LV.
Ante Flacci Hordeonii caedem (ante Flacci Hordeonii caedem: cf. ch. 36.) nihil prorupit quo coniuratio intellegeretur: (nihil prorupit quo coniuratio intellegeretur: ‘nothing surfaced that thereby a conspiracy might be revealed; quo replaces ut in purpose clauses.) interfecto Hordeonio commeavere nuntii inter Civilem Classicumque praefectum alae Trevirorum. Classicus (Classicus: mentioned already in Book 2, ch. 14) nobilitate opibusque ante alios: regium illi genus et pace belloque clara origo, ipse e maioribus suis (e maioribus suis: abl. of origin) hostis populi Romani quam socios iactabat. (hostis populi Romani quam socios iactabat: quam is occasionally found used to compare two positives, as hostis and socios here, ‘more foes than friends’. Another example from Tacitus: claris maioribus quam vetustis, ‘forefathers more famous than ancient’; Ann. IV, 61.) miscuere sese Iulius Tutor et Iulius Sabinus, hic Trevir, hic Lingonus, (Trevir … Lingonus: the Treveri were settled between the Moselle and the Ardennes, around modern Trier; the Lingones were farther south, west of the Saone river, in eastern France.) Tutor ripae Rheni a Vitellio praefectus; (Tutor ripae Rheni a Vitellio praefectus: that is, at the head of troops and ships policing the border, as mentioned in ch.26) Sabinum super insitam vanitatem falsae stirpis gloria incendebat: proaviam suam divo Iulio per Gallias bellanti (per Gallias bellanti: dative with placeo: ‘while campaigning through the length and breath of Gaul’) corpore atque adulterio placuisse. hi secretis sermonibus animos ceterorum scrutari, ubi quos idoneos rebantur conscientia obstrinxere, (ubi … conscientia obstrinxere: ‘when they bound [them] to themselves by making them accomplices, …’; temporal ubi + perfect indicative) in colonia Agrippinensi in domum privatam conveniunt; (conveniunt: historical present) nam publice civitas talibus inceptis abhorrebat; (talibus inceptis abhorrebat: ‘shrank from such activities’; talibus inceptis is abl. of separation, often found with ab after abhorreo.) ac tamen interfuere quidam Vbiorum Tungrorumque. sed, plurima vis penes Treviros ac Lingonas nec tulere moras consultandi. (plurima vis penes Treviros ac Lingonas nec tulere moras consultandi: ‘but the majority was on the side of the Treveri and Lingones and they did not brook the delays of debate’. penes, ‘in the hand of’, governs the accusative.) certatim proclamant furere discordiis populum Romanum, (furere discordiis populum Romanum: ‘that the Roman people was driven mad by discord’) caesas legiones, vastatam Italiam, capi cum maxime urbem, (capi cum maxime urbem: a reference to the occupation of Rome by Vespasian’s army) omnis exercitus suis quemque bellis distineri: (omnis exercitus suis quemque bellis distineri: ‘that every Roman army was engaged, each [occupied] in its own wars’; omnis exercitus is personal (nominative) construction with the passive distineri in infinitive clause in indir. discourse. quemque, no longer governed by distineri, is acc. as required by the rules of Oratio Obliqua.) si Alpes praesidiis firmentur, coalita libertate (coalita libertate: abl. abs.: ‘liberty having been established’) disceptaturas Gallias quem virium suarum terminum velint. (disceptaturas Gallias quem virium suarum terminum velint: ‘that the Gallic provinces were going to decide what limit they wanted to set to their strength’. quem …velint: subjunctive for question in indir. discourse.)