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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 Domitius 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 with a 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 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) \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 7 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} obvii inter se Nero Britannicum nomine, ille Domitium salutavere. & meeting each otherm Nero greeted Britannicus by name, he greeted him "Domitius". \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{white} quod ut discordiae initium Agrippina multo questu ad maritum defert: & This Agrippina reported to her husband as the beginning of an enmity with much complaint: \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 5) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} sperni quippe adoptionem, quaeque censuerint patres, iusserit populus, intra penates abrogari; & for in fact the adoption was being rejected, the matters which the Senators had decided, the people had ordered, were being rescinded inside his own home; \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 8) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{white} ac nisi pravitas tam infensa docentium arceatu, eruptura in publicam perniciem.r & and unless the wickedness of those teaching such hostile beaviour was checked, they would burst out into public destruction. \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 7) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} commotus his quasi criminibus optimum quemque educatorem filii exilio aut morte adficit datosque a norverca custodiae eius imponit. & Alarmed by these as if they were criminal charges, he punished all the best educators of his own son with exile or death, and he imposed on him the guardians given by his stepmother. \tn % Row Count 34 (+ 10) \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 52}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Fausto Sulla Salvio Othone consulibus Furius Scribonianus in exilium agitur, quasi finem principis per Chaldaeos scrutaretur. & In the consulate of Fausto Sulla and Salvio Otho, Furius Scribonianus was driven into exile, on the allegation that he inquired into the end of the emperor from astrologers. \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 9) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} adnectebatur crimini Vibia mater eius, ut casus prioris (nam relegata erat) impatiens. & His mother was woven into the charge, on the grounds that she was impatient of her former fortune (for she had been relegated). \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 7) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} pater Scriboniani Camillus arma per Dalmatiam moverat; & The father of Scribonianus, Camillus, had rebelled in Dalmatia; \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} idque ad clementiam trahebat Caesar, quod stirpem hostilem iterum conservaret. & Caesar was using this as evidence of his clemency, because he was again allowing a hostile line to live. \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 6) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} neque tamen exuli longa posthac vita fuit: & However, after this life for the exile was not long: \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 3) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} morte fortuita an per venenum extinctus esset, ut quisque credidit, vulgavere & whether he died by an accidentaly death or by poison, each person spread as he believed. \tn % Row Count 34 (+ 5) \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 52 (cont)}} \tn % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} de mathematicis Italia pellendis factum senatus consultum atrox et inritum. & A harsh and futile decree of the Senate was made about banishing astrologers out of Italy. \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} laudati dehinc oratione principis qui ob angustias familiares ordine senatorio spone cederent, motique qui remanendo impudentiam paupertati adicerent. & After this, praised in speed by the Emperor were those who because of straitened family wealth withdrew from senatorial rank of their own accord, and those who added cheek to poverty by remaining were removed. \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 11) \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 56}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} sub idem tempus inter lacum Fucinum amnemque Lirim perrupto monte, quo magnificentia operis a pluribus viseretur, lacu in ipso navale proelium adornatur, ut quondam Augustus structo trans Tiberim stagno, sed levibus navigiis et minor copia ediderat. & At about the same time when the mountain between the lake Fucinus and the river Liris was broken through, in order that the magnificence of the work would be seen by more people, a naval battle was organised on the lake istelf, as once Augustus had put on on the constructured lagoon across the river Tiber, but with lighter vessels and a smaller force. \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 18) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Claudius triremes quadriremesque et undeviginti hominum mila armavit, cincto ratibus ambitu, new vaga effugia forent, ac tamen spatium amplexus ad vim remigii, gubernantium artes, impetus navium et proelio solita. & Claudius armed triremes and quadreremes and 19000 men, the edge was surrounded by rafts, so that there would be no wandering escape, and yet embracing a space for the attacking force of the rowers, the skills of those steering, the attack of the ships and the usual events of the battle. \tn % Row Count 33 (+ 15) \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 56 (cont)}} \tn % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} in ratibus praetoriarum cohortium manipuli turmaeque adstiterant, antepositis propugnaculis ex quis catapultae ballistaeque tenderentur. & On the rafts, companies and squadrons of praetorian cohorts had taken up position, with defenses places before them from which catapults and ballistas were directed. \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 9) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} reliqua lacus classiarii textis navibus obtinebant. & Marines retained control of the remaining parts of the lake decked on the ships. \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 4) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ripas et collis montiumque edita in modum theatri multitudo innumera complevit, proximis e municipiis et alii urbe ex ipsa, visendi cupidine aut officio in principem. & An innumerable crowd filled the banks, hills and mountain height in the manner of the theatre, from the nearest towns and other from the city itself, either out of a desire to see, or out of duty towards, the Emperor. \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 11) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} ipse insigni paludamento neque procul Agrippina chlamyde aurata prasedere. & He, in his distinguished general's cloack, and Agrippina not far off in a golden cloak, presided. \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 5) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} pugnatum quamquam inter sontes fortium virorum animo, ac post multum vulnerum occidioni exempti sunt. & The fighting went on, although between guilty criminals, with the spirit of brave men, and after many wounds they were exempted from execution. \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 59}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} at Claudius saevissima quaeque promere adigebatur eiusdem Agrippinae artibus, quae Statilium Taurum opibus inlustrem hortis eius inhians pervertit accusante. & But Claudius was forced, by the skills of the same Agrippina, to bring about every very cruel {[}deed{]}, she ruined Statilius Taurus, a man famous for his wealth, whose gardens she coveted, by Tarquitius Priscus accusing him. \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 12) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} legatus is Tauri Africam imperio proconsulari regentis, postquam revenerant, pauca repetundarum crimina, ceterum magicas superstitiones obiectabat. & He was the legate of Taurus when Tarus was govenor of Africa with proconsular power, after they had returned, he cited a few charges of extortion but especially with magical superstitions. \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 10) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} nec ille diutius falsum accusatorem, indignas sordes perpessus vim vitae suae attulit ante sententiam senatus. & He, no longer {[}willing to{]} endure the false accuser and unbearable rags, committed violence against his life before the Senate's verdict. \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 7) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Tarquitius tamen curia exactus est; & However, Tarquitius was driven out of the senate house; \tn % Row Count 32 (+ 3) \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 59 (cont)}} \tn % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} quod patres odio delatoris contra ambitum Agrippinae pervicere. & something which the senators achieved through their hatred of this informer despite the support of Agrippina. \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 6) \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 65}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ceterum obiecta sunt quod coniugem principis devotionibus petivisset quodque parum coercitis per Calabriam servorum agminibus pacem Italiae turbaret. & But charges were brought against her on the grounds that she had attacked the emperor's wife with curses and that she was disturbing th epeace of Italy when restraining her troups of slaves throughout Calabria with insufficient energy. \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 12) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} ob haec mors indicta, multum adversante Narcisso, qui Agrippinam magis magisque suspectans prompsisse inter proximos ferebatur certam sibi perniciem, seu Britannicus rerum seu Nero poteretur; & For these crimes tthe death penalty was imposed, with Narcissus greatly opposing it, who suspecting Agrippina more and more, it was said spoke frankly among those closest to him that destruction was certain for him, whether Britannicus or Nero gained power; \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 13) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} verum ita de se meritum Caesarem, ut vitam usui eius impenderet. & but Caesar was deserving in such a way from him that he would give his life for his benefit. \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 5) \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 65 (cont)}} \tn % Row 3 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} convictam Messalinam et Siliam; & {[}Narcissus said{]} Messalina and Sillius had been convicted, \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{white} pares iterum accusandi causas esse, si Nero imperitaret; & and there were equal reasons again for accusing, if Nero came to power; \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 4) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Britannico successore nullum principi metum: & if Britannicus were the successor, there was no reason to fear for the emperor: \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 4) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{white} at novercae insidiis domum omnem convelli, maiore flagitio quam si impudicitiam prioris coniugus reticuisset. & but by the machinations of the stepmother, the whole house was being torn apart, a greater disagree than if he had kept quiet about the unchastity of the previous wife. \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 9) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} quamquam ne impudicitiam quidem nunc abesse Pallante adultero, ne quis ambigat decus pudorem corpus, cuncta regno viliora habere. & Although unchastity was not absent even now, with Pallas as the adulterer, so that no one could doubt that she considered her honour, her reputation, her body, everything, less valuable than rule. \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 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 65 (cont)}} \tn % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} haec atque talia dictitans amplect Britannicum, robur aetatis quam maturrimum precari, modo ad deos, modo ad ipsum tendere manus, adolesceret, patris inimicos depelleret, matris etiam interfectores ulcisceretur. & Saying this and such things again and again he embraced Britannicus, he prayed for the strength of age as quickly as possible, stretching his hands at the moment to the gods, at another towards Britannicus himself, for him to reach maturity, to drive out the enemies of his father, to even take vengeance on the murderers of his mother. \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 17) \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 66}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} in tanta mole curarum valetudine adversa corripitur, refovendisque viribus mollitia caeli et salubritate aquarum Sinuessam pergit. & In so great a weight of cases, he was seized by bad health, and he proceeded to Sinuessa to revive his strength by the mildness of the weather and the healthful properties of the water. \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 10) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} tum Agrippina, sceleris olim certa et oblatae occasionis propera nec ministrorum egens, de genere veneni consultavit, ne repentino et praecipti facinus proderetur; & Then Agrippina, once determined on crime, quick to seize the opportunity presented, and not in need of accomplices, debated the type of poison, {[}fearing{]} her crime would be revelead by a sudden and abrupt one; \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 11) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} si lentum et tabidum delegisset, ne admotus supremis Claudius et dolo intellecto ad amorem filii rediret. & if she chose a slow-acting, wasting-away one, Claudius, understanding her treachery and reaching the closing moments of his life, might return his love to his son. \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 9) \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 66 (cont)}} \tn % Row 3 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} exquisitum aliquid placebat, quod turbaret mentem et mortem differret. & Something specially chosen was best, such as would disturb the mind yet put off death. \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{white} deligitur artifex talium vocabulo Locusta, nuper veneficii damnata et diu inter instrumenta regni habita. & A skilled practitioner in such things was chosen, named Locusta, recently condemned on poisoning charges and for a long time {[}after{]} considered among the tools of government. \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 9) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} eius mulieris ingenio paratum virus, cuius minister e spadonibus fuit Halotus, inferre epulas et explorare gustu solitus. & The poison was procured by the abilities of the woman, and her accomplice was Halotus, from the eununchs, accustomed to bring in the banquets and try the most by tasting. \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 9) \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 42}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} nondum tamen summa moliri Agrippina audebat, ni praetoriarum cohortium cura exolverentur Lusius Geta et Rufrius Crispinus, quos Messalinae memores et liberis eius devinctos credebat. & However Agrippina did not dare to set in motion her most important aims, unless Lusius Geta ad Rufrius Cripinus were removed from their command of the Praetorian Cohorts, whom she believed to be always thinking of Messalina nad bound to her children. \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 13) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} igitur distrahi cohortes ambitu duorum et, si ab uno regerentur, intentiorem fore disciplinam adseverante uxore, transfertur regimen cohortium ad Burrum Afranium, egregiae militaris famae, gnarum tamen cuius sponte praeficeretur. & Therefore, with his wife asserting earnestly that the cohorts were being split by the rivalry of the two, if they were ruled by one man, the discipline would be tighter, the command of the cohorts was transferred to Afranius Burnus, of outstanding military reputation, however aware by who intervention he was put in charge. \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 17) \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 42 (cont)}} \tn % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} suum quoque fastigium Agrippina extollere altius: carpento Capitolium ingredi, qui honos sacerdotibus et sacris antiquitus concessus & Also to raise up her own importance higher, Agrippina entered the Capitoline in an ornate carriage, an honour which, conceded in the past to priests and sacred objects, increased the reverance of a woman, who is the only example to this day of a woman who was born from a general, and was sister, mother and wife of an emperor. \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 17) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} inter quae praecipuus propugnator eius Vitellius, validissima gratia, aetate extrema (adeo incertae sunt potentium res) accusatione corripitur, deferente Iunio Lupo senatore. & Meanwhile, Vitellius, her foremost champion, a man with very strong influence but extreme old age (the affairs of the powerful are so uncertain) was attacked by an accusation, brought by the senator Junius Lupus. \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 11) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} is crimina maiestatis et cupidinem imperii obiectabat; & He was citing the crimes of treason and desire for imperial power; \tn % Row Count 32 (+ 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 42 (cont)}} \tn % Row 5 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} praebuissetque auris Caesar, nisi Agrippinae minis magis quam precibus mutatus esset, ut accusatori aqua atque igni interdiceret. & Caesar would've offered his ears, if he had not been changed by the threats of Agrippina more than by her prayers, with the result that he banned the accuser from receiving water and fire. \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 10) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{white} hactenus Vitellius voluerant. & Vitellius wanted thus far and no further. \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 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 43}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} multa eo anno prodigia evenere. & That year many portents happened. \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} insessum diris avibus Capitolium, crebris terrae motibus prorutae domus, ac dum latius metuitur, trepidatione vulgi invalidus quisque obtriti; & Terrible birds settles on the Capitol, houses were demolished by frequent earthquakes, and as the panic spread more widely, all the weak people were crushed by the panic of the crowd; \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 10) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} quoque egestas et orta ex eo fames in prodigium accipiebatur. & also, a shortage of corn, from which arose a famine, was accepted as a bad omen. \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} nec occulti tantum questus, sed iura reddentem Claudium circumvasere clamoribus turbidis, pulsumque in extremam fori partem vi urgebant, donec militum globo infensos perrupit. & And so many complaints were not hidden but a crowd surrounded Claudius while delivering justice with unruly shouts, and he was driven to the furthest part of the forum by force and they assailed him, until he broken through the aggressors with a compact mass of soldiers. \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 14) \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 43 (cont)}} \tn % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} quindecim dierum alimenta urbi, non amplius superfuisse constitit, magnaque deum benignitate et modestia hiemis rebus extremis subventum. & Fifteen days of food for the city, no more, it was agreed remained, help was given to these extreme events by the great kindness of the gods and the mildness of winter. \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 9) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} at hercule olim Italia legionibus longinquas in provincias commeatus portabat, nec nunc infecunditate laboratur, sed Africam potius et Aegyptum exercemus, navibusque et casibus vita populi Romani permissa est. & By Hercules, once Italy used to carry supplies to far off legions, and now it is hard-pressed by infertility, but rather we cultivate Africa and Egypt, the Roman people entrust life to boats and chance. \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 11) \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 53}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} inter quae refertad patres de poena feminarum quae servis coniungerentur; & Among these {[}acts as censor, Claudius{]} proposed to the Senate about the punishment for those women who partnered with slaves, \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 7) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} statuiturque ut ignaro domino ad id prolapsae in servitute, sin consensisset, pro libiertis haberentur. & and it was decided that those who had fallen to this {[}level{]} without the master knowing, should be held in slavery, but if the master had consented, they shold be regarded as freedwomen. \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 10) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} quem repertorem eius relationis ediderat Caesar, praetoria insignia et centies quinquagies sestertium censuit consul designatus Barea Soranus. & Barea Soranus, the consul designate, proposed for Pallas, whom Caesar had made known as the author of the proposal, praetorian insignia and 15,000,000 sesterces. \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 9) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} additum a Scipione Cornelio grates publice agendas, quod regibus Arcadiae ortus veterrimam nobilitatem usui publico postponeret seque inter ministros principis haberi sineret. & It was added by Scipio Cornelius that thanks should be given publically because he, descended from the kings of Arcadia was setting aside his very old nobility for public purpose and allowing himself to be considered among the princeps' servants. \tn % Row Count 39 (+ 13) \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 53 (cont)}} \tn % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} adseveravit Claudius contentum honore Pallantem intra prioriem paupertatem subsistere. & Claudius asserted Pallas, content with honour, would remain within his former poverty. \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} et fixum est {[}aere{]} publico senatus consultum quo libertinus sestertii ter milies possessor antiquae parsimoniae laudibus cumulabatur. & And thte Senate decree was put upon a public bronze plaque by which this freedman, worth 300,000,000 sesterces was heaped with praises for his old fashioned frugality. \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 9) \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 57}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} sed perfecto spectaculo apertum aquarum iter. & But when the show was completed, the waterway was opened. \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} incuria operis manifesta fuit, haud satis depressi ad lacus ima vel media. & The inadequacy of the project was clear: it had not been sunk deep enough to the bottom of the lake or even the middle. \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 6) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} eoque tempore interiecto altius effossi specus, et contrahendae rursum multitudini gladiatorum spectaculum editur, inditis pontibus pedestrem ad pugnam. & Therefore when time was added {[}to the project{]} the channel was dug deeper, and a gladiator show put on for the masses again collected, with pontoons placed {[}on the water{]} for a battle on foot. \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 10) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} quin et convivium effluvio lacus adpositum manga formidine cunctos adfecit, quia vis aquarum prorumpens proxima trahebat, convulsis ulterioribus aut fragore et sonitu exterritis. & Moreover also a party held near the outlet of the lake caused great panic because the force of the water bursting forth began to drag away everything nearest the channel, those further away being violently shaken or terrified by the din and noise. \tn % Row Count 32 (+ 13) \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 57 (cont)}} \tn % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} simul Agrippina trepidatione princips usa ministrum operis Narcissum incusat cupidinis ac praedarum. & At the same time Agrippina, using the panic of the emperor, accused Narcissus the servant for the works of greed and profiteering. \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 7) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} nec ille reticet, impotentiam muliebrem nimiasque spes eius arguens. & And he did not hold back, criticising her for the lack of self-restraint typical of a woman and her excessive hoops. \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 6) \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 58}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} D. Iunio Q. Haterio consulibus sedecim annos natus Nero Octaviam Caesaris filiam in matrimonium accepit. & In the consulship of Decimus Junius and Quintus Haterius, Nero, aged 16, married Octavia, daughter of Caesar. \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 6) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} utque studiis honestis et eloquentiae gloria enitesceret, causa Iliensium suscepta Romanum Troia demissum et Iuliae stirpis auctorem Aeneam aliaque haud procul fabulis vetera facunde executus perpetrat, ut Ilienses omni publico munere solverentur. & With honourable enthusiasm in order to shine through a reputation for eloquence, he took on the case of the people of Ilium, having descended from Troy, and Aeneas the founder of the Julian family and other old things not far from fables, he achieved that the people of Ilium were freed from all state taxation. \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 16) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} eodem oratore Bononiensi coloniae igni haustae subventum centies sestertii largitione. & By the same speaker, help was given to the colony of Bononia, which had been devastated by fire, by the gift of ten million sesterces. \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 7) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} reddita Rhodiis libertas, adempta saepe aut firmata, prout bellis externis meruerant aut domi seditione deliquerant; & Freedom was returned to the people of Rhodes, freedom that had often been taken away or confirmed, depending on whether they had merited it in foreign wars or done wrong at home by sedition; \tn % Row Count 39 (+ 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 58 (cont)}} \tn % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} tributumque Apamensibus terrae motu convulsis in quinquennium remissum. & and the tribute from the people of Apamea was allowed to lapse for 5 years having been violently shaken by an earthquake. \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 7) \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 64}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} M. Asinio M'. Acilio consulibus mutationem rerum in deterius portendi cognitum est crebris prodigiis. & In the consulship of Marcus Asinius and Maxius Acilius, it was recognised from frequent portents that a change of things towards the worse was portended. \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 8) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} signa ac tentoria militum igne caelesti arsere; & Military standards and tents burned with celestial fire; \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} fastigio Capitolii examen apium insedit; & a swarm of bees settles on the roof of the Capitoline; \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} biformis hominum partus et suis fetum editum cui accipitrum ungues inessent. & {[}it was said{]} a two-formed human was born and the offspring of a sow was given birth to on which there were talons of a hawk. \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 7) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} numerabatur inter ostenta deminutus omnium magistratuum numerus, quaestore, aedili, tribuno ac praetore et consule paucos intra mensis defunctis. & It was counted among these wonders the lower number of all magistrates when a questor, aedile, tribune, praetor and consul died within a few months. \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 8) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} sed in praecipuo pavore Agrippina, vocem Claudii, quam temulentus iecerat, fatale sibi ut coniugum flagitia ferret, dein puniret, metuens, agere et celerare statuit, perdita prius Domitia Lepida mulierbribus causis, quia Lepida minor Antonia genita, avunculo Augusto, Agrippinae sobrina prior ac Gnaei mariti eius soror, parem sibi claritudinem. & But Agrippina, in particular dread, fearing a comment of Claudius', which he drunkenly threw out, that it was fated for him to endure the outrageous conduct of his wife then punish it, she decided to act and to hurry, first she destroyed Domitia Lepida for womanly reasons, since Lepida, born from Antonia the younger, whose uncle was Augustus, second cousin once-removed of Agrippina, and sister of her {[}former{]} husband Gnaeus, believed herself to be equal to her in distinction. \tn % Row Count 53 (+ 24) \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 64 (cont)}} \tn % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} nec forma aetas opes multum distabant; & They didn't differ much in beauty, age or wealth; \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} et utraque impudica, infamis, violenta, haud minus vitiis aemulabantur quam si qua ex fortuna prospera acceperant. & and each were unchaste, notorious and aggressive, and they competed with each other no less in vices than if they had received successes by fortune. \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 8) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} enimvero certamen acerrimum, amita potius an amter apud Neronem praevaleret: & And what's more the competition was most fierce, whether the mother or the aunt would rather prevail about Nero: \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 6) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} nam Lepida blandimentis ac largitionibus iuvenilem animum devinciebat, truci contra ac minaci Agrippina, quae filio dare imperium, tolerare imperitantem nequibat. & for Lepida was binding his young mind fast with blandishments and lavish gifts, on the other hand Agrippina was harsh and threatening, who was able to give imperial power to her son but was unable to tolerate him ruling. \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 11) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}