Marc. 10.1Dīversae voluntātēs cīvium fuērunt distractaeque sententiae.The wishes of the citizens were divided and their opinions torn apart. Marc. 10.1Nōn enim cōnsiliīs sōlum et studiīs sed armīs etiam et castrīs dissidēbāmus.For we were at odds not only in counsels and sympathies but also in arms and camps. Marc. 10.1Erat obscūritās quaedam, erat certāmen inter clārissimōs ducēs;There was a certain obscurity, there was a contest between most famous leaders; Marc. 10.1multī dubitābant quid optimum esset, multī quid sibi expedīret, multī quid decēret, nōn nūllī etiam quid licēret.many were in doubt what was best, many what was expedient for themselves, many what was fitting, some even what was lawful. Marc. 10.31Perfūncta rēs pūblica est hōc miserō fātālīque bellō: vīcit is quī nōn fortūnā īnflammāret odium suum, sed bonitāte lēnīret;The commonwealth has come through this wretched and fateful war: the victor was one who would not inflame his hatred through good fortune but soften it through goodness; Marc. 10.31neque omnīs quibus īrātus esset eōsdem etiam exsiliō aut morte dignōs iūdicāret.and who would not judge all those with whom he was angry deserving also of exile or death.
Marc. 10.31Arma ab aliīs posita, ab aliīs ērepta sunt.Arms were laid down by some, wrested from others. Marc. 10.31Ingrātus est iniūstusque cīvis quī armōrum perīculō līberātus animum tamen retinet armātum, ut etiam ille melior sit quī in aciē cecidit, quī in causā animam profūdit.Ungrateful and unjust is the citizen who, freed from the danger of arms, still keeps his spirit armed, so that even he is better who fell in the battle line, who poured out his life for his cause. Marc. 10.31Quae enim pertinācia quibusdam, eadem aliīs cōnstantia vidērī potest.For what may seem obstinacy to some may seem constancy to others. Marc. 10.32Sed iam omnis frācta dissēnsiō est armīs, exstīncta aequitāte victōris: restat ut omnēs ūnum velint quī habent aliquid nōn sapientiae modo sed etiam sānitātis.But now all dissension has been broken by arms and extinguished by the fairness of the victor: it remains that all who have any measure not only of wisdom but even of sanity should wish one thing. Marc. 10.32Nisi tē, C. Caesar, salvō et in istā sententiā quā cum anteā tum hodiē maximē ūsus es manente salvī esse nōn possumus.Unless you are safe, Gaius Caesar, and remain in that mind which you have shown before and today above all, we cannot be safe.
Marc. 10.32Quā rē omnēs tē quī haec salva esse volumus et hortāmur et obsecrāmus ut vītae, ut salūtī tuae cōnsulās, omnēsque tibi, ut prō aliīs etiam loquar quod dē mē ipsō sentiō, quoniam subesse aliquid putās quod cavendum sit, nōn modo excubiās et custōdiās sed etiam laterum nostrōrum oppositus et corporum pollicēmur.Therefore all of us who wish these things to be safe both urge and entreat you to look to your life, to your safety, and all of us — to speak for others too what I feel about myself — since you think there is something lurking that must be guarded against, promise you not only sentinels and guards but also the shield of our sides and bodies.