Section 5B(iii) The conspirators at Rome make plans

Question 1

<p>at Rōmae Lentulus, cum cēterīs ...</p>

Answer 1

But at Rome Lentulus, with others, …

Question 2

… quī prīncipēs coniūrātiōnis erant, …

Answer 2

… who were the leaders of the conspiracy, …

Question 3

… parātīs (ut uidēbātur) magnīs cōpiīs, …

Answer 3

… after (as it seemed) large forces had been prepared, …

Question 4

… cōnstituerant utī, …

Answer 4

… [they] had decided that, …

Question 5

… cum Catilīna propius cum exercitū uēnisset, …

Answer 5

… when Catiline had come closer with his army, …

Question 6

… L. Bēstia contiōne habitā quererētur dē āctiōnibus Cicerōnis;

Answer 6

… Lucius Bestia, after a public meeting had been held, should complain about Cicero’s actions;

Question 7

cōnstituerant utī, …

Answer 7

They had decided that, …

Question 8

… eā contiōne habitā, …

Answer 8

… after that public meeting had been held, …

Question 9

… cētera multitūdō coniūrātiōnis negōtia exsequerētur.

Answer 9

… the rest of the crowd should complete the tasks of the conspiracy.

Question 10

quae negōtia dīuidere hōc modō cōnstituerant;

Answer 10

(And) they had decided to distribute these tasks in this way;

Question 11

Statilius et Gabīnius utī cum magnā manū duodecim simul opportūna loca urbis incenderent, …

Answer 11

Statilius and Gabinius [that they] with a large band would set fire to twelve strategic places at the same time,

Question 12

… quō facilior aditus ad cōnsulem fieret;

Answer 12

… so that there would be an easier approach to the consul;

Question 13

Cethēgus utī Cicerōnis iānuam obsidēret eumque, iānuā frāctā, uī aggrederētur;

Answer 13

Cethegus [that he] would besiege Cicero’s door and, with the door broken, would attack (him) by force;

Question 14

utī fīliī familiārum, quōrum ex nōbilitāte maxima pars erat, parentīs interficerent;

Answer 14

(and that) the sons subject to patria potestas, the greatest part of whom were from the nobility, would kill their parents.

Question 15

postrēmō utī, …

Answer 15

(and) lastly (they decided) that, …

Question 16

… urbe incēnsā, …

Answer 16

… after the city was burned, …

Question 17

… Cicerōne necātō,

Answer 17

… and after Cicero was killed, …

Question 18

… caede et incendiō perculsīs omnibus,

Answer 18

… and when everyone was unnerved by the slaughter and the fire, …

Question 19

… ad Catilīnam ērumperent.

Answer 19

… they would burst forth (and go) to Catiline.