Test 2

Question 1

At vero nos vicesimum iam diem patimur hebescere aciem horum auctoritatis.

Answer 1

But in truth, we have been enduring the waning of the authority of these for the twentieth day already.”

Question 2

habemus enim eius modi senatus consultum, verum inclusum in tabulis, tamquam in vagina reconditum, quo ex senatus consulto confestim te interfectum esse, Catilina, convenit”

Answer 2

We do indeed have a decree of the Senate in this form, but it is locked away in the official records as if in a sheath, by which decree, Catiline, it is fitting that you be put to death immediately.”

Question 3

vivis, et vivis non ad deponendam, sed ad confirmandam audaciam

Answer 3

“You are alive, and you are alive not for laying down, but for reinforcing audacity.”

Question 4

“cupio, patres conscripti, me esse clementem, cupio in tantis rei periculis non dissolutum cideri, sed iam me ipse interiae nequitiaeque condemno”

Answer 4

“I wish, Conscript Fathers, to be lenient, I wish not to be rigid in such great dangers of the state, but already I condemn myself for internal corruption and wickedness.”

Question 5

Castra sunt in Italia contra populum Romanum in Etruae faucibus collocata, crescit in dies singulos hostium numerus;

Answer 5

“There are camps in Italy, located at the passageways of Etruria, against the Roman people; the number of the enemy is growing day by day.”

Question 6

eorum autem catrorum imperatorem ducemque hostium intria moenia atque adeo in senatu videtis intestinam aliquam cotidie perniciem rei publicae molientem.

Answer 6

“But you see the leader and commander of their camp within our city walls and even in the Senate, continually plotting some internal destruction for the state.”

Question 7

Si te iam, Catilina, comprehendi, si interfici iussero, credo, erit verendum mihi ne non hoc potius omnes boni serius a me quam quisquam crudelius factum esse dicat.

Answer 7

“If, Catiline, I should now apprehend you, if I should order you to be put to death, I believe there will be more fear in me that all good men will say this has been done by me too late rather than too cruelly.”

Question 8

verum ego hoc quod iam pridem factum esse oportuit certa de causa nondum adducor ut faciam.

Answer 8

“But I, for a definite reason, have not yet been led to do what ought to have been done long ago.”

Question 9

tum denique interficere, cum iam nemo tam improbus, tam perditua, tam tui similis inveniri poterit qui id non iure factum esse fateatur.

Answer 9

“Only then put to death when there will be no one so wicked, so depraved, so like you, who will admit that it was not done justly.”

Question 10

quam diu quisquam erit qui te defendere audeat, vivis, et vivies ita ut nunc vivis, multis meis et firmis praesidiis obsessus, ne commovere te contra rem publicam possis.

Answer 10

“As long as there is anyone who dares to defend you, you live, and you will live as you do now, surrounded by many and strong safeguards of mine, so that you cannot act against the state.”

Question 11

Multorum te etiam oculi et aures non sentientem, sicut adhuc facerunt, speculabuntur atque custodient.

Answer 11

“Even though you do not perceive it, the eyes and ears of many will watch and guard you, just as they have done so far.”

Question 12

Etenim quid est, catilina quod iam amplius exspectes, si neque nox tenebris obscurare coetus nefarios nec privata domus parietibus continere voces coniurationis tuae potest, si illustrantur, si erumpunt omnia?

Answer 12

“For what, Catiline, is there now left to wait for, if neither the night can obscure your wicked assemblies with darkness, nor can private walls contain the voices of your conspiracy, if everything is revealed and bursts forth?”

Question 13

muta iam istam mentem, mihi crede, obliviscere caedis atque incendiorum.

Answer 13

Change that mind now, believe me, and forget about murder and fires.”

Question 14

teneris undique; luce sunt clariora nobis tua consilia omnia, quae iam mecum licet recognoscas.

Answer 14

“You are held from all sides; all your plans are clearer to us in the light, which you can now reconsider with me.”

Question 15

Meministine me ante diem XII Kalendas Novembris dicere in senatu fore in armis certo die, qui dieskal. futurus esset ante diem VI Novembris, C. Manlium, audaciae satellitem atque administrum tuae?

Answer 15

“Do you remember that I said in the Senate on October 21 that on the 27 of october, Gaius Manlius, a henchman and agent of your audacity, would be in arms?”

Question 16

Num me fefellit, Catilina, non modo res tanta, tam atrox tamque incredibilis, verum, id quod multo magis est admirandum, dies?

Answer 16

Did I, Catiline, not perceive, not only such a great, so atrocious and incredible event, but, what is much more astonishing, the day?”

Question 17

Dixi ego idem in senatu caedem te optimatium contulisse in ante diem V Kalendas Novermbris, tum cum multi princeps civitatis Roma non tam sui conservandi quam tuorum consiliorum reprimendorum causa profugerunt.

Answer 17

I myself said in the Senate that you had planned the massacre of the nobles on the day October 27, at a time when many leading citizens of Rome fled, not so much for their own preservation as for the purpose of restraining your designs.”

Question 18

Num infitari potes te illo ipso die meis prasedis, mea diligentia cicrumclusum commovere te contra rem publicam non potuisse, cum tu dicessu ceterorum nostra tamen qui remanissemus caede contentum te esse dicebas?

Answer 18

Can you deny that on that very day, you, surrounded by my guards, encircled by my vigilance, were unable to act against the state, although you said that in the absence of the others, you were satisfied with our bloodshed?”

Question 19

Quid? cum te Praeneste Kalendis ipsis novembribus occupaturum nocturno impetu esse confidered, sensistin illam coloniam meo iussu meis praesidiis, custodiis, vigiliis esse munitam?

Answer 19

“What? When you thought you would occupy Praeneste on the very Kalends of November with a nighttime attack, did you realize that the colony was fortified by my orders with my guards, protections, and watchful eyes?”

Question 20

Nihil agus, nihil moliris, nihil cogitas quod non ego non modo audiam sed etiam videam planeque sentiam.

Answer 20

“You do nothing, you plan nothing, you think nothing that I not only hear but also see clearly and fully understand.”

Question 21

recognosce tandem mecum noctem illam superiorem; iam intelleges multo me vilgiare acrius ad salutem quam te ad perniciem rei publicae.

Answer 21

“Reflect with me at last on that previous night; you will now understand that I am much more vigilant for the safety of the state than you are for its destruction.”

Question 22

Dico te priore nocte venisse inter falcarios-non agam obscure- in M. Laecae domum; convenisse eodem compluris eiusdem amentiae scelerisque socios.

Answer 22

“I say that on the previous night you came to the house of Marcus Laeca among the conspirators—I won’t speak in riddles—meeting there several associates of the same madness and wickedness.”

Question 23

num negare audes? quid taces? convincam, si negas.

Answer 23

“Do you dare to deny it? Why are you silent? I will prove it if you deny.”

Question 24

video enim esse hic in senatu quosdam qui tecum una fuerunt.

Answer 24

“I see that there are indeed some here in the Senate who were with you.”

Question 25

o di immortales! ubinam gentium sumus?

Answer 25

“O immortal gods! Where in the world are we?”

Question 26

quam rem publicam habemus? in quae urbe vivimus?

Answer 26

“What kind of state do we have? In which city do we live?”

Question 27

Hic, hic sunt in nostro numero, patres conscripti, in hoc orbis terrae sanctissimo gravissimoque consilio, qui de nostro omnium interitu, qui de huius urbis atque adeo de orbis terrarum exitio cogitent.

Answer 27

“Here, here in our midst, Conscript Fathers, in this most sacred and serious council of the world, there are those who think about the destruction of all of us, who think about the destruction of this city, and indeed, the destruction of the world.”

Question 28

hos ego video consul et de re publica sententiam rogo, et quos ferro trucidari oportebat, eos nondum voce vulnero!

Answer 28

“I see these, Consul, and I ask for their opinion on the state, and those who should have been put to the sword, I do not yet wound with my voice!”

Question 29

fuisti igitur apud Laecam illa nocte, catilina, distribuisti partes Italiae, statuisti quo quemque proficisci placeret, delegisti quos Romae relinqueres, quos tecum educeres, discripsisti urbis partes ad incendia, confirmasti te ipsum iam esse exiturum, dixisti paulum tibi esse etiam nunc morae, quod viverem.

Answer 29

“So, you were at Laeca’s that night, Catiline. You distributed the regions of Italy, determined where each person should go, selected who you would leave in Rome, who you would take with you, marked the parts of the city for fires, confirmed that you were about to depart, and you said that you needed a little more time because I was still alive.”

Question 30

Reperti sunt duo equites Romani qui te ista cura liberarent et se illa ipsa nocte paulo ante lucem me in meo lecto interfecturos esse pollicerentur

Answer 30

“Two Roman knights were found who promised that they would free you from this care and that they would kill me in my own bed on that very night shortly before dawn.”

Question 31

Haec ego omnia vixdum etiam coetu vestro dimisso comperi;

Answer 31

“I have only just now learned all these things, even before your gathering was dispersed.”

Question 32

domum meam maioribus praesidiis munivi atque firmavi, exclusi eos quos tu ad me salutatum mane miseraas, cum illi ipsi venissent quos ego iam multis ac summis viris ad me id temporis venturos esse praedixeram.

Answer 32

“I fortified and strengthened my house with greater guards, and I barred entry to those whom you had sent to greet me in the morning, even though those very people had come whom I had already predicted to many influential men would come to me at that time.”

Question 33

Quae cum ita sunt, Catilina, perge quo coepisti: egredere aliquando ex urbe; patent portae; proficiscere.

Answer 33

“Since this is the case, Catiline, continue on the path you have begun: leave the city at last; the gates are open; depart.”

Question 34

nimium dui te imperatorem tua illa manliana castra desiderant.

Answer 34

“Your Manlian camps are missing you too much as their commander.”

Question 35

Educ tecum etiam omnis tuos, si minus, quam plurimos; purga urbem.

Answer 35

“Take with you all your people, or at least as many as possible; cleanse the city.”

Question 36

Magno me metu liberaveris, modo inter me atque te murus intersit.

Answer 36

“You will have freed me from great fear, as long as a wall stands between me and you.”

Question 37

nobiscum versari iam diutius non potes; non feram, non patiar, non sinam.

Answer 37

“You can no longer associate with us for any longer; I will not endure, I will not allow, I will not permit it.”

Question 38

magna dis immortalibus habenda est atque huic ipsi Iovi Statori, antiquissmo custodi huius urbis, gratia, quod hanc tam tatetram, tam horribilem tamque infestam rei publicae pestem totiens iam effugimus.

Answer 38

“Great gratitude should be given to the immortal gods and to Jupiter Stator himself, the most ancient protector of this city, because we have now so often escaped this so foul, so dreadful, and so harmful plague to the state.”

Question 39

Non est saepius in uno homine summa salus periclitanda rei publicae.

Answer 39

“The safety of the state is not often to be risked in one man.”

Question 40

Quam diu mihi consuli designato, catilina, insidiatus es, non publico me praesidio, sed privata diligentia defendi.

Answer 40

“For as long as you, Catiline, conspired against me as a designated consul, I defended myself not with public protection, but with my own diligence.”

Question 41

cum proximis comitiis consularibus me consulem in campo et competitores tuos interficere voluisti, compressi conatus tuos nefarios amicorum praesidio et copiis nullo tumulto publice concitato;

Answer 41

“When, during the last consular elections, you wanted to assassinate me as consul in the field along with your rivals, I thwarted your wicked attempts with the help of friends and no public disturbance was raised.”

Question 42

denique quotienscumque me petisti, per me tibi obsiti, quamquam videbam perniciem meam cum magna calamitate rei publicae esse coniunctam.

Answer 42

“Finally, every time you sought me, I stood in your way, even though I saw that my own destruction was linked with great harm to the state.”