Latin Pg. 43 Translation

Question 1

Hic quoque ingens bellum civile commovit cogente uxore Cleopatra, regina Aegypti,

Answer 1

He also stirred up a huge civil war with his wife Cleopatra, queen of Egypt, urging

Question 2

dum cupiditate muliebri optat etiam in urbe regnare.

Answer 2

While with womanly greed, she wanted to rule even in the city.

Question 3

Victus est ab Augusto navali pugna clara et inlustri apud Actium, qui locus in Epiro est,

Answer 3

He was conquered by Augustus in a famous and glorious naval battle at Actium, which is a place in Epirus,

Question 4

ex qua fugit in Aegyptum et desperatis rebus, cum
omnes ad Augustum transirent, ipse se interemit.

Answer 4

from which he fled into Egypt, and with things despaired, when all crossed over to Augustus, he himself killed himself.

Question 5

Cleopatra sibi aspidem admisit et veneno (abl. means) eius extincta est.

Answer 5

Cleopatra sent an asp to herself and was killed by it’s poison.

Question 6

Aegyptus per Octavianum Augustum imperio Romano adiecta est praepositusque ei C. Cornelius Gallus.

Answer 6

Egypt, through Octavian Augustus, was added to the Roman Empire and G. C Gallus was put in charge of it.

Question 7

Hunc primum Aegyptus Romanum iudicem habuit.

Answer 7

Egypt had him as its first Roman governor.