SECTIONS 37-39 (INNOCENTIA)

Question 0

quid hunc hominem magnem aut amplum de reublica cogitare

Answer 0

What concern of the state does this great, renowned man show,

Question 1

quem enim possumus imperatorum ullo in numero putare cuius in exercitu centuriatus veneant atque venierint?

Answer 1

For what general can we regard in any collection of generals in whose army the posts of centurion are for sale or will have been?

Question 2

qui pecuniam ex aerario depromtamn ad bellum administrandum aut propter cupiditatem provinciae magistratibus diviserit

Answer 2

who either because of his desire to retain his province, has divided among the magistrates the money drawn from the treasury to conduct a war,

Question 3

aut propter avaritium Romae in quaestu reliquerit?

Answer 3

or because of his greed, has left it at Rome to gain interest?

Question 4

vestra admurmuratio facit, Quirites, ut acognoscere videamini qui haec fecerint;

Answer 4

You murmers, citizens, show that you seem to recognise those who have done this.

Question 5

ego autem nomino neminem;

Answer 5

However,I am naming no one;

Question 6

qua re irasci mihi nemo poterit nisi qui ante de se voluerit confiteri.

Answer 6

therefore, no one will be able to be angry with me, unless he wishes to confess his guilt beforehand.

Question 7

itaque propter hanc avaritiam imperatorum quantas calamitates, quocumque ventum sit, nostri exercitus adferant quis ignorat?

Answer 7

And so, who is unaware of the great disasters our armies cause wherever they arrive, because of this greed of our generals?

Question 8

itenera quae per hosce annos in Italia per agros atque oppida civium Romanorum nostri imperatores fecerint recordamini;

Answer 8

Recall what marches our generals made during these years in Italy through the fields and towns of Roman cities;

Question 9

tum facilius statuetis quid apud exteras nationes fieri existimetis.

Answer 9

then you will determine more easily what you think is happening among foreign nations.

Question 10

Utrum pluris arbitramini perhosce annos militum vestrorum armis hostium urbis an hibernis sociorum civitates esse deletas?

Answer 10

Do you believe more enemy cities during these years were destroyed by the arms of your soldiers than allied communities by winter quarters?

Question 11

neque enim potest exercitum is continere imperator qui se ipse non continent,

Answer 11

For the general who cannot control himself cannot control an army,

Question 12

neque severus esse in iudicando qui alios in se severos esse iudices non volt.

Answer 12

nor can he be strict in judging when he does not want others to be strict towards him.

Question 13

hic miramur hunc hominem tantum excellere ceteris,

Answer 13

Are we surprised then that this great man surpassed the rest,

Question 14

cuius legiones sic Asiam pervenerint ut non modo manus tanti exercitus sed ne vestigium quidem cuiquam pacato nocuisse dicatur?

Answer 14

whose legions arrived on Asia in such a way that neither the armed band of such a great army is said to have harmed anyone who surrendered nor even the footprint?

Question 15

iam vero quem ad modum milites hibernent cotidie sermones ac litterae perferuntur;

Answer 15

Moreover, reports and letters are brought daily about the conduct lf the soldiers in the winter quarters.

Question 16

non modo ut sumptum faciat in militem nemini vis adfertur se ne cupienti quidem quicquam permittur.

Answer 16

Not only is it forced on no one that he should pay military expenses, but it is not allowed to anyone, even if he wishes to.

Question 17

hiemis enim non averitiae perfugium maiores nostri in sociorum atque amicorum tectis esse voluerunt.

Answer 17

For our ancestors wanted to be in the houses of their allies and friends, as a refuge against winter, not as a shelter for greed.