Suetonius Section B - Translation Flashcards
orsus hinc ab ostentatione pietatis
having begun (his reign) with a show of duty
lit. from this point
Claudium apparatissimo funere elatum
(he gave Claudius a most magnificent funeral)
lit. Claudius [who had been] carried out with a most magnificent funeral
Claudium … laudavit et consecravit
he praised and [then] deified Claudius
laudavit = praised, consecravit = deified
memoriae Domiti patris honores maximos habuit
He (paid) the greatest honours to the memory of his father, Domitius
lit. had
matri summam omnium rerum privatarum publicarumque permisit
he entrusted to his mother the (management) of all of his private and public affairs
lit. whole of
primo … imperii die
on his first day in power
etiam … signum excubanti tribuno dedit ‘optimam matrem’
he even gave to the tribune (on duty), the password ‘the best mother’
lit. keeping watch
ac deinceps … saepe … vectus est
and thereafter he was often carried
eiusdem … lectica per publicum simul
in public together in (her) litter
lit. of the same [person] - ie his mother
Antium coloniam deduxit
he founded a colony [at] Antium
ascriptis veteranis e praetorio
having enrolled veterans from the praetorian guard
additisque … ditissimis primipilarium
and added [to them] ([some] very rich senior centurions)
lit. very rich [people] of the senior centurions
per domicilii translationem
(whom he made to transfer their homes)
lit. through transfer of their homes
ubi et portum operis sumptuosissimi fecit
he also built a harbour in this place which was an extremely expensive project
atque ut certiorem adhuc indolem ostenderet
in order to even further display his [good] nature so far
atque certiorem = even further
