section 92

Question 1

Constituta res publica videbatur aliis, mihi vero nullo modo, qui omnia te gubernante naufragia metuebam.

Answer 1

The republic seemed settled to others, but not to me in any way, I feared every shipwreck with you at the helm.

Question 2

Num igitur me fefellit, aut num diutius sui potuit dissimilis esse?

Answer 2

Surely he did not deceived me, and surely he could not be unlike himself for a longer time?

Question 3

Inspectantibus vobis toto Capitolo tabulae figebantur,

Answer 3

Under your inspection, lists were posted on the whole of the Capitol.

Question 4

neque solum singulis venibant immunitates, sed etiam populis universis; civitas non iam singillatim, sed provinciis totis dabatur.

Answer 4

And exemptions were sold not only to individuals, but even to entire nations: citizenship was no longer given out one by one, but to whole provinces.

Question 5

Itaque, si haec manent, quae stante re publica manere non possunt, provincias universas, patres conscripti, perdidistis, neque vectigalia solum,

Answer 5

And so if these decisions remain, which cannot remain with the republic standing, you, conscript fathers, have destroyed entire provinces and not only taxes,

Question 6

sed etiam imperium populi Romani huius domesticis nundinis deminutum est.

Answer 6

but even the power of the Roman people has been lessened by the domestic markets of this man.