Section 5E(ii) Catiline surrounded

Question 1

dum ea Rōmae geruntur, Catilīna ex omnī cōpiā, …

Answer 1

While these things are being done at Rome, Catiline out of the whole crowd, …

Question 2

… quam et ipse addūxerat et Mānlius habuerat, …

Answer 2

which (both) he had brought and Manlius had held, …

Question 3

… duās legiōnēs īnstituit.

Answer 3

… drew up two legions.

Question 4

sed ex omnī cōpiā circiter pars quārta erat mīlitāribus armīs īnstructa, …

Answer 4

But out of the whole crowd about a fourth part was equipped with military weapons, …

Question 5

… cēterī sparōs aut lanceās aut praeacūtās sudīs portābant.

Answer 5

… (whereas) the others were carrying hunting-spears or lances or sharpened stakes.

Question 6

sed postquam Antōnius cum exercitū aduentābat, …

Answer 6

But after Antonius was approaching with an army, …

Question 7

… Catilīna, perīculō perturbātus, per montīs iter facere.

Answer 7

… Catiline, disturbed by the danger, made a trip through the mountains.

Question 8

modo ad urbem modo ad Galliam castra mouēre, …

Answer 8

At one time to the city, at one time to Gaul he was shifting camp, …

Question 9

… hostibus occāsiōnem pugnae nōn dare.

Answer 9

… (and) he did not give to his enemy an opportunity for a fight.

Question 10

spērābat breuī tempore magnās cōpiās sēsē habitūrum, …

Answer 10

He was hoping that in a short time he would have many troops, ..

Question 11

… si [the book has dum] Rōmae sociī cōnsilia perficerent.

Answer 11

… if at Rome his allies would accomplish their plans.

Question 12

intereā seruōs repudiābat, …

Answer 12

Meanwhile he rejected slaves, …

Question 13

ueritus nē uidērētur causam cīuium cum seruīs fugitīuīs commūnicāuisse.

Answer 13

… having become afraid that he would seem to have joined the cause of citizens with runaway slaves.

Question 14

sed postquam in castra nūntius peruēnit, …

Answer 14

But after the news arrived at the camp, …

Question 15

… Rōmae coniūrātiōnem patefactam esse …

Answer 15

… that at Rome the conspiracy had been revealed, …

Question 16

… et dē Lentulō coniūrātōribusque cēterīs supplicium sūmptum, …

Answer 16

… and that punishment had been exacted from Lentulus and the other conspirators, …

Question 17

… plērīque quī sē rapīnārum causā Catilīnae coniūnxissent, dīlābuntur.

Answer 17

… most (of those) who had joined themselves to Catiline for the sake of plunder[s], slip away.

Question 18

reliquōs Catilīna, agmine īnstructō, per montīs asperōs magnīs itineribus in agrum Pistōriēnsem abdūcit, …

Answer 18

As for the rest, Catiline, once the line of march was organized, leads them into the territory of Pistoria, through rugged mountains and long marches,…

Question 19

… eō cōnsiliō ut occultē perfugeret in Galliam Trānsalpīnam.

Answer 19

… the plan being [with this as plan] that he would escape secretly into Transalpine Gaul.

Question 20

at Q. Metellus Celer, ā senātū missus, cum tribus legiōnibus in agrō Pīcēnō exspectābat …

Answer 20

But Quintus Metellus Celer, having been sent by the senate, was waiting in the territory of Picenum with three legions …

Question 21

… dum Catilīna castra in Galliam mouēret.

Answer 21

… until Catiline would move camp to Gaul.

Question 22

nam ex difficultāte rērum exīstimābat …

Answer 22

For given [from] the difficulty of the situation he was thinking …

Question 23

… fore ut Catilīna perfugeret in Galliam Trānsalpīnam, …

Answer 23

… that it would happen that Catiline would escape to Transalpine Gaul, …

Question 24

… antequam legiōnibus Rōmānīs interclūderētur.

Answer 24

… before he could [would] be cut off by the Roman legions.

Question 25

igitur Metellus, ubi iter eius ex perfugīs cognōuit, castra properē mōuit, ...

Answer 25

Therefore Metellus, when he knew (about) his journey from deserters, quickly shifted camp, ...

Question 26

... ac sub ipsīs rādīcibus montium cōnsēdit, ...

Answer 26

... and took up a position at the very feet (i.e. foothills) of the mountains, ...

Question 27

... quā Catilīnae dēscēnsus erat in Galliam properantī.

Answer 27

... where the hurrying Catiline had a descent into Gaul [dative of possession!].

Question 28

neque tamen Antōnius procul aberat, ...

Answer 28

Nor, however, was Antonius far away, ...

Question 29

... utpote quī locīs aequiōribus sequerētur.

Answer 29

... inasmuch has he was following in more level places.

Question 30

sed Catilīna, postquam uidet sēsē montibus et cōpiīs hostium clausum esse ...

Answer 30

But Catiline, after he sees that he is shut in by the mountains and the forces of (his) enemies ...

Question 31

... et in urbe rēs aduersās, ...

Answer 31

... and (after he sees) that affairs in the city were unfavorable, ...

Question 32

... neque fugae neque praesidī ūllam spem, ...

Answer 32

... and that [nor that] there was no hope in flight or in defence, ...

Question 33

... cōnstituit in tālī rē fortūnam bellī temptāre ...

Answer 33

... decided in such a situation to test the fortune of war ...

Question 34

... et cum Antōniō quam prīmum cōnflīgere.

Answer 34

... and to fight with Antonius as soon as possible.