Germanicus and Piso, Tacitus lines 1-11

Question 1

at Cn. Piso, quo celerius consilia inciperet, postquam Syriam

Answer 1

But Gnaeus Piso, in order to begin his plans more quickly, after he reached Syria

Question 2

ac legiones attigit, largitione et ambitu infimos militum iuvabat.

Answer 2

and the legions, he began to help the worst/lowest of the soldiers by generosity and bribery

Question 3

cum veteres centuriones, severos tribunos demovisset

Answer 3

When he had demoted the long-serving centurions, (and) the strict tribunes

Question 4

locaque eorum clientibus suis attribuisset desidiam in castris

Answer 4

and he had assigned their places to his clients, he began to allow idleness in the camp

Question 5

licentiam in urbibus, lascivientes per agros milites sinebat

Answer 5

indiscipline in the cities, (and) soldiers running riot through the fields

Question 6

nec Plancina, uxor Pisonis, se gerebat ut feminam decebat

Answer 6

And Plancina, Piso’s wife, did not behave as was proper for a woman

Question 7

sed exercitio equitum intererat, et in Agrippinam, in Germanicum

Answer 7

but she was present at the cavalry exercise, and was

Question 8

Agrippinam, in Germanicum contumelias iaciebat.

Answer 8

hurling insults at Agrippina and Germanicus

Question 9

nota haec Germanico, sed

Answer 9

These (were) known to Germanicus

Question 10

sed praeverti ad Armenios instantior cura fuit

Answer 10

but there was a more pressing concern to turn himself first to the Armenians.

Question 11

saevam vim morbi augebat persuasio veneni a Pisone

Answer 11

His (= Germanicus’) belief of the poison having been received from Piso was increasing the savage power of the illness

Question 12

accepti; et reperiebantur solo ac parietibus erutae

Answer 12

and the dug up remains of human bodies were found