Man. 11.1Iam vērō virtūtī Pompēī quae potest ōrātiō pār invenīrī?Now what speech can be found equal to Pompey's ability? Man. 11.1Quid est quod quisquam aut illō dignum aut vōbīs novum aut cuiquam inaudītum possit adferre?What can anyone bring forward that is either worthy of him, or new to you, or unheard of by anyone? Man. 11.1Neque enim sōlae sunt virtūtēs imperātōriae quae volgō exīstimantur, labor in negōtiīs, fortitūdō in perīculīs, industria in agendō, celeritās in cōnficiendō, cōnsilium in prōvidendō, quae tanta sunt in hōc ūnō quanta in omnibus reliquīs imperātōribus quōs aut vīdimus aut audīvimus nōn fuērunt.For the qualities of a commander are not only those commonly thought of — toil in business, courage in dangers, diligence in action, speed in execution, foresight in planning — which are greater in this one man than they have been in all the other commanders whom we have either seen or heard of. Man. 11.1Testis est Ītalia quam ille ipse victor L. Sulla huius virtūte et subsidiō cōnfessus est līberātam;Italy is witness, which the victor himself, Lucius Sulla, acknowledged had been freed by this man's courage and help; Man. 11.30testis Sicilia quam multīs undique cinctam perīculīs nōn terrōre bellī sed cōnsilī celeritāte explicāvit;Sicily is witness, which, beset on every side by many dangers, he set free not by the terror of war but by swiftness of judgement; Man. 11.30testis Āfrica quae magnīs oppressa hostium cōpiīs eōrum ipsōrum sanguine redundāvit;Africa is witness, which, crushed by great forces of the enemy, overflowed with the blood of those very enemies; Man. 11.30testis Gallia per quam legiōnibus nostrīs iter in Hispāniam Gallōrum interniciōne patefactum est;Gaul is witness, through which a route into Spain was opened for our legions by the slaughter of the Gauls; Man. 11.30testis Hispānia quae saepissimē plūrimōs hostīs ab hōc superātōs prōstrātōsque cōnspēxit;Spain is witness, which has very often seen very many enemies overcome and laid low by this man; Man. 11.30testis iterum et saepius Ītalia quae, cum servīlī bellō taetrō perīculōsōque premerētur, ab hōc auxilium absente expetīvit, quod bellum exspectātiōne eius attenuātum atque imminūtum est, adventū sublātum ac sepultum.Italy is witness again and again, which, when it was hard pressed by the foul and dangerous slave war, sought help from him while he was far away; and that war was weakened and diminished by the expectation of him, and ended and buried by his arrival.
Man. 11.31Testēs nunc vērō iam omnēs ōrae atque omnēs terrae gentēs nātiōnēs, maria dēnique omnia cum ūniversa tum in singulīs ōrīs omnēs sinūs atque portūs.Witnesses now indeed are all coasts and all lands, peoples and nations, and finally all seas, both as a whole and, on each coast, every bay and harbour. Man. 11.31Quis enim tōtō marī locus per hōs annōs aut tam firmum habuit praesidium ut tūtus esset, aut tam fuit abditus ut latēret?For what place on the whole sea in these years had either so strong a garrison as to be safe, or was so hidden as to escape notice? Man. 11.31Quis nāvigāvit quī nōn sē aut mortis aut servitūtis perīculō committeret, cum aut hieme aut refertō praedōnum marī nāvigāret?Who set sail without exposing himself to the risk of death or slavery, since he sailed either in winter or on a sea crammed with pirates? Man. 11.31Hoc tantum bellum, tam turpe, tam vetus, tam lātē dīvīsum atque dispersum quis umquam arbitrārētur aut ab omnibus imperātōribus ūnō annō aut omnibus annīs ab ūnō imperātōre cōnficī posse?This war, so great, so shameful, so long-standing, so widely spread and scattered, who would ever have thought could be finished either by all our commanders in one year or by one commander in all the years?
Man. 11.32Quam prōvinciam tenuistis ā praedōnibus līberam per hōsce annōs?What province have you kept free from pirates during these years? Man. 11.32quod vectīgal vōbīs tūtum fuit?what revenue has been safe for you? Man. 11.32quem socium dēfendistis?what ally have you defended? Man. 11.32cui praesidiō classibus vestrīs fuistis?whom have you protected with your fleets? Man. 11.32quam multās exīstimātis īnsulās esse dēsertās, quam multās aut metū relictās aut ā praedōnibus captās urbīs esse sociōrum?how many islands do you think have been deserted, how many cities of the allies either abandoned through fear or captured by pirates?