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Taciti Annalium Liber Primus/XVIII

XVIII

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Adstrepēbat vulgus, dīversīs incitāmentīs, hī verberum nŏtās, illī cānitiem, plūrimī dētrīta[1] tegmina[2] et nūdum corpus exprobrantēs. postrēmō eō fŭrōris vēnēre, ut trēs legiōnēs miscēre in ūnam agitāverint. dēpulsī aemulātiōne, quia suae quisque legiōnī eum honōrem[3] quaerēbant, aliō vertunt atque ūnā trēs aquilās et signa cohortium locant; simul congerunt caespitēs[4], exstruunt tribūnal, quō magis cōnspicua sēdēs foret. properantibus[5] Blaesus advēnit, increpābatque ac retinēbat singulōs, clāmitāns ‘meā potius caede imbuite manūs: leviōre flāgitiō[6] lēgātum interficiētis quam ab imperātōre dēscīscitis. aut incolumis fīdem legiōnum retinēbō, aut iugulātus paenitentiam adcelerābō.’

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Adnotātiōnēs

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  1. ↑ dēterō -trīvī -trītum 2.
  2. ↑ teg(i)men -inis n: vestīmentum.
  3. ↑ honōrem: nōn dissolvī, sed mīlitēs aliārum duārum legiōnum accipere et augērī.
  4. ↑ caespes -itis m: “terra in modum lateris caesa cum herbā.”
  5. ↑ vel datīvus vel ablātīvus absolūtus.
  6. ↑ = levius flāgitium erit, sī...