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Question 1

ac primum legio gradu immota et angustiis loci defensa, , postquam in appropinquantes hostes certo iactu tela exhauserat, tamquam cuneo erupit

Answer 1

and first the legion not moving from its position and defended by the narrowness of the place when it had used up its javelins with accurate aim on the approaching enemy burst forth as in a wedge formation

Question 2

auxiliares quoque ipetum faciunt; et equites protentis hastis perfringunt quod obvium et validum erat

Answer 2

the auxiliaries also made an attack and the cavalry with spears at full stretch broke through any strong forces in their path

Question 3

ceteri terga praebuerunt difficili effugio quia circumiecta plaustra saepserant abitus.

Answer 3

the rest turned tail and it wasn’t easy to get away because their surrounding wagons had closed off their ways out

Question 4

et milites ne feminis quidem parcebant confixaque telis etiam iumenta corporum cumulum auxerant

Answer 4

the soldiers did not spare even the women and even the baggage animals pierced with spears had increased the heap of bodies

Question 5

eo die milites laudem claram et parem antiquis victoriis pepererunt:

Answer 5

on that day the soldiers won outstanding glory, equal to the victories of old;

Question 6

quippe sunt qui paulo minus quam octoginta milia Britannorum cecidisse tradant militem quadrigentis ferme interfectis nec multo amplius vulneratis

Answer 6

indeed there are those who say that they cut down a little less than 80000 Britons in contrast to around 400 of the soldiers killed and not many more than 400 were wounded

Question 7

boudica vitam veneno finivit

Answer 7

boudica ended her life by taking poison