Histories 1.3

Hist. 1.3.1Nōn tamen adeō virtūtum sterile saeculum ut nōn et bona exempla prōdiderit.Yet the age was not so barren of virtues that it did not also produce good examples. Hist. 1.3.1Comitātae profugōs līberōs mātrēs, secūtae marītōs in exilia coniugēs: propinquī audentēs, cōnstantēs generī, contumāx etiam adversus tormenta servōrum fidēs;Mothers accompanied their children in flight, wives followed their husbands into exile: kinsmen were bold, sons-in-law steadfast, and slaves showed a loyalty defiant even of torture; Hist. 1.3.1suprēmae clārōrum virōrum necessitātēs fortiter tolerātae et laudātīs antīquōrum mortibus parēs exitūs.the final necessities of famous men were bravely endured, and their deaths matched the celebrated deaths of the ancients. Hist. 1.3.1Praeter multiplicīs rērum hūmānārum cāsūs caelō terrāque prōdigia et fulminum monitūs et futūrōrum praesāgia, laeta trīstia, ambigua manifesta;Besides the manifold misfortunes of human affairs, there were portents in sky and earth, warnings of thunderbolts, and presages of the future, joyful and sad, ambiguous and clear; Hist. 1.3.1nec enim umquam atrōciōribus populī Rōmānī clādibus magisvē iūstīs indiciīs adprobātum est nōn esse cūrae deīs sēcūritātem nostram, esse ultiōnem.for never was it proved by more terrible disasters of the Roman people or by surer signs that the gods care not for our safety, but for our punishment.