22.09.24: Level 2; Ora Maritima [24] and [25] (1); lines 1 – 11 (1); questions

Using two passages from Ora Maritima, we’ll look at how all the all tenses discussed so far in the group are working together in the same text.

Lines 1 – 11

Inter viam patruus meus multa nōbīs dē bellō Rōmānōrum cum Britannīs narrāvit. Prīmō saeculo ante Christum nātum Gāius Iūlius in Galliā bellābat, et, postquam Nerviōs cēterōsque populōs Galliae Belgicae dēbellāvit, bellum contrā incolās insulae propinquae parāvit. Itaque annō quintō et quinquāgēsimō cōpiās suās in Britanniam [line 5] transportāvit. Dē locō unde nāvigāvit et dē locō quō nāvigia sua applicāvit, virī doctī diū disputāvērunt. Sed inter Dubrās et Rutupiās est locus ad nāvigia applicanda idōneus. Dubrās nōn poterat applicāre; nam scopulī ibi altī erant, ut nunc sunt, et in scopulīs cōpiae armātae Britannōrum stābant. Itaque ad alium locum nāvigāvit, ubi nullī scopulī fuērunt. Sed Britannī quoque per ōram maritimam ad locum properāvērunt, et ad [line 10] pugnam sē parāvērunt. Rōmānīs necesse erat nāvigia sua magna ad ancorās dēligāre. Britannīs vada nōta fuērunt; itaque in aquam equitāvērunt et cōpiam pugnae dedērunt.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nervii

The following statements are false; correct them.

1. The Gallic wars took place in the 1^st century AD.
2. Caesar defeated the Britons and then the Nervii.
3. Caesar went to Britain 55 years later.
4. People agree about where his ships set sail from.
5. Either Dover or Richborough is a good place to land.
6. The cliffs at Dover were higher at that time.
7. The Britons were standing on the beach.
8. When the Romans went to another location, the Britons did not follow them.
9. The Britons knew that the water was deep.
10. The Britons walked into the water.