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Histories 1.62

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Hist. 1.62.1Praeerat Trebellius Maximus, per avāritiam ac sordīs contemptus exercituī invīsusque.The governor was Trebellius Maximus, despised and hated by the army for his avarice and meanness. Hist. 1.62.1Accendēbat odium eius Roscius Coelius lēgātus vīcēnsimae legiōnis, ōlim discors, sed occāsiōne cīvīlium armōrum atrōcius prōrūperant.Hatred of him was inflamed by Roscius Coelius, legate of the Twentieth Legion, long at odds with him, but on the occasion of civil war their quarrel had broken out more fiercely. Hist. 1.62.1Trebellius sēditiōnem et cōnfūsum ōrdinem disciplīnae Coeliō, spoliātās et inopēs legiōnēs Coelius Trebelliō obiectābat, cum interim foedīs lēgātōrum certāminibus modestia exercitūs corrupta eōque discordiae ventum ut auxiliārium quoque mīlitum convīciīs prōturbātus et adgregantibus sē Coeliō cohortibus alīsque dēsertus Trebellius ad Vitellium perfūgerit.Trebellius charged Coelius with mutiny and the disordering of discipline, Coelius charged Trebellius with having robbed and impoverished the legions, while meanwhile, through the shameful quarrels of the legates, the army's discipline was corrupted, and things came to such a pitch of discord that Trebellius, driven out by the insults of the auxiliary soldiers too and deserted as the cohorts and squadrons rallied to Coelius, fled to Vitellius.

Hist. 1.62.1Quiēs prōvinciae quamquam remōtō cōnsulārī mānsit: rēxēre lēgātī legiōnum, parēs iūre, Coelius audendō potentior.The province remained quiet, although the consular governor had been removed: the legionary legates ruled, equal in authority, Coelius more powerful through his daring.

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (64 words)
praesum, -esse, -fuībe before, preside over, have charge of, command
per, prep, with ace.through, by means of
avāritia, -ae f.greed
atque, ac (conj.)and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants)
sordēs, -is f. (usu. pl.)dirt, squalor, shabbiness
contemnō, -ere, -tempsī, -temptusdespise, scorn, think little of
exercitus, -ūs, m.army
invīsus, -a, -umhated, hateful (to: dat.)
que, enclitic conj.and
accendō, -cendere, -cendī, -cēnsuskindle, light
odium, -ī, n.hatred
is, ea, id, dem. pron.this, that; he, she, it, they
lēgātus, -ī, m.ambassador
vīcēsimus, -a, -umtwentieth
legiō, -ōnis f.legion
ōlim, adv.once upon a time, once, formerly, of old
discors, -cordisdiscordant, not in harmony
sed, conj.but
occāsiō, -ōnis, f.chance, opportunity
cīvīlis, -eof citizens; bellum cīvīle: civil war
arma, -ōrum, n. plur.arms, weapons
atrōciter (adv.)savagely, cruelly; harshly
prōrumpō, -ere, -rūpī, -ruptumburst forth
sēditiō, -ōnis f.riot, mutiny, discord
et, conj.and; et ... et, both ... and
cōnfundō, -ere, -fūdī, -fūsuspour together, mingle; throw into disorder, confuse
ōrdō, ōrdinis, m.arrangement, order, rank; ex ōrdine, in order
disciplīna, -ae f.training, discipline
spoliō, -āre, -āvī, -ātumstrip, rob
inops, -opispoor, needy
obiectō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusthrow in the way, expose
cum, conj.when, while, after; since; although
interim (adv.)meanwhile
foedus, -a, -umfoul, loathsome, hideous
certāmen, -minis, n.struggle, contest
modestia, -ae f.moderation, discipline, restraint
corrumpō, -rumpere, -rūpī, -ruptusspoil, ruin, destroy; bribe
eō (adv.)to that place, thither; to that point (usque eō); (with comparatives) by so much, all the (more)
discordia, -ae f.disagreement, discord, strife
veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventuscome
ut, conj.as; when; that; ita ut, as
auxiliāris, -e; as noun, -is m.auxiliary; (pl.) auxiliary troops
quoque, adv.also
mīles, mīlitis, m.soldier
convīcium, -ī n.loud noise, wrangling; abuse
prōturbō, -āre, -āvī, -ātumdrive off, repel
aggregō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusgather together; attach (oneself) to
suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron.himself, herself, itself, themselves
cohors, cohortis f.cohort (a tenth of a legion); company
ala, -ae, f.wing
dēserō, -serere, -seruī, -sertusdesert
ad, prep. with acc.to, toward; at, near; for
perfugiō, -ere, -fūgīflee for refuge, desert
quiēs, quiētis, f.rest, repose
prōvincia, -ae f.province; here, the Roman Province in southern Gaul
quamquam, conj.however much, although
removeō, -movēre, -mōvī, -mōtusmove back, remove
cōnsulāris, -eof a consul, consular; as noun: ex-consul; comitia cōnsulāria: the consular elections
maneō, manēre, mānsī, mānsusremain
regō, -ere, rēxī, rēctumguide, steer, rule
pār, parisequal
iūs, iūris, n.right, justice, law; iūs dīcere, to pronounce judgment; iūs iūrandum, iūris iūrandī, oath
audeō, audēre, ausus sumdare
potēns, -entispowerful
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.