Section 6 Livy: Hannibal Crosses the Alps Translation Flashcards
elephanti sicut per artas vias magna mora agebantur, ita tutum ab hostibus quacumque incederent, quia insuetis adeundi propius metus erat, agmen praebebant.
Although the elephants were causing a serious delay because of the narrow passages, even so they made the column safe from the enemy wherever they went, because the enemy were not used to them and so were fearful of getting too close.
nono die in iugum Alpium perventum est..
On the ninth day they reached the summit of the Alps….
biduum in iugo stativa habita fessisque labore ac pugnando quies data militibus;
They halted for two days on the summit and respite was given to the soldiers who were exhausted from their hard work and combat;
iumentaque aliquot, quae prolapse in rupibus erant, sequendo vestigia agminis in castra pervenere.
some of the baggage animals, which had fallen amid the rocks, by following the tracks of the column, arrived at the camp.
Although the elephants were causing a serious delay because of the narrow passages, even so they made the column safe from the enemy wherever they went, because the enemy were not used to them and so were fearful of getting too close.
elephanti sicut per artas vias magna mora agebantur, ita tutum ab hostibus quacumque incederent, quia insuetis adeundi propius metus erat, agmen praebebant.
On the ninth day they reached the summit of the Alps….
nono die in iugum Alpium perventum est..
They halted for two days on the summit and respite was given to the soldiers who were exhausted from their hard work and combat;
biduum in iugo stativa habita fessisque labore ac pugnando quies data militibus;
some of the baggage animals, which had fallen amid the rocks, by following the tracks of the column, arrived at the camp.
iumentaque aliquot, quae prolapse in rupibus erant, sequendo vestigia agminis in castra pervenere.
