Section 4E(ii) Disaster under Cleomenes Flashcards
quibus rēbus, Cleomene īnsciō, factīs, …
After these things had been done, with Cleomenes unaware, …
Cleomenēs, cum Helōrum peruēnisset, sē in terram ē nāue ēiēcit, …
… Cleomenes, when he had arrived at Helorus, threw himself out of the ship onto the land, …
… nāuemque fluctuantem in marī relīquit.
… and left the ship tossing about on the sea.
reliquī praefectī nāuium, …
The remaining captains of ships, …
… cum imperātōrem in terram exeuntem uīdissent,
… When they had seen their general going out onto the land, …
… secūtī sunt;
… followed;
nam ipsī, quōrum nāuēs tardiōrēs nāue Cleomenis erant, …
for they themselves, whose ships were slower than Cleomenes’ ship, …
… marī nūllō modō praedōnēs effugere poterant.
… were in no way able to escape the pirates on the sea.
tum praedōnum dux, cuius nōmen Hēracleō erat, …
Then the leader of the pirates, whose name was Heracleo, …
… Rōmānōs ita facile uictum īrī nōn opīnātus, …
… having come to the opinion that the Romans were not going to be defeated so easily, …
… classem pulcherrimam populī Rōmānī, …
… as for a most beautiful fleet of the Roman people, …
… in lītus expulsam et ēiectam, …
… driven out and thrown out onto the shore, …
… īnflammārī incendīque iussit.
… he ordered it to be set alight and burned.
Cleomenēs, cum in pūblicō esse nōn ausus esset, …
Cleomenes, since he had not dared to be in public, …
… quamquam nox erat, inclūserat sē domī.
… although it was night, had shut himself up at home.
