Section 5B(i) Lentulus and the Allobroges Flashcards
īsdem temporibus Rōmae …
In those same times, at Rome, …
… Lentulus, sīcutī Catilīna praecēperat,
… Lentulus, just as Catiline had ordered, …
… quōscumque nouīs rēbus idōneōs esse crēdēbat, aut per sē aut per aliōs sollicitābat.
… was inciting whomever he believed were suitable for revolution, either by [through] himself or through others.
igitur P. Vmbrēnō cuidam negōtium dat …
Therefore he gives to a certain Publius Umbrenus as a task …
… ut lēgātōs Allobrogum requīrat …
… that he seek out ambassadors of the Allobroges …
… eōsque impellat ad societātem bellī, …
… and (that) he urge them to a partnership in [of] war, …
… sciēbat enim Lentulus …
… for Lentulus knew …
… Allobrogēs pūblicē prīuātimque aere aliēnō oppressōs …
… that the Allobroges had been crushed publicly and privately by debt …
… et nātūrā gentem Gallicam bellicōsam esse.
… and (that) by nature the Gallic race was warlike.
exīstimābat igitur fore ut facile ad tāle cōnsilium addūcerentur.
Therefore he thought that it would be easy to lead (them) to such a plan.
Vmbrēnus, quod in Galliā negōtiātus erat, …
Umbrenus, because he had done business in Gaul, …
plērīsque prīncipibus cīuitātum nōtus erat atque eōs nōuerat;
was known to many of the leaders of the cities and he knew them;
itaque sine morā, ubī prīmum lēgātōs in forō cōnspexit, …
and so without delay, when first he caught sight of the ambassadors in the forum, …
… rogāuit pauca dē statū cīuitātis et miserō eius cāsū.
… he asked a few things about the status of the their city and its wretched fortune.
postquam illōs uīdit querī dē auāritiā magistrātuum, …
After he saw them complain about the greed of the magistrates, …
