been born of some divine plan to finish off all wars in our time?