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Fine anni arcus propter aedem Saturni (arcus propter aedem Saturni: ‘a triumphal arch near the temple of Saturn’; the temple of Saturn was (part of it still is) at the northwest end of the Forum, near the golden milestone (miliarum aureum), a column covered in bronze on which were indicated the roads that connected Rome to the various parts of the empire, at the foot of the Capituline hill. See also Historiae, Book 1, ch. 27.) ob recepta signa cum Varo amissa ductu Germanici, auspiciis Tiberii, et aedes Fortis Fortunae Tiberim iuxta in hortis, (aedes Fortis Fortunae Tiberim iuxta in hortis [Caesaris]: ‘a temple to Fors Fotuna near the Tiber, inside Caesar’s gardens’; Fors Fotuna is the goddess of chance; Caesar’s gardens were just west of the Tiber on the southern part of the Janiculum, a hill of Rome outside the original seven hills on which the city was founded, all of them east of the river.) quos Caesar dictator populo Romano legaverat, sacrarium genti Iuliae effigiesque divo Augusto apud Bovillas (apud Bovillas: a town 12 miles SE of Rome, at the foot of Monte Albano) dicantur. C. Caelio L. Pomponio consulibus (C. Caelio L. Pomponio consulibus: we are entering now the year 17 A.D.) Germanicus Caesar a. d. VII. Kal. Iunias (a. d. VII. Kal. Iunias: ante diem septimum Kalendas Iunias: to turn Roman dates into English, add 2 to the number of days in the previous month and subtract the given number (cf. G., page 492.). Thus, 31 (number of days in May), plus 2, minus 7 = 26 of May.) triumphavit de Cheruscis Chattisque et Angrivariis quaeque aliae nationes usque ad Albim colunt. vecta spolia, captivi, simulacra montium, fluminum, proeliorum; bellumque, quia conficere prohibitus erat, pro confecto (pro confecto: ‘as if it were finished’, lit. ‘in the guise of having been finished’) accipiebatur. augebat intuentium visus (augebat intuentium visus eximia ipsius species: ‘his handsome figure heightened the attention of the spectators.’) eximia ipsius species currusque quinque liberis (quinque liberis: they were: Nero, Drusus, Gaius (Caligula), Agrippina (emperor Nero’s mother), and Drusilla; a sixth child came later, Julia (Livilla).) onustus. sed suberat occulta formido, reputantibus haud prosperum in Druso patre eius favorem vulgi, avunculum eiusdem Marcellum flagrantibus plebis studiis intra iuventam ereptum, brevis et infaustos populi Romani amores. (suberat occulta formido, reputantibus haud prosperum in Druso patre eius favorem vulgi, avunculum eiusdem Marcellum flagrantibus plebis studiis intra iuventam ereptum, brevis et infaustos populi Romani amores: in indirect discourse after reputantibus: ‘a secret fear came to those reflecting that the public favor towards his father Drusus was not auspicious, that his uncle himself, Marcellus, had been carried off when still young in spite of the ardent love of the multitude, and that the affections of the Roman people were both brief and unlucky.’ reputantibus, is dative of the indirect object with suberat; flagrantibus plebis studiis is abl. abs. of concessive force; Marcellus was Germanicus’ uncle, the half brother of Antonia, Germanicus’ mother and wife of Drusus. intra iuventam: lit. ‘within the years of youth’: he died when he was twenty in 21 B.C., Drusus died when he was thirty in 9 B.C..)