XIII.
Exim biduum criminibus obiciendis statuitur utque sex dierum spatio interiecto (sex dierum spatio interiecto: lit. ‘a space of six days having been interposed’; dierum is partitive gen. after a numeral.) reus per triduum defenderetur. (biduum criminibus obiciendis statuitur utque … reus per triduum defenderetur: two ways to express purpose and avoid using the same construction twice: dative gerundive and subordinate purpose clause with ut: lit. ‘the space of two days was assigned for the charges to be presented and a period of three days so that therein the accused might be defended’; statuitur is historical present.) tum Fulcinius (Fulcinius: cf. ch. 10.) vetera et inania orditur, ambitiose avareque habitam Hispaniam; quod neque convictum noxae reo si recentia purgaret, neque defensum absolutioni erat si teneretur maioribus flagitiis. (quod neque convictum noxae reo si recentia purgaret, neque defensum absolutioni erat si teneretur maioribus flagitiis: quod, pronoun, stands for the body of accusations gathered by Fulcinius and both convictum and defensum are its modifiers: lit. ‘which neither proved was for harm to Piso, if he would satisfy the recent charges, nor disproved was for acquittal, if he were held responsible for his more serious crimes’; both conditions after si are of the potential (type II) kind, hence the subjunctive (imperfect for future action in the past). noxae and absolutioni are datives of destination.) post quem Servaeus et Veranius et Vitellius (Servaeus et Veranius et Vitellius: for Servaeus and Veranius cf. Book 2, ch. 56; for Vitellius cf. Book 1, ch. 70, Book 2, ch. 74.) consimili studio et multa eloquentia Vitellius obiecere odio Germanici et rerum novarum studio Pisonem vulgus militum per licentiam et sociorum iniurias eo usque conrupisse ut parens legionum a deterrimis appellar etur; (eo usque conrupisse ut … appellaretur: consecutive or result sentence in oratio obliqua after obiecere: ‘that he had corrupted [the legions] to such a point that he was called …’; cf. L. 1757 – 1759.) contra in optimum quemque, maxime in comites et amicos Germanici saevisse; postremo ipsum devotionibus et veneno peremisse; sacra hinc et immolationes nefandas ipsius atque Plancinae, peritam armis rem publicam, utque reus agi posset, acie victum. (postremo ipsum devotionibus et veneno peremisse; sacra hinc et immolationes nefandas ipsius atque Plancinae, petitam armis rem publicam, utque reus agi posset, acie victum: in oratio obliqua: ‘and that in the end he had destroyed the prince himself with the help of black spells and poison of both himself and Plancina, that after that (hinc) there were the impious thanks offerings and the sacrifices, that he had attacked the nation at large with arms and was beaten in battle to force him to submit to trial’; devotionibus: ‘sorcery’, cf. Book 2, ch. 69. sacra …et immolationes: at Cos, cf. Book 2, ch. 75. petitam armis rem publicam: at Celenderis , cf. Book 2, ch. 80 – 81. ut reus agi posset: final sense, lit. ‘in order for him to be proceeded against as a criminal’; reum agere: ‘to conduct legal proceedings against someone’)