Section 5E(i) The Tullianum Flashcards
postquam senātus in Catōnis sententiam discessit, …
After the senate approved [lit. went over to] the opinion of Cato, …
… Cicerō, ueritus nē quid eā nocte nouārētur, …
… Cicero, having become afraid that changes would be made in any respect [quid] on that night,
… triumuirōs omnia, quae ad supplicium postulābantur, parāre iubet.
… orders the triumvirs [executioners] to prepare all things which were required [demanded] for punishment.
dum triumuirī, ab eō iussī, haec parābant, …
While the triumvirs, having been ordered by him, were preparing these things, …
… cōnsul praesidia dispōnēbat.
… the consul was preparing guards.
ipse praesidiīs dispositīs Lentulum in carcerem dēdūcit.
He himself, after the guards have been stationed, leads Lentulus down into the prison.
cēterī carcerem intrant ā praetōribus dēductī.
The others enter the prison, after being led down by the praetors.
est in carcere locus, Tulliānum appellātus, circiter duodecim pedēs humī dēpressus, …
There is in the prison a place, called the Tullianum, sunk about twelve feet in the ground, …
… cuius faciēs incultū, tenebrīs, odōre foedāta, terribilis est.
… the appearance of which is frightful with neglect, shadows, befouled stench.
in eum locum dēmissus Lentulus ibi manēbat, …
Having been sent down into that place Lentulus was remaining there, …
dum uindicēs rērum capitālium, quibus praeceptum erat, laqueō gulam frangerent;
… until the executioners of capital crimes, to whom this had been ordered, broke his neck with a noose;
quod tandem fēcērunt.
which at length they did.
ita ille patricius, ex gente clārissimā Cornēliōrum, …
In this way a patrician, from the most famous clan of the Cornelii, …
… quī cōnsulāre imperium Rōmae habuerat, …
… who had held consular power at Rome, …
… dignam mōribus factīsque suīs mortem inuēnit.
… found a death worthy of his morals and his deeds.
