Hist. 2.65.1Inter magnōrum virōrum discrīmina, pudendum dictū, Mariccus quīdam, ē plēbe Boiōrum, īnserere sēsē fortūnae et prōvocāre arma Rōmāna simulātiōne nūminum ausus est.Amid the perils of great men, shameful to tell, a certain Mariccus, one of the common people of the Boii, dared to thrust himself into fortune and challenge the arms of Rome by feigning divine power. Hist. 2.65.1Iamque adsertor Galliārum et deus (nam id sibi indiderat) concitīs octō mīlibus hominum proximōs Aeduōrum pāgōs trahēbat, cum gravissima cīvitās ēlēctā iuventūte, adiectīs ā Vitelliō cohortibus, fānāticam multitūdinem disiēcit.And already, as liberator of the Gauls and a god (for he had given himself that title), having roused eight thousand men, he was drawing the nearest villages of the Aedui after him, when that most weighty community, with a picked band of its young men and cohorts added by Vitellius, scattered the fanatical multitude. Hist. 2.65.1Captus in eō proeliō Mariccus;Mariccus was captured in that battle; Hist. 2.65.1ac mox ferīs obiectus quia nōn laniābātur, stolidum vulgus inviolābilem crēdēbat, dōnec spectante Vitelliō interfectus est.and soon, when he was thrown to the beasts and was not torn apart, the stupid mob believed him invulnerable, until he was put to death while Vitellius looked on.
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Tacitus · Historiae II
Histories 2.65
The rebellion of Mariccus
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| inter, prep, with acc. | among, between |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| vir, virī, m. | man |
| discrīmen, -crīminis, n. | crisis, peril, danger |
| pudet, -ēre, puduit (impers.) | it shames, one is ashamed |
| dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictus | say, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day |
| quīdam, quaedam, quoddam, indef. pron. | a certain, certain |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| plēbs, plēbis f. | the common people |
| īnserō, -ere, -seruī, -sertum | put in, insert |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| fortūna, -ae, f. | fortune |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| prōvocō, -vocāre, -vocāvī, -vocātus | call forth or out, challenge |
| arma, -ōrum, n. plur. | arms, weapons |
| Rōmānus, -a, -um | Roman |
| simulātiō, -ōnis f. | pretence |
| nūmen, -inis n. | divine power, divinity |
| audeō, audēre, ausus sum | dare |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| iam, adv. | now, already |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| assertor (adsertor), -ōris m. | champion, liberator, defender |
| deus, -ī, m. | god |
| nam, conj. | for |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| indō, -ere, -didī, -ditus | put in or on; give, apply (a name) |
| concieō, -ēre, -cīvī, -citus | bring together, gather; stir up |
| octō (indecl.) | eight |
| mīlle, indecl. adj. | a thousand; mīlia, -ium, n. plur., thousands; |
| homō, hominis, m. | man |
| proximus, -a, -um | nearest, next |
| pāgus, -ī m. | district, canton |
| trahō, trahere, trāxī, trāctus | draw, drag |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| gravis, -e | heavy; severe, grievous, serious |
| cīvitās, -tātis, f. | state |
| ēligō, -ere, ēlēgī, ēlēctum | pick out, choose |
| iuventūs, -ūtis f. | youth; the young men |
| adiciō, -icere, -iēcī, -iectus | throw to, throw, hurl |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| cohors, cohortis f. | cohort (a tenth of a legion); company |
| fānāticus, -a, -um | frenzied, fanatical, inspired |
| multitūdō, -tūdinis, f. | multitude |
| disiciō, -icere, -iēcī, -iectus | throw apart, scatter |
| capiō, capere, cēpī, captus | take, catch, seize; receive, suffer; adopt |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| proelium, -ī, n. | battle, combat; proelium committere, to join battle |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| mox, adv. | soon |
| fera, -ae, f. | wild animal, beast |
| obiciō, -icere, -iēcī, -iectus | throw in the way or to |
| quia (conj.) | because |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| laniō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | tear to pieces, mangle |
| stolidus, -a, -um | stupid, foolish |
| vulgus, -ī n. | the common people, the crowd |
| inviolābilis, -e | inviolable, not to be broken; invulnerable |
| crēdō, -dere, -didī, -ditus | believe |
| dōnec (conj.) | until; while, as long as |
| spectō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | look at or on |
| interficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus | put out of the way, kill |
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.