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Histories 1.67

Lugdunum and Vienna at odds

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Hist. 1.67.1Veterem inter Lugdūnēnsīs et Viennēnsīs discordiam proximum bellum accenderat.The recent war had inflamed the old quarrel between the people of Lugdunum and the people of Vienna. Hist. 1.67.1Multae in vicem clādēs, crēbrius īnfestiusque quam ut tantum propter Nerōnem Galbamque pugnārētur.Many were the defeats on each side, inflicted more often and more savagely than if the fighting had been only for Nero and Galba. Hist. 1.67.1Et Galba reditūs Lugdūnēnsium occāsiōne īrae in fiscum verterat;And Galba, seizing the chance his anger gave him, had turned the revenues of Lugdunum over to the treasury; Hist. 1.67.1multus contrā in Viennēnsīs honor: unde aemulātiō et invidia et ūnō amne discrētīs cōnexum odium.on the Viennenses, by contrast, he had heaped many honours: hence rivalry and envy, and a hatred that bound together peoples separated by a single river. Hist. 1.67.1Igitur Lugdūnēnsēs extimulāre singulōs mīlitum et in ēversiōnem Viennēnsium impellere, obsessam ab illīs colōniam suam, adiūtōs Vindicis cōnātūs, cōnscrīptās nūper legiōnēs in praesidium Galbae referendō.So the people of Lugdunum began to goad the soldiers one by one and urge them on to the destruction of Vienna, recalling that the Viennenses had besieged their colony, had aided the attempts of Vindex, and had lately enrolled legions to defend Galba.

Hist. 1.67.1Et ubi causās odiōrum praetenderant, magnitūdinem praedae ostendēbant, nec iam sēcrēta exhortātiō, sed pūblicae precēs: īrent ultōrēs, excinderent sēdem Gallicī bellī: cūncta illīc externa et hostīlia: sē, colōniam Rōmānam et partem exercitūs et prosperārum adversārumque rērum sociōs, sī fortūna contrā daret, īrātīs nē relinquerent.And when they had set out the reasons for their hatred, they pointed to the size of the plunder; and it was no longer secret encouragement but public entreaty: let them go as avengers, let them root out the seat of the Gallic war: everything there was foreign and hostile: they themselves were a Roman colony and part of the army, partners in good fortune and bad; if fortune went against them, let the soldiers not abandon them to angry foes.

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (88 words)
vetus, veterisold, former
inter, prep, with acc.among, between
et, conj.and; et ... et, both ... and
discordia, -ae f.disagreement, discord, strife
proximus, -a, -umnearest, next
bellum, -ī, n.war
accendō, -cendere, -cendī, -cēnsuskindle, light
multus, -a, -ummuch, great; plur., many
in, prep. with acc. and abl.with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
vicis (gen.), vicem f.change, turn; in vicem: in turn
clādēs, -is f.disaster, defeat, destruction
crēbrō (adv.)often, again and again
īnfestē (adv.)in a hostile way, aggressively, savagely
que, enclitic conj.and
quam, adv.how? as; than; with superl., as ... as possible
ut, conj.as; when; that; ita ut, as
tantum, adv.so much or far, only
propter, prep. with acc.on account of, because of
pugnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusfight
reditus, -ūs, m.return
occāsiō, -ōnis, f.chance, opportunity
īra, -ae, f.anger, wrath
fiscus, -ī m.money basket; the emperor's treasury, privy purse
vertō, vertere, vertī, versusturn
contrā, prep, with acc.against, contrary to
honor, -ōris, m.honor
unde, adv.whence
aemulātiō, -ōnis f.rivalry, the effort to equal someone
invidia, -ae f.envy, jealousy, ill will
ūnus, -a, -umone; only, alone
amnis, -is m.river
discernō, -ere, -crēvī, -crētusseparate; distinguish, tell apart
cōnectō, -ere, -nexuī, -nexustie together, join, link
odium, -ī, n.hatred
igitur, conj.therefore
extimulō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusgoad on, stir up, incite
singulī, -ae, -aone at a time, single
mīles, mīlitis, m.soldier
ēversiō, -ōnis f.overthrow, destruction, demolition
impellō, -pellere, -pulī, -pulsusdrive or urge on, incite, urge
obsideō, -sidēre, -sēdī, -sessusbeset, besiege
ā, ab (prep. + abl.)away from, from; by (ā only before consonants)
ille, illa, illud, dem. pron.that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc
colōnia, -ae f.settlement, colony
suus, -a, -umhis, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their
adiuvō, -āre, adiūvī, adiūtumhelp, assist
cōnātus, -ūs, m.attempt, effort
cōnscrībō, -ere, -scrīpsī, -scrīptumenlist, enroll
nūper, adv.newly, lately, recently
legiō, -ōnis f.legion
praesidium, -ī, n.protection; guard, escort
referō, referre, rettulī, relātusbring or carry back, return; pedem referre, to draw back, retire, retreat; grātiam referre, see grātia
ubi, adv.where; conj., when
causa, -ae, f.cause, reason; abl. causā, for the sake of
praetendō, -ere, -tendī, -tentushold out in front; put forward, make a pretext of
magnitūdō, -tūdinis, f.greatness, size
praeda, -ae, f.booty, spoil, plunder
ostendō, -tendere, -tendī, -tentusstretch out before, show, explain
neque or nec, conj.and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not
iam, adv.now, already
sēcrētus, -a, -umseparate; secret, private
exhortātiō, -ōnis f.encouragement, exhortation
sed, conj.but
pūblicus, -a, -umpublic, of the state (rēs pūblica: the state)
prex, precis f. (usu. pl.)prayer, entreaty
eō, īre, iī, itusgo
ultor, -ōris m.avenger
excindō (exscindō), -ere, -scidī, -scissusdestroy utterly, raze, wipe out
sēdēs, -is, f.seat, abode
Gallicus, -a, -umGallic, of Gaul
cūnctus, -a, -umall, the whole
illīc (adv.)there
externus, -a, -umoutside, foreign
hostīlis, -eof the enemy, hostile
suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron.himself, herself, itself, themselves
Rōmānus, -a, -umRoman
pars, partis, f.part, side, direction
exercitus, -ūs, m.army
prosperus, -a, -umfavourable, successful, prosperous
adversus, -a, -umfacing; unfavourable, unsuccessful
rēs, reī, f.thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really
socius, -ī, m.companion, comrade, ally
sī, conj.if
fortūna, -ae, f.fortune
dō, dare, dedī, datusgive
īrātus, -a, -umangered, enraged, angry, furious
nē, adv.not; nē ... quidem, not ... even; conj., that not, lest
relinquō, -linquere, -līquī, -lictusleave behind, leave
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.