Section 7 Livy: Hannibal Crosses the Alps Notes Part 1

Question 1

ingetem terrorem

Answer 1

The snow makes the path invisible. Sheer fatal drops and crevasses are now unseen hazard, and this is terrifying to already very tired soldiers.

Question 2

Setting of the Pleiades - Called the Vergiliae

occidente sidere

Answer 2

(with the constellation setting) - This is an ablative absolute. ‘ver’ is the Latin for Spring. These stars appeared in Spring, but in this passage they are now setting at the end of the sailing season - journeys are going to be more dangerous.