24.06.25: Level 2; Sonnenschein: Britannia Pācāta [1](ii): listening

[1]

["Inter Tamesam et mare Britannicum prīma concursiō erat Rōmānōrum cum cōpiīs Cassivellaunī. Britannī duās cohortēs Rōmānās in itinere fortiter impugnāvērunt. Ex silvīs suīs prōvolāvērunt; Rōmānōs in fugam dedērunt; multōs Rōmānōrum trucīdāvērunt. "]

[i] Where did the first engagement take place between the Romans and the Cassevellauni? (2)

[ii] What Roman military divisions were attacked? (1)

[iii] From where had the Britons made the attack? (1)

[iv] What was the outcome of the attack? (2)

[2]

["Tum suōs ā pugnā revocāvērunt. Novum genus pugnae Rōmānōs perturbāverat. Nam Britannīs nōn mōs erat iustō proeliō pugnāre; sed equitibus essedīsque suīs per omnēs partēs equitābant, et ōrdinēs hostium perturbābant; tum consultō cōpias suās revocābant. "]

[i] What did Britons do immediately after the fight? (1)

[ii] Complete each sentence with a single word or short phrase

[a] The Romans were thrown into confusion by __________.

[b] The Britons were not accustomed to __________.

[c] The chariots and charioteers were __________.

[d] They threw __________ into confusion.

[e] They would call back their men __________.

[3]

["Essedāriī interdum pedibus pugnābant. Ita mōbilitatem equitum, stabilitātem peditum in proeliīs praestābant. Peditēs Rōmānī propter pondus armōrum nōn aptī erant ad hūiusmodī hostem. Et equitibus Rōmānīs perīculōsum erat sē longō intervallō ā peditibus sēparāre: neque pedibus pugnāre poterant."]

[i] How did the charioteers sometimes fight? (1)

[ii] What two advantages did the Britons have in the battles? (2)

[iii] Why were the Roman infantry at a disadvantage? (2)

[iv] What two disadvantages did the Roman cavalry have? (3)