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Postquam vallum introiit, portas stationibus firmant, (postquam vallum introiit, portas stationibus firmant: the gates are closed to exclude Drusus’ powerful armed escort; postquam is normally with perfect indicative; firmant is hist. present, as is recitat below.) globos armatorum certis castrorum locis opperiri iubent: ceteri tribunal ingenti agmine circumveniunt. stabat Drusus silentium manu poscens. illi quoties oculos ad multitudinem rettulerant, vocibus truculentis strepere, rursum viso Caesare trepidare; (strepere … trepidare: historical infinitives) murmur incertum, atrox clamor et repente quies; diversis animorum motibus pavebant terrebantque. tandem interrupto tumultu litteras patris recitat, in quis perscriptum erat, praecipuam ipsi fortissimarum legionum curam, quibuscum plurima bella (plurima bella: Tiberius had subdued Pannonia between 12 and 9 B.C.) toleravisset; ubi primum a luctu requiesset (ubi primum a luctu requiesset: the pluperfect after ubi primum, whether indicative or, in oratio obliqua, subjunctive, is always for action anterior to that of the main clause; here both main and dependent action are future, thus requiesset or requievisset corresponds to future anterior requieverit of direct speech.) animus, acturum apud patres de postulatis eorum; misisse interim filium ut sine cunctatione concederet quae statim tribui possent; (ut …concederet quae statim tribui possent: purpose clause with dependent relative clause also with subjunctive, both by attraction (cf. L. 1728) and in indirect discourse.) cetera senatui servanda quem neque gratiae neque severitatis expertem haberi par esset. (cetera senatui servanda quem neque gratiae neque severitatis expertem haberi par esset: the sentence is in oratio obliqua after praescriptum erat and par esset corresponds to par est, ‘it would be fair’, of direct speech. Thus, lit.: ‘that the rest was to be reserved for the senate, which it would be only fair should not be considered as having no part [in the distribution] of either clemency or rigor’. quem …haberi: par esset is followed by complementary acc. and infinitive; quem …haberi is not properly speaking a dependent relative clause and need not be subjunctive, since quem is more akin to a demonstrative (et eum) than to a relative pronoun; cf. A.G. 583, b. expers, ‘having no share in …’, is most commonly found with partitive genitive that completes its meaning. This convoluted exit sentence does not fail to hint tactfully at possible disciplinary measures for engaging in sedition.)