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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Chapter 25}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} C. Antistio M. Suillio consulibus adoptio in Domitium auctoritate Pallantis festinatur, & In the consulship of Gaius Antistius and Marcus Suillius, the adoption of Somitius was hurried forward by the influence of Pallas, \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 7) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} qui obstrictus Agrippinae ut conciliator nuptiarum et mox stupro eius inligatus, & who was bound to Agrippina as the facilitator of her marriage, and later under obligation by a shameful affair with her, \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 6) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} stimulabat Claudium consuleret rei publicae, Britannici pueritiam robore circumdaret: & he was urging Claudius to look to the interest of the State and surround the boyhood of Britannicus witha source of strength; \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 7) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} sic apud divum Augustum, quamquam nepotibus subnixum, viguisse privignos; & thus in the house of the divine Augustus, although he relied on his grandsons, his stepsons had thrived; \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 6) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} a Tiberio super propriam stirpem Gemanicum adsumptum: & Germanicus was adopted in addition to hsi own children by Tiberius; \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 4) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Chapter 25 (cont)}} \tn % Row 5 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} se quoque accingeret iuvene partem curarum capessituro. & he should also equip himself with a young man who would undertake his share of the labours. \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{white} his evictus triennio maiorem natu Domitium filio anteponit, & Overcome by these {[}arguments{]}, he put Domitius, older by 3 years, before his son \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 4) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} habita apud senatum oratione eundem in quem a liberto acceperat modum. & he made a speech in the Senate in the same style as he had received from his freedman. \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 5) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{white} adnotabant periti nullam antehac adoptionem inter patricios Claudios reperiri. & Experts noted that up till thten, no adoption into the Patrician line of the Claudians had been found. \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 6) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} eosque ab Atto Clauso continuos duravisse. & They endured long and unbroken from Attius Clausus \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Chapter 26}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ceterum actae principi grates, quaesitiore in Domitium adulatione; & But thanks were given to the Emperor by the senators with deliberately contrived adulation of Domitius; \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 6) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} rogataque lex qua in familiam Claudiam et nomen Neronis transiret. & and a law was passed by which he came across into the CLaudian family and given the name Nero. \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 5) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} augetur et Agrippina cognomento Augustae. & And Agrippina was enhanced by the title Augusta. \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} quibus patratis nemo adeo expers misericordiae fuit quem non Britannici fortun maerore adficeret. & When matters were accomplished, no one was so devoid of pity who was not moved with sorrow by the future of Britannicus. \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 6) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} desolatus paulatim etiam servilibus ministeriis perintempestiva novercae officia in ludibrium vertebat, intellegens falsi. & Gradually, forsaken by even the service of slaves, he treated with amused cynicism the very ill-timed personal services of his stepmother, understanding her falsehood. \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 9) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} neque enim segnem ei fuisse indolem ferunt, sive verum, seu periculis commendatus retinuit famam sine experimento. & For they say that his intelligence was not sluggish, whether it was true, or whether rated because of the the dangers, he kept the reputation without proof. \tn % Row Count 37 (+ 8) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Chapter 41}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Ti. Claudio quintum Servio Cornelio Orfito consulibus virilis toga Neroni maturata quo capessendae rei publicae habilis videretur. & When Claudius was consul for the fifth time, alongside Servius Cornelius Orfitus, the ceremony of the toga of manhood was hastened for Nero, so that by this he seemed suitable of undertaking public life. \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 11) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} et Caesar adulationibus senatus libens cessit ut vicesimo aetatis anno consulatum Nero iniret atque interim designatus proconsulare imperium extra urben haberet ac princeps iuventutis appellaretur. & And Caesar yielded gladly to the flatteries of the Senate, so that Nero should enter upon the consulship in his twentieth year of life and meanwhile, as consul-designate, should have proconsular authority outside the city and be called the Prince of Youth. \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 13) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} additum nomine eius donativum militi, congiarium plebei. et ludicro circensium, quod adquirendis vulgi studiis edebatur, Britannicus in praetexta, Nero triumphali veste travecti sunt: & In his name, a donative to the soldiers and a gift of food to the people was added. \tn % Row Count 34 (+ 10) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Chapter 41 (cont)}} \tn % Row 3 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} et ludicro circensium, quod adquirendis vulgi studiis edebatur, Britannicus in praetexta, Nero triumphali veste travecti sunt: & And at the circus games, which were put on to gain the favour of the crowd, Britannicus in the toga praetexta and Nero in the triumphal regalia processed: \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 8) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{white} spectaret populus hunc decore imperatori, illum puerili habitu, ac perinde fortunam utriusque praesumeret. & let the people see this man in the glory of an imperator and that man in the dress of a boy, and let them forsee for the pair both their prospects. \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 8) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} simul qui centurionem tribunorumque sortem Britannici miserabantur, remoti fictis causis et alii per speciem honoris; & At the same time those of the centurions and tribunes who pitied the lot of Britannicus were removed, some for made up reasons and others under the guise of honour; \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 9) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{white} etiam libertorum si quis incorrupta fide, depellitur tali occasione. & even more, if anyone of the freedmen showed incorruptible loyalty, he was deposed on an opportunity such as this: \tn % Row Count 31 (+ 6) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}