VII.
Vulgata victoria legiones septima Galbiana, tertia decima Gemina cum Vedio Aquila legato (tertia decima Gemina cum Vedio Aquila legato: Tacitus does not mention that Antonius Primus was the commander of the other legion, the Seventh Galbiana, having already done so in Book 2, ch. 86.) Patavium alacres veniunt. (Patavium … veniunt: with names of towns the prep. ad is not used.) ibi pauci dies ad requiem sumpti, et Minicius Iustus praefectus castrorum legionis septimae, quia adductius quam civili bello imperitabat, (quia adductius quam civili bello imperitabat: ‘because he exercised authority more strictly than [is usual] in civil wars’.) subtractus militum irae ad Vespasianum missus est. desiderata diu res interpretatione gloriaque in maius accipitur, (desiderata diu res interpretatione gloriaque in maius accipitur: ‘a long-desired act was received with a more laudatory interpretation than it deserved’; aliquid in maius accipere is idiom, ‘to make a great deal of something’; interpretatione gloriaque: hendiadys, two nouns in Latin where English preference is for one noun and a modifier; accipitur: switch to historical present. ) postquam Galbae imagines discordia temporum subversas in omnibus municipiis recoli iussit Antonius, decorum pro causa ratus, si placere Galbae principatus et partes revirescere crederentur. (Antonius, decorum pro causa ratus, si placere Galbae principatus et partes revirescere crederentur: lit. ‘Antonius envisaged {greater] dignity for his cause, if Galba’s principate were believed to have their, [the Flavians’], approval and Galba’s party to be experiencing a revival’; si …crederentur: imperf. subjunctive for ideal or potential condition in the past)