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Question 1

iam suetonio erant quarta decima legio cum vexillariis vicensimae et e proximis auxiliares, decem ferme milia armatorum:

Answer 1

and now Suetonius had at his disposal the 14th legion, with detachments of the 20th and auxiliaries from the neighbouring area, about 10,000 armed men;

Question 2

contendere et acie parat

Answer 2

he prepared to march and to join the battle.

Question 3

eligitque locum angustis faucibus et a tergo silvis clausum;

Answer 3

he picked a place closed off by a narrow pass and by woods to the rear;

Question 4

sciebat enim nihil hostium esse nisi in fronte, et apertam esse planitiem sine metu insidiarum.

Answer 4

for he knew that there were no enemy except in front of him, and open plain gave him no fear of ambush

Question 5

igitur legionarii instructi sunt frequentes ordinibus, levi armatura circumstante;

Answer 5

therefore the legionaries were drawn up crowded in their lines with the lightly armed troops stationed around

Question 6

equites conglobati pro cornibus adstiterunt

Answer 6

while the cavalry stood by massed together on the wings

Question 7

at Britannorum copiae passim per catervas et turmas exultabant, tanta multitudo quanta non alias

Answer 7

but the forces of the britons were rushing about wildly everywhere in groups of infantry and in troops of cavalry, an incredible number

Question 8

et animo adeo feroci ut coniuges quoque testes victoriae secum traherent, plaustrisque imponerent quae ad extremam planitiem posuerant

Answer 8

and so fierce in spirit that they dragged their wives along with them also as witnesses to their victory, and they put them in wagons which they had positioned at the edge of the plain