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.