Hist. 1.57.1Spectātor flāgitiī Hordeōnius Flaccus cōnsulāris lēgātus aderat, nōn compescere ruentīs, nōn retinēre dubiōs, nōn cohortārī bonōs ausus, sed segnis pavidus et sōcordiā innocēns.Hordeonius Flaccus, the consular legate, was there as a spectator of the outrage, not daring to restrain those rushing headlong, to hold back the wavering, or to encourage the good, but sluggish, fearful, and innocent through indolence. Hist. 1.57.1Quattuor centuriōnēs duetvīcēnsimae legiōnis, Nōnius Receptus, Donatius Valēns, Rōmilius Mārcellus, Calpurnius Repentīnus, cum prōtegerent Galbae imāginēs, impetū mīlitum abreptī vinctīque.Four centurions of the Twenty-second Legion, Nonius Receptus, Donatius Valens, Romilius Marcellus and Calpurnius Repentinus, when they tried to protect Galba's images, were swept away by the soldiers' onrush and put in chains. Hist. 1.57.1Nec cuiquam ultrā fidēs aut memoria priōris sacrāmentī, sed quod in sēditiōnibus accidit, unde plūrēs erant omnēs fuēre.Nor did anyone any longer keep faith with or remember the former oath, but, as happens in mutinies, where the majority was, there all were.
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Tacitus · Historiae I
Histories 1.57
Flaccus fails to act
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| spectātor, -ōris, m. | looker-on, spectator |
| flāgitium, -ī n. | shameful act, disgrace, outrage |
| cōnsulāris, -e | of a consul, consular; as noun: ex-consul; comitia cōnsulāria: the consular elections |
| lēgātus, -ī, m. | ambassador |
| adsum, adesse, adfuī | be present, be at hand |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| compescō (conp-), -ere, -pescuī | hold in check, restrain; quench (thirst) |
| ruō, -ere, -ī, -itūrus | rush |
| retineō, -tinēre, -tinuī, -tentus | hold or keep back, keep, restrain; hold fast |
| dubius, -a, -um | doubtful, uncertain |
| cohortor, -hortārī, -hortātus | encourage, exhort |
| bonus, -a, -um | good |
| audeō, audēre, ausus sum | dare |
| sed, conj. | but |
| segnis, -e | slow, sluggish, idle |
| pavidus, -a, -um | frightened |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| sōcordia, -ae f. | sluggishness, negligence |
| innocēns, -entis | harmless; innocent |
| quattuor, indecl. adj. | four |
| centuriō, -ōnis m. | centurion (officer commanding about 80 men) |
| duoetvīcēsimus (duetvīcēnsimus), -a, -um | twenty-second |
| legiō, -ōnis f. | legion |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| prōtegō, -ere, -tēxī, -tēctus | cover over, shield, protect |
| imāgō, -inis f. | likeness, image, portrait |
| impetus, -ūs, m. | attack; impetum facere, to charge |
| mīles, mīlitis, m. | soldier |
| abripiō, -ripere, -ripuī, -reptus | snatch away, carry off |
| vinciō, vincīre, vinxī, vinctus | bind |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| neque or nec, conj. | and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not |
| quisquam, quicquam, indef. pron. | any one, anything |
| ultrā (prep. + acc.) | beyond |
| fidēs, -eī f. | faith, trust; pledge |
| aut, conj. | or; aut ... aut, either ... or |
| memoria, -ae, f. | memory |
| prior, prius | earlier, former; in front (priōrēs: those in front) |
| sacrāmentum, -ī n. | military oath (of allegiance) |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| sēditiō, -ōnis f. | riot, mutiny, discord |
| accidō, -cidere, -cidī | fall to or upon; befall, happen |
| unde, adv. | whence |
| plūrēs, -a, plur. adj. | more, many, several |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
Tacitus, Historiae I. Latin text: C. D. Fisher, Cornelii Taciti Historiarum Libri (Oxford, 1911), public domain; digital text from the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA. Word analysis: drafted by our own tagger (trained on the hand-checked texts on this site), with every doubtful word checked by hand. English translation and section titles: written for this app, each checked against the Latin by a second reader.