SAT 35 A Reading Comprehension practice
Passage A
The Britons prevent Caesar's invading troops from disembarking
At barbari, consilio Romanorum cognito, praemisso equitatu,
cum reliquis copiis subsecuti nostros laborantes e navibus egredi
prohibebant. Erat ob has causas summa difficultas: naves prop-
ter magnitudinem nisi in alto constitui (1) non poterant. Militibus
autem, ignotis locis, impeditis manibus, magno onere armorum
oppressis, simul desolientibus (2) de navibus cum hostibus erat pug-
nandum. Illi aut ex arido aut paulum in aquam progressi, omnibus
membris expeditis (3), notissimis locis, audacter tela coniciebant.
(1) constitui: to be anchored
(2) desilio, desilire: to jump down
(3) expeditus, -a, -um: unimpeded
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