Chapter 21 Flashcards
Pluribus ipsa licentia placebat, ac tamen honesta nomina praetendebant.
The absence of control itself was pleasing to the majority and however, and yet they were alleging as an excuse the honourable names.
maiores quoque non abhorruisse spectaculorum oblectamentis pro fortuna, quae tu[m] erat, eoque a Tuscis accitos histriones, a Thuriis equorum certamina;
The ancestors also had not shrunk from the delights of the shows appropriate to the fortune which there was then and consequently actors were summoned from the Etruscans and competitions of horses from the Thurii.
et possessa Achaia Asiaque ludos curatius editos, nec quemquam Romae honesto loco ortum ad theatrales artes degeneravisse, ducentis iam annis a L. Mummi triumpho, qui primus id genus spectaculi in urbe praebuerit.
And after Achaia and Asia had been taken over, the Games were put on with greater care, and no one in Rome borne from an honourable family would have stopped to the arts of theatre, 200 years from the triumph of Lucius Mummius, first made available this type of spectacle in the city.
sed et consultum parsimoniae, quod perpetua sedes theatro locata sit potius, quam immenso sumptu singulos per annos consurgeret ac [de]strueretur. nec perinde magistratus rem familiarem exhausturos aut populo efflagitandi Graeca certamina [a] magistratibus causam fore, cum eo sumptu res publica fungatur.
But consideration was also given to thrift, but the permanent site for the theatre was situated, the construction and destruction through each and every year at huge expense. Nor indeed would the magistrates use up their family wealth or would there be cause for the population to demand Greek contests from the magistrates, when the State pays this expense.
oratorum ac vatum victorias incitamentum ingeniis adlaturas; nec cuiquam iudici grave aures studiis honestis et voluptatibus concessis impertire. laetitiae magis quam lasciviae dari paucas totius quinquennii noctes, quibus tanta luce ignium nihil inlicitum occultari queat.
The victories of orators and poets would bring incentives for talents: nor would it be burdensome to any judge to devote their ears to honourable interests and granted pleasures. A few nights were give to joy more than to wanton behaviour over the whole of five year period, on which nothing illicit was allowed to be hidden from such great fires.’
sane nullo insigni dehonestamento id spectaculum transi[i]t. ac ne modica quidem studia plebis exarsere, quid redditi quamquam scaenae pantomimi certaminibus sacris prohibebantur. eloquentiae primas nemo tulit, sed victorem esse Caesarem pronuntiatum. Graeci amictus, quis per eos dies plerique incesserant, tum exoleverunt.
Certainly the spectacle went by with no notable acts of dishonour; And not even a moderate enthusiasm blazed up in the plebs, because although male performers returned to the stage, they were banned from the sacred competitions. No one carried off the first prize for eloquence, but it was publicly announced that Caesar was the winner. Greek garments, in which the majority of people strutted about during those days, then fell out of use.
