translation
these word in the plural means news suggesting there were frequent messages coming from Germany
what is nuntios?
In lines 15-6, these two adjectives are in emphatic position.
what are anxius and confisus?
this ex-consul was acclaimed as emperor - a threat to Galba.
Who was Vitellius?
An indirect question governed by anxius.
what is quonam exercituum vis erumperet?
a genitive of description
what is moris?
it means cunningly
what is callide?
a strange word to use as it normallly means meeting of the people; here it means Cabinet meeting.
what is comitia?
a general in both Galba and Otho's army, he survived 5 emperors
who was Marius Celsus?
It is a third conjugation verb with a weird form in the present infinitive.
what is arcessiri?
what is Germanicae seditionis?
credence
wht is fidem?
Tacitus adds a malicious comment to this sentence.
what is seu ...amicitia?
One of three consuls in charge of taxes, he became a city prefect
Who was Geminus?
An example of causal ablative.
what is propria electione?
what are vultu and habitu
it means born of
what is genitus?
a preferred prefix of Tacitus
what is prae?
a member of the distinguished Crassus family, adopted by another family
who was Piso?
an example of dative of possession
what is cui?
translated as in the house of
what is apud?
it means rather gloomy
what is tristior?
what is sollicitis adoptanti?
great-grandson of Tiberius; Tigellinus persuaded Nero to have him assassinated in AD62.
who was Rubellius Plautus?
they are ablatives of origin (2 words).
what is M Crasso et Scribonia?
this word is in the dative, either dative of the person judging meaning 'in the eyes of those who' or dative of the agent
what is interpretantibus?