Hist. 2.62.1Ita mūtātīs animīs Asinius Polliō alae praefectus, ē fīdissimīs Albīnō, et Fēstus ac Scīpiō cohortium praefectī opprimuntur: ipse Albīnus dum ē Tingitānā prōvinciā Caesariēnsem Mauretāniam petit, adpulsū lītoris trucīdātus;So, with men's feelings changed, Asinius Pollio, prefect of a cavalry squadron and one of the most loyal to Albinus, and Festus and Scipio, prefects of cohorts, were overpowered: Albinus himself, while making for Mauretania Caesariensis from the province of Tingitana, was butchered as he landed on the shore; Hist. 2.62.1uxor eius cum sē percussōribus obtulisset, simul interfecta est, nihil eōrum quae fierent Vitelliō anquīrente: brevī audītū quamvīs magna trānsībat, impār cūrīs graviōribus.his wife, when she had offered herself to the assassins, was killed with him, while Vitellius made no inquiry into anything that was happening: he passed over matters however great after a brief hearing, unequal to weightier concerns.
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Tacitus · Historiae II
Histories 2.62
The fall of Albinus
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| ita, adv. | in this manner, thus, so; ita ut, as |
| mūtō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | change |
| animus, -ī, m. | mind; heart; spirit, courage |
| ala, -ae, f. | wing |
| praefectus, -ī m. | commander, officer |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| fīdus, -a, -um | faithful, loyal, trustworthy |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| cohors, cohortis f. | cohort (a tenth of a legion); company |
| opprimō, -primere, -pressī, -pressus | press against, overpower, crush |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| dum, conj. | while, as; as long as; until |
| Tingitānus, -a, -um | of Tingis (Tangier); Mauretania Tingitana: western Mauretania |
| prōvincia, -ae f. | province; here, the Roman Province in southern Gaul |
| Caesariēnsis, -e | of Caesarea; Mauretania Caesariensis: eastern Mauretania |
| petō, -ere, -īvī or -iī, -ītus | seek, ask; attack |
| appulsus (adpulsus), -ūs m. | landing, approach (to shore) |
| lītus, lītoris, n. | shore |
| trucīdō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | slaughter, butcher |
| uxor, -ōris, f. | wife |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| percussor, -ōris m. | assassin, murderer; one who strikes, destroyer |
| offerō, offerre, obtulī, oblātus | bear to, proffer, offer |
| simul, adv. | at the same time; simul atque or ac, as soon as |
| interficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus | put out of the way, kill |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| nihil, n., indecl. | nothing |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| fīō, fierī, factus sum | be done or made, become, happen |
| anquīrō, -ere, -quīsīvī, -quīsītus | search for, seek out, inquire into |
| brevis, -e | short |
| audītus, -ūs m. | hearing; what is heard, report, message |
| quamvīs (adv.) | however much, as … as you like |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| trānseō, -īre, -iī, -itus | go across or over, cross |
| impār, imparis | unequal, ill-matched |
| cūra, -ae f. | care, concern (cūrae esse: to be a concern) |
| gravis, -e | heavy; severe, grievous, serious |
Tacitus, Historiae II. 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.