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Praeerat Trebellius Maximus, per avaritiam ac sordis (per avaritiam ac sordis: hendiadys) contemptus exercitui invisusque. accendebat odium eius Roscius Coelius legatus vicensimae legionis, (vicensimae legionis: problems with the Twentieth legion are also mentioned in Agricola, ch. 7 and 16.) olim discors, sed occasione civilium armorum atrocius proruperant. Trebellius seditionem et confusum ordinem disciplinae Coelio, spoliatas et inopes legiones Coelius Trebellio obiectabat, cum interim foedis legatorum (legatorum: Trebellius is legatus provinciae, the governor of the province and head of the army, Coelius is legatus legionis, legion commander.) certaminibus modestia exercitus corrupta eoque discordiae ventum (cum … corrupta [est] … ventum [est] …: temporal cum requires indicative if the tense is perfect; ventum [est] is impersonal use of the passive of an intrans. verb.) ut auxiliarium quoque militum conviciis proturbatus et adgregantibus se Coelio cohortibus alisque desertus Trebellius ad Vitellium perfugerit. (eoque discordiae ventum [est] ut … perfugerit: consecutive sentence: the tense of the verb in the ut clause does not necessarily follow the rule of the sequence of tenses; the perfect perfugerit is for completed event when the tense of the main verb is past; cf. G. 513. Also see rule of tenses in consec. clauses given at the end of ch. 62.) quies provinciae quamquam remoto consulari (quamquam remoto consulari: quamquam, here adverb qualifying remoto, is rarely found thus used with a participle in classical writers; cf. G. 609, N 1 and 667.) mansit: rexere legati legionum, pares iure, Coelius audendo (audendo: abl. gerund, ‘by daring’) potentior.