Section 5C(ii) Arrest at the Milvian Bridge Flashcards
hīs rēbus ita āctīs, …
After matters had been conducted in this way, …
… cōnstitūtā nocte quā proficīscerentur Allobrogēs, …
… (and) after the night was decided, on which the Allobroges would depart, …
Cicerō, ā lēgātīs cūncta ēdoctus, …
Cicero, having learned everything from [by means of] the ambassadors, …
… praetōribus imperat ut in ponte Muluiō per īnsidiās Allobrogum comitātūs dēprehendant.
… instructed the praetors to arrest the retinues of the Allobroges by ambushes on the Milvian bridge.
sine morā ad pontem itum est.
They went [there was a going] to bridge without delay.
praetōrēs, hominēs mīlitārēs, …
The praetors, (being) military men, …
… sine tumultū praesidiīs collocātīs, …
… after garrisons had been placed without disturbance, …
… sīcutī eīs praeceptum erat, …
… as they had been ordered [as had been commanded to them], …
… occultē pontem obsident.
… secretly besiege the bridge.
postquam ad id locī lēgātī cum Volturciō peruēnērunt …
After the ambassadors came to this place [to this of place] with Volturcius …
… et simul utrimque clāmor exortus est, …
… and as soon as a commotion arose on both sides, …
… Gallī, citō cognitō cōnsiliō, sine morā praetōribus sē trādunt;
… the Gauls, because the plan has been quickly understood, hand themselves over to the praetors without delay;
Volturcius prīmō, cohortātus cēterōs, gladiō sē ā multitūdine dēfendit.
At first Volturcius, after encouraging the others, defends himself from the crowd with a sword.
deinde, ubi ā lēgātīs dēsertus est, …
Then, when he was deserted by the ambassadors,
… timidus ac uītae diffīdēns, …
… frightened and despairing of life, …
