section 48

Question 1

Intimus erat in tribunatu Clodio, qui sua erga me beneficia commemorat;

Answer 1

He was closest to Claudius in his time of tribuneship, who mentions his own kindness towards me;

Question 2

Quid dicam, ipse optime intellegit. Inde iter Alexandriam contra senatus auctoritatem, contra rem publicam et religiones;

Answer 2

He himself understands very well what I am saying. From there he makes a journey to Alexandria, against the authority of the senate and against the republic and religious consideration.

Question 3

Qui tum inde reditus aut qualis? Prius in ultimam Galliam ex Aegypto quam domum.

Answer 3

Then from what was his return and what was it like? Before, he made a journey to the furtherest Gaul from Eygpt rather home.

Question 4

Quae autem domus? Suam enim quisque domum tum optinebant, nec erat usquam tua.

Answer 4

But what home? For each was holding possession of his home then but your home was nowhere?

Question 5

Domum dico; quid erat in terris, ubi in tuo pedem poneres praeter unum Misenum, quod cum sociis tamquam Sisaponem tenebas?

Answer 5

Should I call it home? Where in the world, could you place foot on land which was your own, except that one place in Misenum, which you held with your partners as if it was Sisapo?

Question 6

eius omnium incendiorum fax, cuius etiam domi iam tum quiddam molitus est.

Answer 6

his was the torch that burned everything, at whose house indeed even then something (deplorable) was set in motion.

Question 7

se habebat ducem Gabinium, quicum quidvis rectissime facere posset.

Answer 7

But he had Gabinius as a leader, with whom anyone could do right.