Section 5B(ii) The Allobroges Blow the Whistle

Question 1

sed Allobrogēs, quippe quī nōndum coniūrātiōnī sē adiungere cōnstituissent, …
… rem diū cōnsīderābant.

Answer 1

But the Allobroges, insasmuch as they had not yet decided to join [themselves] to the conspiracy, …

Question 2

… rem diū cōnsīderābant.

Answer 2

… were pondering the matter for a long time.

Question 3

in alterā parte erat aes aliēnum, studium bellī, …

Answer 3

On one side there was the debt, (and) enthusiasm for war, …

Question 4

… magna mercēs in spē uictōriae;

Answer 4

… (and) great profit in the hope of victory;

Question 5

at in alterā, maiōrēs opēs cīuitātis Rōmānae, …

Answer 5

but on the other (side) (there were) the greater resources of the Roman state, …

Question 6

… tūta cōnsilia, prō incertā spē certa praemia.

Answer 6

(and there were) safe plans, (and) certain rewards instead of an uncertain hope.

Question 7

haec illīs uoluentibus, …

Answer 7

While they were turning over these things (in their minds), …

Question 8

… tandem uīcit fortūna reī pūblicae.

Answer 8

… finally the (good) fortune of the commonwealth was victorious.

Question 9

itaque Q. Fabiō Sangae, cīuitātis suae patrōnō, rem omnem, utī cognōuerant, aperiunt.

Answer 9

And so they reveal the whole affair, as they knew it, to Quintus Fabius Sanga, the patron of their state.

Question 10

Cicero, per Sangam cōnsiliō cognitō, lēgātīs Allobrogum praecipit …

Answer 10

Cicero, when the plan had been made known through Sanga, instructs the envoys of the Allobroges …

Question 11

… ut studium coniūrātiōnis uehementer simulent, …

Answer 11

… to feign enthusiasm for the conspiracy enthusiastically, …

Question 12

… cēterōs adeant, …

Answer 12

… (and he instructs them) to approach others, …

Question 13

… bene polliceantur, …

Answer 13

… (and he instructs them) to make fine promises [promise well], …

Question 14

… dentque operam ut coniūrātōrēs quam maximē manifestōs faciant.

Answer 14

… and (he instructs them) to see to it that they make (themselves) conspirators as guilty as possible.