22.07.25: Level 3; Sonnenschein; Prō Patriā [6]; Britannia pācāta [4]

Intereā Agricola quoque suōs in hunc modum ad proelium incitat. "Hic septimus est annus, mīlitēs, postquam Ordovicēs dēbellāvistis. Hodiē ā Calēdonibus victōriam reportāte. Hī sē in silvīs montibusque suīs adhūc occultāvērunt; hōs, hominēs ignāvōs, facile in fugam dabitis." Et signum pugnandī dedit.

Trēs legiōnēs Rōmānae et ūndecim mīlia auxiliōrum in campō lātō stābant: Calēdonēs in collibus suōs collocāverant. Prīmō Calēdonēs missilia Rōmānōrum vītābant. Et ipsī multa missilia in Rōmānōs iactābant. Sed tandem cohortēs illae Batāvōrum ad collēs appropinquāvērunt, et Calēdonēs ex locō prōpulsāvērunt. Nam hī iūstum proelium tolerāre nōn poterant. Intereā equitēs auxiliōrum eōs velut indāgine circumdedērunt. Decem mīlia trucīdāvērunt vel vulnerāvērunt. Nōnnūllī ex Calēdonibus uxōrēs līberōsque suōs ipsī mortī dedērunt. Nox fīnis fuit trucīdātiōnis. Postrīdiē atrōx spectāculum erat: corpora inhumāta, casae cremātae, silentium, sōlitūdō.

indāgō, indāginis [3/f]: refers to an encircling, enclosing of wild animals using nets

[1] Find the Latin

[i] this is (the seventh year)

[ii] in the following (this) way

[iii] You will easily put these (men) … to flight

[iv] These men have still hidden themselves in their mountains and forests.

[v] The Caledonians had placed their men

[2] Translate:

[i] corpora inhumāta, casae cremātae

[ii] Et ipsī multa missilia in Rōmānōs iactābant.

[iii] Nōnnūllī ex Calēdonibus uxōrēs līberōsque suōs ipsī mortī dedērunt.

[iv] Intereā Agricola quoque suōs … ad proelium incitat.

[v] signum pugnandī dedit

Note:

Sed tandem [1] cohortēs illae Batāvōrum ad collēs appropinquāvērunt, et [2] Calēdonēs ex locō prōpulsāvērunt. Nam hī iūstum proelium tolerāre nōn poterant.

But Finally, those Dutch cohorts approached the hills, and drove the Caledonians away from the position, fot the latter could not sustain a pitched battle.

Where two people or groups of people are referred to, the demonstrative hic will convey the latter i.e. the second reference.

Grammar Review: hic, haec, hoc

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