LXXVI.
Adfluebant centuriones (centuriones: perhaps those of the Syrian legions chosen by Piso in ch. 55) monebantque prompta illi legionum studia: (prompta illi legionum studia: ‘[they advised him] that the loyalties of the legions [were] in his favor (illi = ‘for him’), ready to serve.’) repeteret provinciam non iure ablatam (repeteret provinciam non iure ablatam: ‘that he should return [to Syria], illegally taken [from him]’) et vacuam. igitur quid agendum consultanti M. Piso filius properandum in urbem censebat: (quid agendum consultanti M. Piso filius properandum in urbem censebat: consultanti seems to be dative of indirect object with censeo: lit. ‘Marcus Piso, his son, recommended to him, deliberating what was to be done, that he should go to Rome without delay.’ quid agendum [esset]: indirect question with impersonal use of the passive periphrasis to denote necessity and obligation in the third person singular; the similar properandum [esse] is infinitive after censebat.) nihil adhuc inexpiabile admissum neque suspiciones imbecillas aut inania famae pertimescenda. discordiam erga Germanicum odio fortasse dignam, non poena; (discordiam erga Germanicum odio fortasse dignam, non poena: ‘that his conflict with Germanicus deserved perhaps censure, not punishment’) et ademptione provinciae satis factum immicis. (ademptione provinciae satis factum immicis: ‘that enough had been done for his enemies by the dispossession of the province’; satis factum [esse] immicis: ‘enough had been done to appease his enemies’ hatred’) quod si regrederetur, obsistente Sentio civile bellum incipi; (quod si regrederetur, obsistente Sentio civile bellum incipi: ‘if he returned [to Syria], civil war would be started given Sentius’ opposition’; conditional sentence of type I (logical) in indirect speech: present infinitive in apodosis, imperfect subjunctive in protasis, according to sequence of tenses when the verb of saying (censebat) is historical. Cf. B. 319; obsistente Sentio: ‘Sentius opposing resistance’; for quod si cf. note for quod si solus arbiter rerum … in ch. 73.) nec duraturos in partibus centuriones militesque apud quos recens imperatoris sui memoria et penitus infixus (penitus infixus: ‘deeply rooted’) in Caesares amor praevaleret. (apud quos … amor praevaleret: subjunctive for relative clause in indirect speech)