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Pleraque eorum quae rettuli quaeque referam parva forsitan et levia memoratu (levia memoratu: memoratu is abl. supine after an adjective. See note for facile intellectu in ch. 28.) videri non nescius sum: sed nemo annalis nostros (annalis nostros: this phrase suggested the title, Annales, under which the work is known today. The original manuscript only has the superscription ab excessu divi Augusti.) cum scriptura eorum contenderit (contenderit: potential subjunctive: present and past are used interchangeably to indicate future action; cf. A.G. 446.) qui veteres populi Romani res composuere. ingentia illi bella, expugnationes urbium, fusos captosque reges, aut si quando ad interna praeverterent, (si quando ad interna praeverterent …: ‘whenever they turned their attention to home affairs, …’; praeverterent is subjunctive of repetition; see note for quando in previous chapter; si quando or siquando: ‘if ever’) discordias consulum adversum tribunos, agrarias frumentariasque leges, plebis et optimatium certamina libero egressu memorabant: nobis in arto et inglorius labor; (illi … libero egressu memorabant: … nobis in arto et inglorius labor: ‘they relate with free scope, …for me the labor is narrowly confined and inglorious’) immota quippe aut modice lacessita pax, maestae urbis res et princeps proferendi imperi incuriosus erat. non tamen sine usu fuerit introspicere illa primo aspectu levia ex quis (ex quis: for ex quibus) magnarum saepe rerum motus oriuntur.