Chapter 40 Flashcards
Eodem anno Romae insignia scelera, alterum senatoris, servili alterum audacia, admissa sunt. Domitius Balbus erat praetorius, simul longa senecta, simul orbitate et pecunia insidiis obnoxius.
In the same year, remarkable crimes were committed in Rome, one by a senator, one by the audacity of a slave. Domitian Balbus was an ex-praetor, at the mercy of plots, not only by his long old age, but also childlessness and money.
ei propinquus Valerius Fabianus, capessendis honoribus destinatus, subdidit testamentum ascitis Vin[i]cio Rufino et Terentio Lentino equitibus Romanis. illi Antonium Primum et Asinium Marcellum sociaverant.
A kinsmen, destined to undertake the office, forged a will having recruited Vinicius Rufinus and Terentius Lentinus, Roman knights. They had allied with Antonius Primus and Asinius Marcellus.
Antonius audacia promptus, Marcellus Asinio Pollione proavo clarus neque morum spernendus habebatur, nisi quod paupertatem praecipuum malorum credebat.
Antonius was keen on audacity, Marcellus was famous because of his great grandfather. Asinius Pollio, and he wasn’t considered of despicable character, except that he believed that poverty was the greatest of all evils.
igitur Fabianus tabulas [adhibitis] iis quos memoravi et aliis minus inlustribus obsignat.
Therefore Fabianus sealed up the documents with the accomplices, whom I mentioned and other less distinguished people.
quod apud patres convictum, et Fabianus Antoniusque cum Rufino et Terentio lege Cornelia damnantur. Marcellum memoria maiorum et preces Caesaris poenae magis quam infamiae exemere.
This was exposed in the presence of the senators and Fabianus and Antonius with Rufinus and Terentius were condemned by the Cornelian law. The reputation of Marcellus’ ancestors and the prayers of Caesar saved him from punishment rather than disgrace.
