Mil. 24.1Quid?What then? Mil. 24.1quae posteā sunt in eum congesta, quae quamvīs etiam mediocrium dēlictōrum cōnscientiam perculissent, ut sustinuit, dī immortālēs!the charges heaped on him afterwards, which would have struck down the conscience even of men guilty of moderate offences — how he bore them, immortal gods! Mil. 24.1sustinuit?Bore them? Mil. 24.1immō vērō ut contempsit ac prō nihilō putāvit, quae neque maximō animō nocēns neque innocēns nisi fortissimus vir neglegere potuisset!No, rather how he despised them and counted them as nothing — charges which neither a guilty man, however great his spirit, nor an innocent man, unless he were the bravest of men, could have ignored! Mil. 24.1Scūtōrum, gladiōrum, pīlōrum, frēnōrum etiam multitūdō dēprehendī posse indicābātur;It was alleged that a mass of shields, swords, javelins and even bridles could be discovered; Mil. 24.1nūllum in urbe vīcum, nūllum angiportum esse dīcēbant in quō nōn Milōnī conducta esset domus;they said that there was no street, no alley in the city in which a house had not been rented for Milo; Mil. 24.1arma in vīllam Ocriculānam dēvecta Tiberī, domus in clīvō Capitōlīnō scūtīs referta, plēna omnia malleolōrum ad urbis incendia comparātōrum: haec nōn dēlāta sōlum, sed paene crēdita, nec ante repudiāta sunt quam quaesīta.arms brought down the Tiber to his villa at Ocriculum, a house on the Capitoline slope crammed with shields, every place full of fire-darts prepared for burning the city: these things were not only reported but almost believed, and were not rejected until they had been investigated.
Mil. 24.65Laudābam equidem incrēdibilem dīligentiam Cn. Pompēī, sed dīcam, ut sentiō, iūdicēs.I used to praise, indeed, the incredible diligence of Gnaeus Pompey, but I shall say what I feel, judges. Mil. 24.65Nimis multa audīre cōguntur neque aliter facere possunt eī quibus commissa tōta rēs pūblica est.Those to whom the whole state has been entrusted are forced to listen to too many things, and cannot do otherwise. Mil. 24.65Quīn etiam fuit audiendus popa Licinius nesciō quī dē circō maximō, servōs Milōnis apud sē ēbriōs factōs sibi cōnfessōs sē dē interficiendō Cn. Pompeiō coniūrāsse, Dein posteā sē gladiō percussum esse ab ūnō dē illīs nē indicāret.Why, even a certain Licinius, a sacrificial attendant from the Circus Maximus, had to be heard, alleging that Milo's slaves, having got drunk at his house, had confessed to him that they had conspired to kill Gnaeus Pompey, and that afterwards he had been struck with a sword by one of them so that he should not inform. Mil. 24.65Pompeiō nūntiātur in hortōs;The news is brought to Pompey at his gardens; Mil. 24.65arcessor in prīmīs;I am summoned among the first; Mil. 24.65dē amīcōrum sententiā rem dēfert ad senātum.on the advice of his friends he refers the matter to the senate.
Mil. 24.65Nōn poteram in illīus meī patriaeque custōdis tantā suspīciōne nōn metū exanimārī, sed mīrābar tamen crēdī popae, cōnfessiōnem servōrum audīrī, volnus in latere quod acū pūnctum vidērētur prō ictū gladiātōris probārī.I could not help being stricken with fear at so great a suspicion touching that guardian of myself and of my country, but still I wondered that a sacrificial attendant was believed, that the confession of slaves was listened to, that a wound in the side which looked like the prick of a needle was accepted as the blow of a gladiator. Mil. 24.66Vērum, ut intellegō, cavēbat magis Pompeius quam timēbat, nōn ea sōlum quae timenda erant, sed omnia, nē vōs aliquid timērētis.But, as I understand it, Pompey was taking precautions rather than feeling fear, not only against the things that were to be feared, but against everything, so that you should fear nothing. Mil. 24.66Oppugnāta domus C. Caesaris, clārissimī ac fortissimī virī, multās noctis hōrās nūntiābātur: nēmō audierat tam celebrī locō, nēmō sēnserat;It was reported that the house of Gaius Caesar, a most distinguished and courageous man, had been under attack for many hours of the night: no one in so busy a place had heard it, no one had noticed it; Mil. 24.66tamen audiēbātur.yet the report was listened to.
Mil. 24.66Nōn poteram Cn. Pompeium, praestantissimā virtūte virum, timidum suspicārī;I could not suspect Gnaeus Pompey, a man of outstanding courage, of timidity; Mil. 24.66dīligentiam prō tōtā rē pūblicā susceptā nimiam nūllam putābam.I thought no diligence undertaken on behalf of the whole state excessive. Mil. 24.66Frequentissimō senātū nūper in Capitōliō senātor inventus est quī Milōnem cum tēlō esse dīceret.Recently, at a very full meeting of the senate on the Capitol, a senator was found to say that Milo was carrying a weapon. Mil. 24.66Nūdāvit sē in sānctissimō templō, quoniam vīta tālis et cīvis et virī fidem nōn faciēbat, ut eō tacente rēs ipsa loquerētur.He stripped himself in that most sacred temple, since the life of such a citizen and man did not win belief, so that, while he kept silent, the facts might speak for themselves. Mil. 24.66Omnia falsē atque invidiōsē ficta comperta sunt: tametsī metuitur etiam nunc Milō.All of it was found to have been falsely and spitefully invented: and yet Milo is still feared even now.