Tacitus Section 7

Question 1

Invalidum senem Titus Vinius et Cornelius Laco, alter deterrimus mortalium,

Answer 1

It was a weak old man that Titus Vinius and Cornelius Laco, the one the worst of men,

Question 2

alter ignavissimus, odio flagitiorum oneratum contemptu inertiae destruebant.

Answer 2

the other the laziest, were ruining, for he was burdened with the hatred felt for the crimes and contempt for the lethargy.

Question 3

tardum Galbae iter et cruentum, interfectis Cingonio Varrone consule designato et Petronio Turpiliano consulari:

Answer 3

Galba’s journey to Rome [was] slow and blood-soaked: Cingonius Varro, the consul-elect, and Petronius Turpilianus, of consular rank, had been killed;

Question 4

ille ut Nymphidii socius, hic ut dux Neronis, inauditi atque indefensi tamquam innocentes perierant.

Answer 4

the former as an ally of Nymphidius, the latter as a general of Nero; they had perished unheard and undefended, as if [they were] innocent.

Question 5

introitus in urbem, trucidatis tot milibus inermium militum, infaustus omine atque ipsis etiam qui occiderant formidolosus.

Answer 5

The entrance into Rome, because so many thousands of unarmed soldiers had been massacred, [was] unlucky in omen and fearful to the very men who had accomplished the killings.

Question 6

inducta legione Hispana, remanente ea quam e classe Nero conscripserat,

Answer 6

A Spanish legion [had been] brought in, the one that Nero had enrolled from the fleet remaining;

Question 7

plena urbs exercitu insolito; multi ad hoc numeri e Germania ac Britannia et Illyrico, quos idem Nero electos praemissosque ad claustra Caspiarum et bellum, quod in Albanos parabat

Answer 7

the city [was] filled with an unaccustomed army; [there were] in addition many detachments from Germany, Britain, and Illyricum, which Nero likewise selected and sent ahead to the Caspian Gates to the war which he was preparing against the Albani,

Question 8

opprimendis Vindicis coeptis revocaverat: ingens novis rebus materia,

Answer 8

but] he had recalled them to crush the undertakings of Vindex: [here was] great fuel for a revolution;

Question 9

ut non in unum aliquem prono favore ita audenti parata.

Answer 9

while favour did not lean to any one man it [was] ready for [anyone] of daring.