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  • In itinere ad flumen altum venerunt, ubi erat pons semirutus. (semirutus - rickety)
    on the journey they came to a deep river, where there was a rickety bridge
  • Modestus erat anxius quod nesciebat cur Strythio abesset.
    Modestus was anxious b/c he didn't know why Strythio was away. (wasn't there/present)
  • Agricola cognoscere voluit num Britanni cives Romanos interfecissent. (cognoscere - find out)
    Agricola wanted to find out whether the British had killed Roman citizens.
  • "Vercobrix, qui in hac cella etiam nunc manet, poenas dare debet"
    Vercobrix, who even now remains in that cell, ought to pay the price!
  • haec locutus
    having said these things
  • haec locutus, Modestus ad culinam statim cucurrit.
    having said these things, M ran to the kitchen at once.
  • Name two disadvantages of joining the exercitus Romanus
    had to be away for extended periods, had to pay for food/weapons out of own pay, could die, etc.
  • Give three points about Roman roads (how they were built, info about them, etc.)
    groma helped them build them straight, built a pavimentum of local materials on top, used smoke and fire, first military, then leisure travel
  • nuper Quintus ursam comparavit ut me interficeret.
    recently Quintus obtained a bear so that he/it could kill me
  • Modestus erat anxius quod nesciebat quo captivi fugissent.
    Modestus was anxious b/c he didn't know where the captives had fled to
  • commotus
    moved, excited, upset
  • passus
    having suffered
  • ubi Modestus carceri appropinquavit, portam apertam vidit.
    When Modestus approached the prison, he saw the gate open.
  • cum equites corpus Dumnorigis inspicerent, Quintus, graviter vulneratus, magna cum difficultate effugit.
    While the horsemen were inspecting the body of Dumnorix, Quintus, seriously wounded, escaped with great difficulty
  • Name three advantages of joining the exercitus Romanus.
    300 denarii a year, peace time, learn to fight, become a citizen, etc.
  • quot?
    how many
  • tertia hora, Silanus milites in ordines longos instruxit ut Agricolam salutarent.
    at the third hour, Silanus drew up the soldiers into long rows so that they could (to/in order to) greet Agricola
  • disce pati
    learn to suffer
  • rursus
    again
  • Agricola cognoscere voluit quot milites essent armati. (cognoscere - to find out)
    Agricola wanted to find out how many soldiers were armed.
  • Cum Strythio portam aperuisset, Modestus rursus haesitavit.
    When S had opened the gate, M hesitated again.
  • Quintus et Dumnorix ad ultimas partes Britanniae equitabant ubi Agrigola bellum gerebat
    Q and D were riding to the furthest parts of Britain where Agricola was waging war
  • si
    if
  • docet:docuit
    teach
  • ego haec ornamenta, data mihi ā Romanis, humi iacto! (ornamenta - decorations)
    these decorations, given to me by the Romans, I throw them on the ground!
  • autem
    however, but
  • gladius versus pugio
    sword - dagger
  • Salvius milites iussit regem principesque comprehendere et in carcere retinere.
    Salvius ordered the soldiers to arrest the king and chiefs and to keep them in the prison
  • praebet
    offer
  • refert:retulit
    bring back; report
  • Strythio, cum portam clausisset, Modestum territum rogavit quid accidisset.
    Strythio, when he had shut the gate, asked the terrified Modestus what had happened.
  • si Quintus haec fecit, ei moriendum est! (moriendum verb of mortuus/mors)
    if Quintus did these things, he must die!
  • legatus versus legio
    commander - legion (about 5,000 soldiers)
  • flumen
    river
  • neque...neque
    neither...nor
  • "mihi e carcere fugiendum est," aliquis e cella clamavit
    someone shouted from the cell, "I must flee out of the prison"
  • iuvenis dicere nolebat cur extra castra lateret. (lateret from latet)
    the young man didn't want to say why he was laying hidden outside the military camp.
  • aufert:abstulit
    steal, take away
  • Verum aut Falsum: The exercitus Romanus only wanted combat fighters to join.
    Falsum
  • explorator Britannicus extra castra latet. (explorator - spy)
    a British spy is laying hidden outside of the military camp
  • Num? versus Num no question
    surely not - whether
  • Cum Modestus et ego in Africa militaremus, non unum hominem, sed totam provinciam, custodiebamus.
    When M and I were serving as soldiers in Africa, we guarded not one man, but the whole province.
  • Vercobrix, tibi manendum est in carcere!
    Vercobrix, you must remain in the prison!
  • regnum
    kingdom
  • Strythio cognoscere voluit quid accidisset. (cognoscere - find out)
    Strythio wanted to find out what had happened.
  • patefacit:patefecit
    reveal
  • interea
    meanwhile, in the meantime
  • bellum gerit
    wage war
  • oppugnat
    attack
  • ego deos testes facio!
    I make the gods witness!
  • quid accidit?
    what happened?
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