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Ea discordia et crebris belli civilis rumoribus Britanni sustulere animos auctore Venutio, (auctore Venutio: abl. abs., ‘Venutius being the instigator’) qui super insitam ferociam et Romani nominis odium propriis in Cartimanduam reginam stimulis accendebatur. Cartimandua Brigantibus imperitabat, pollens nobilitate; (Brigantibus imperitabat, pollens nobilitate: used intransitively, imperitare requires dative: ‘she held power for the Brigantes, being dominant on the strength of her nobility’. The Brigantes were a nation in the north of England (Yorkshire, Northumberland).) et auxerat potentiam, postquam capto per dolum rege Carataco instruxisse triumphum Claudii Caesaris videbatur. (auxerat potentiam, postquam capto per dolum rege Carataco instruxisse triumphum Claudii Caesaris videbatur: ‘augmented her power after she was believed to have embellished Claudius Caesar’s triumph, king Caratacus having been captured by her treachery’. Tacitus chronicles these events in Book 12, ch. 33-37, of his Annals. postquam … videbatur: postquam is normally with indicative.) inde opes et rerum secundarum luxus: spreto Venutio (is fuit maritus) armigerum eius Vellocatum in matrimonium regnumque accepit. concussa statim flagitio domus: pro marito studia civitatis, pro adultero libido reginae et saevitia. igitur Venutius accitis auxiliis, simul ipsorum Brigantum defectione (accitis auxiliis, … Brigantum defectione: respectively abl. of instrument and abl. of cause) in extremum discrimen Cartimanduam adduxit. tum petita a Romanis praesidia. et cohortes alaeque nostrae variis proeliis, exemere tamen periculo reginam; regnum Venutio, bellum nobis relictum. (bellum nobis relictum: the war lasted two years until 71 A,D.; cf. Agricola, 17.)