Messalina Page 4

Question 1

igitur domus principis inhorruit , maxiemque ei qui

potentiam habebant, timuerunt ne res verterentur, spem

tamen habebant, si Claudio de atrocitate sceleris,

Answer 1

Theregore, the emperors household shuddered, and particularly
those who
held power feared that the state might be overturned
Nevertheless , they had hoped that, if they persuaded

Question 2

persuasissent, Messalinam posse opprimi sine quaestione

damnatam; sed periculum esse ne, ille defensionem audiret,

Answer 2

Clandius about the enormity of the crime, messalina

could be condenned and crushed without a trial;

Question 3

neve clausae aures etiam confitenti non essent. Narcissus,

occasiones quaerens, cum Cesar diu apud Ostiam

Answer 3

her, even if she confesed. Narcissus,

seeking oppurtunites, since Caesar was lingeing for a long

Question 4

moraretur, duas eius paelices largitione et promissis ,perpulit,

delationem subire. exim Calpurnia (id alteri paelici nomen),

Answer 4

tine at ostia, prevaled upon two of his concubines

By bribery and promises to undertane an accusation.

Then Calparnia (that was the name of one concubine) ,

Question 5

ubi datum est secretum, ad genua Caesaris provoluta,

nupsisse Messalinam Silig exclamat; altera paelice haec

confirmante, Calpurnia cieri Narcissum postulat.

Answer 5

when she was given a private interview , fell down

at the knees Of Caesar and shouted that Messalina

had married Silius, when the other concubine conpirmed

this, calpurnia demandedfor that Narcissus be summoned..