Tacitus Section 4.2

Question 1

Finis Neronis ut laetus primo gaudentium impetu fuerat

Answer 1

Although Nero’s death had been happy in the first impulse of [folk] rejoicing,

Question 2

, ita varios motus animorum non modo in urbe apud patres aut populum aut urbanum militem, [conciverat from next line used in this line]

Answer 2

it had roused varying emotions of minds not only in the city but also among the Senators and people and the urban soldiery

Question 3

, sed omnes legiones ducesque conciverat [used in previous line], evulgato imperii arcano posse principem alibi quam Romae fieri.

Answer 3

but [also] all the legions and generals: for a secret of

empire [was] now divulged, that an Emperor could be made elsewhere than at Rome.

Question 4

sed patres laeti, usurpata statim libertate licentius ut erga principem novum et absentem;

Answer 4

But the senators [were] happy, at once making use of their liberty [all the] more without restraint as [was natural] with regard to an Emperor [that was] new and absent.

Question 5

; primores equitum proximi gaudio patrum;

Answer 5

The leading members of the Knights [were] next in joy to the Senators.

Question 6

; pars populi integra et magnis domibus adnexa, clientes libertique damnatorum et exulum in spem erecti:

Answer 6

The untainted part of the people and that [part] connected to the great houses, the clients and freedmen of the condemned and the exiles [were] roused to hope:

Question 7

: plebs sordida et circo ac theatris sueta,

Answer 7

: the mob, disgusting and accustomed to the circus and theatre,

Question 8

, simul deterrimi servorum, aut qui adesis bonis,

Answer 8

[and] at the same time the basest of the slaves, as well as those men who, as their property had been wasted,

Question 9

per dedecus Neronis alebantur, maesti et rumorum avidi.

Answer 9

, were being nourished through the disgrace of Nero, [were] sad and greedy for rumours.