Section 5G(ii) The Battle of Pistoria Flashcards

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sed ubi, omnibus rēbus explōrātīs, Petrēius tubā signum dat, cohortīs paulātim incēdere iubet.

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But when, after all issues have been examined, Petreius gives the signal with a trumpet, he orders the cohorts to advance little by little.

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idem facit hostium exercitus.

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The army of the enemy does the same thing.

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postquam eō uentum est unde ā ferentāriīs proelium committī posset, …

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After they came [one came] to a place from which it was possible for battle to be engaged by the light-armed troops, …

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… exercitus uterque maximō clāmōre cum īnfestīs signīs concurrunt.

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… each army, with an enormous noise, run(s) together with standards set for attack.

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pīla omittunt, gladiīs rēs geritur.

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The leave aside the javelins, the affair is conducted by swords.

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ueterānī, prīstinae uirtūtis memorēs, comminus ācriter īnstāre, …

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The veterans, remembering their former courage, press on fiercely to close quarters, …

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… illī haud timidī resistunt.

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… (and) those (others) resist in no cowardly way [they not timid resist].

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maximā uī certātur.

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There is struggling with the greatest amount of force.

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intereā Catilīna, cum expedītīs in prīmā aciē uersārī, …

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Meanwhile Catiline, wqw occupied in the first line with the light-armed (soldiers), …

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… labōrantibus succurrere, …

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… he helped those having difficulty, …

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… integrōs prō sauciīs arcessere, …

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… he summoned unhurt men on behalf of the wounded, …

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… omnia prōuidēre, …

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… he took care of everything, …

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… multum ipse pugnāre, …

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… he himself fought a great deal, …

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… saepe hostem ferīre;

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… he often struck an enemy;

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strēnuī mīlitis et bonī imperātōris officia simul exsequēbātur.

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He was performing the duties of an energetic soldier and a good general at same time.

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Petrēius, ubi uidet Catilīnam, contrā ac ratus erat, magnā uī tendere, …

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Petreius, when he sees that Catiline, contrary to what he had expected, is struggling with great force, ..

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… cohortem praetōriam in mediōs hostīs indūcit, …

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… brings the praetorian cohort into the middle of the enemy,

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eōsque perturbātōs atque aliōs alibī resistentīs interficit.

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… and he kills those in the confusion [those having been confused] and others resisting elsewhere.

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deinde utrōque ex latere cēterōs aggreditur.

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Then he attacks the others from each flank.

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Mānlius et Faesulānus in prīmīs pugnantēs cadunt.

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Manlius and the man from Faesulae fall fighting among the first.

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Catilīna, postquam fūsās cōpiās sēque cum paucīs relictum uidet, …

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Catiline, after he sees that his troops have been routed and that he has been left with a few (men), …

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… memor generis atque prīstinae suae dignitātis, …

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… remembering his ancestry and his former prestige, …

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… in cōnfertissimōs hostīs incurrit, …

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… charges into the most closely-packed of the enemy, …

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… ibīque pugnāns cōnfoditur.

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… and, fighting there, is stabbed.