Mur. 5.1Intellegō, iūdicēs, trīs tōtīus accūsātiōnis partīs fuisse, et eārum ūnam in reprehēnsiōne vītae, alteram in contentiōne dignitātis, tertiam in crīminibus ambitūs esse versātam.I understand, judges, that there were three parts to the whole accusation, and that one of them was concerned with censure of his life, the second with a comparison of standing, and the third with charges of bribery. Mur. 5.1Atque hārum trium partium prīma illa quae gravissima dēbēbat esse ita fuit īnfirma et levis ut illōs lēx magis quaedam accūsātōria quam vēra male dīcendī facultās dē vītā Mūrēnae dīcere aliquid coēgerit.And of these three parts the first, which ought to have been the weightiest, was so weak and trivial that it was some rule of prosecution, rather than any real ground for abuse, that forced them to say something about Murena's life. Mur. 5.1Obiecta est enim Asia;For Asia was thrown in his face; Mur. 5.1quae ab hōc nōn ad voluptātem et luxuriam expetīta est sed in mīlitārī labōre peragrāta.but he did not seek it out for pleasure and luxury, but travelled through it in military service. Mur. 5.1Quī sī adulēscēns patre suō imperātōre nōn meruisset, aut hostem aut patris imperium timuisse aut ā parente repudiātus vidērētur.If as a young man he had not served under his own father as commander, it would have seemed that he had feared either the enemy or his father's command, or that he had been rejected by his parent.
Mur. 5.1An cum sedēre in equīs triumphantium praetextātī potissimum fīliī soleant, huic dōnīs mīlitāribus patris triumphum decorāre fugiendum fuit, ut rēbus commūniter gestīs paene simul cum patre triumphāret?Or, when sons still in the purple-bordered toga customarily ride on the horses of those who are celebrating a triumph, ought he to have avoided adorning his father's triumph with military decorations, so that, having shared in the achievements, he might almost triumph together with his father?