XXXVII.
“Quis ad vos processerim commilitones, dicere non possum, (quis ad vos processerim …dicere non possum: lit. ‘I cannot say who I have come before you as’; processerim is subjunctive in indir. question governed by dicere non possum) quia nec privatum me vocare sustineo (nec …sustineo: ‘I am not able to …’) princeps a vobis nominatus, (princeps a vobis nominatus: ‘being a prince chosen by you’) nec principem alio imperante. vestrum quoque nomen in incerto erit donec dubitabitur imperatorem populi Romani in castris an hostem habeatis. (donec dubitabitur imperatorem … an hostem habeatis: donec requires indicative when the sense is that of ‘as long as’. See note for donec …levaretur in ch. 35 for use of donec + subjunctive; imperatorem … an hostem habeatis is a double question with utrum or –ne omitted in the first part; habeatis is subjunctive for question in indir. speech introduced by dubitabitur.) auditisne ut poena mea et supplicium vestrum simul postulentur? (auditisne ut poena mea et supplicium vestrum simul postulentur?: ‘don’t you hear how my punishment and your death as well are being clamored for?’; postulentur is subjunctive in exclamatory question; cf. G. 558) adeo manifestum est neque perire nos neque salvos esse nisi una (una: adv., ‘together’) posse; et cuius lenitatis est Galba, iam fortasse promisit, ut qui nullo exposcente tot milia innocentissimorum militum trucidaverit. (cuius lenitatis est Galba,… ut qui …trucidaverit: the rel. cuius has here the sense of talis , as shown by the correlative ut qui following; cf. G. 106, R; the sentence is consecutive, cuius lenitatis est Galba being the independent clause and ut qui…trucidaverit the subordinate clause of consecutive sense, thus: ‘Galba is a man of such leniency that he massacred …’; clauses introduced by ut qui, sunt qui and similar are called relative clauses of characteristic, for which cf. A.G. 535.) horror animum subit quotiens recordor feralem introitum et hanc solam Galbae victoriam, cum in oculis urbis decimari deditos iuberet, (cum …decimari deditos iuberet: for use of passive infinitive with iubeo, cf. note for appellari singulos iussit, ch. 20; iuberet is subjunctive after temporal cum when the tense is imperf. or pluperfect.) quos deprecantis in fidem acceperat. his auspiciis urbem ingressus, quam gloriam ad principatum attulit nisi occisi Obultronii Sabini et Cornelii Marcelli in Hispania, Betui Cilonis in Gallia, Fontei Capitonis in Germania, Clodii Macri in Africa, Cingonii in via, Turpiliani in urbe, Nymphidii in castris? (Obultronii Sabini …Cornelii Marcelli …Betui Cilonis…Fontei Capitonis …Clodii Macri …Cingonii …Turpiliani…Nymphidii: Obultronius Sabinus was treasury questor under Nero; Cornelius Marcellus was questor and proconsul in Sicily; for Cingonius [Varus] and Turpilianus cf. ch. 6; for Nymphidius Sabinus cf. ch. 5; for Fronteius Capito and Clodius Macer ch. 7; Betus Cilo is otherwise unknown.) quae usquam (usquam: adv., ‘anywhere’) provincia, quae castra sunt nisi cruenta et maculata aut, ut ipse praedicat, emendata et correcta? nam quae alii scelera, hic remedia vocat, dum falsis nominibus severitatem pro saevitia, parsimoniam pro avaritia, supplicia et contumelias vestras disciplinam appellat. (dum …appellat: dum with the sense of ‘while’ requires pres. indicative) septem a Neronis fine menses sunt, et iam plus rapuit Icelus quam quod Polycliti et Vatinii et Aegiali (Icelus …Polycliti…Vatinii…Aegiali: for Icelus cf. ch. 13; Polyclitus, Vatinius, and Aegialus were freedmen and favorites of Nero.) perdiderunt. minore avaritia ac licentia grassatus esset T. Vinius si ipse imperasset: nunc et (nunc et: ‘as matters stand’) subiectos nos habuit tamquam suos et vilis ut alienos. una illa domus sufficit donativo quod vobis numquam datur et cotidie exprobratur.”