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Nomen sedemque Caesaris Domitianus acceperat, nondum ad curas intentus, sed stupris et adulteriis filium principis agebat. praefectura praetorii penes Arrium Varum, (penes Arrium Varum: ‘in the hands of Arrius Varus’, Antomius’ colleague or right hand. Cf. Book 3, ch. 6.) summa potentiae in Primo Antonio. is pecuniam familiamque e principis domo quasi Cremonensem praedam rapere: (rapere: historical infinitive) ceteri modestia vel ignobilitate ut in bello obscuri, ita praemiorum expertes. (ceteri … ut in bello obscuri, ita praemiorum experts: comparative sentence with verb implied in both main an dependent clause) civitas pavida et servitio parata occupari redeuntem Tarracina L. Vitellium cum cohortibus extinguique reliqua belli postulabat: praemissi Ariciam equites, agmen legionum intra Bovillas (Ariciam …Bovillas: respectively 16 miles or 25 km. and 10 miles or 16 km. SSE of Rome, on the Appian way.) stetit. nec cunctatus est Vitellius seque et cohortis arbitrio victoris permittere, et miles infelicia arma haud minus ira quam metu (haud minus ira quam metu: ‘hardly less in anger than in fear’) abiecit. longus deditorum ordo saeptus armatis per urbem incessit, nemo supplici vultu, sed tristes et truces et adversum plausus ac lasciviam insultantis vulgi immobiles. paucos erumpere ausos circumiecti pressere; (circumiecti pressere: ‘[those] surrounding {the prisoners] overpowered [them].’) ceteri in custodiam conditi, nihil quisquam locutus indignum, et quamquam inter adversa, salva virtutis fama. dein L. Vitellius interficitur, (Vitellius interficitur: historical present) par vitiis fratris, in principatu eius vigilantior, nec perinde prosperis socius quam adversis abstractus. (nec perinde prosperis socius quam adversis abstractus: ‘he was not so much an associate in [his brother’s] good fortune as he was dragged down by his ruin.’)