§44neque ego, cum de vitiis gentis loquor, neminem excipio; sed a me est de universo genere dicendum, in quo fortasse aliqui suis moribus et humanitate stirpis ipsius et gentis vitia vicerunt.
Nor do I, when I speak of the vices of the nation, except no one; but I must speak of the entire race, in which perhaps some by their own character and refinement have overcome the vices of their stock and nation itself.
magnam quidem esse partem sine fide, sine societate et coniunctione nominis nostri res ipsa declarat.
The reality itself declares that a great part is indeed without faith, without alliance and connection with our name.
quae est enim praeter Sardiniam provincia quae nullam habeat amicam populo Romano ac liberam civitatem?
For what province is there except Sardinia which has no friendly and free city to the Roman people?
§45aAfrica ipsa parens illa Sardiniae, quae plurima et acerbissima cum maioribus nostris bella gessit, non solum fidelissimis regnis sed etiam in ipsa provincia se a societate Punicorum bellorum Vtica teste defendit.
Africa itself, that parent of Sardinia, which waged very many and most bitter wars with our ancestors, defended itself from alliance with the Punic wars, with Utica as a witness, not only by its most faithful kingdoms but also in the province itself.
Hispania ulterior Scipionum interitu.
Farther Spain, by the death of the Scipios.
§45bcopiis inops, gente fallax.
Poor in resources, deceitful in its people.
§45cinventi sunt qui etiam fratres populi Romani vocarentur.
There were found those who were even called brothers of the Roman people.
§45dhoc nomine audito quod per omnis gentis pervagatum est.
Upon hearing this name which has spread through all nations.
§45fnam cum ex multis unus ei restaret Dolabella paternus inimicus, qui cum Q. Caepione propinquo suo contra Scaurum patrem suum subsignaverat, eas sibi inimicitias non susceptas sed relictas.
For since out of many, one parental enemy, Dolabella, remained to him, who with his relative Quintus Caepio had signed the accusation against his father Scaurus, he (thought) those enmities were not undertaken by him, but left to him.
§45gquae, malum, est ista ratio?
What in the world is that reasoning of yours?
§45hquem purpura regalis non commovit, eum Sardorum mastruca mutavit?
Did the sheepskin coat of the Sardinians change him whom royal purple did not move?
§45kpraesertim cum propinquitas et celebritas loci suspicionem desidiae tollat aut cupiditatis.
Especially since the proximity and fame of the place removes any suspicion of laziness or greed.
§45lego porro, qui Albanas habeo columnas, clitellis eas adportavi.
Furthermore, did I, who possess Alban columns, bring them on pack-saddles?
§45mdomus tibi deerat? at habebas.
Were you lacking a house? But you had one.
pecunia superabat? at egebas.
Was money overflowing? But you were in need.
incurristi amens in columnas, in alienos insanus insanisti, depressam, caecam, iacentem domum pluris quam te et fortunas tuas aestimasti.
You rushed madly upon columns, you raged like a madman against the property of others, you valued a depressed, dark, and ruined house more than yourself and your fortunes.
§45nhaec cum tu effugere non potuisses, contendes tamen et postulabis ut M. Aemilius cum sua dignitate omni, cum patris memoria, cum avi gloria, sordidissimae, vanissimae, levissimae genti ac prope dicam pellitis testibus condonetur?
When you could not escape these things, will you nevertheless contend and demand that Marcus Aemilius, with all his dignity, with the memory of his father, with the glory of his grandfather, be sacrificed to a most filthy, untruthful, and frivolous nation, and, I might almost say, to witnesses clad in skins?
§46oundique mihi suppeditat quod pro M. Scauro dicam, quocumque non modo mens verum etiam oculi inciderunt.
From every side arguments abound for me to speak on behalf of Marcus Scaurus, wherever not only my mind but even my eyes fall.
curia illa vos de gravissimo principatu patris fortissimoque testatur, L. ipse Metellus, avus huius, sanctissimos deos illo constituisse templo videtur in vestro conspectu, iudices, ut salutem a vobis nepotis sui deprecarentur, quod ipsi saepe multis laborantibus atque implorantibus ope sua subvenissent.
That senate-house testifies to you of his father's most weighty and brave leadership; Lucius Metellus himself, his grandfather, seems in your sight, gentlemen of the jury, to have established the most holy gods in that temple, so that they might deprecate from you the safety of his grandson, because they themselves had often assisted many in trouble and imploring by their aid.
§47Capitolium illud templis tribus inlustratum, paternis atque etiam huius amplissimis donis ornati aditus Iovis optimi maximi, Iunonis Reginae, Minervae M. Scaurum apud
That Capitolium illustrated by three temples, the entrances of Jupiter Best and Greatest, of Juno the Queen, and of Minerva, adorned with the very ample gifts of his father and also of this man, Marcus Scaurus among...
§48illius L. Metelli, pontificis maximi, qui, cum templum illud arderet, in medios se iniecit ignis et eripuit flamma Palladium illud quod quasi pignus nostrae salutis atque imperi custodiis Vestae continetur.
Of that Lucius Metellus, the pontifex maximus, who, when that temple was burning, threw himself into the midst of the fire and snatched from the flame that Palladium which is kept under the guardianship of Vesta as a pledge of our safety and empire.
qui utinam posset parumper exsistere! eriperet ex hac flamma stirpem profecto suam, qui eripuisset ex illo incendio di
Would that he could exist for a little while! He would surely rescue his own offspring from this flame, who had rescued the sacred... from that fire.
§49tum.
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te vero, M. Scaure, equidem video, video, inquam, non cogito solum, nec vero sine magno animi maerore ac dolore, cum tui fili squalorem aspexi, de te recordor.
Indeed, Marcus Scaurus, I see you, I see you, I say, and do not merely think of you; nor indeed without great mourning and pain of mind do I recall you, when I behold the squalor of your son.
atque utinam, sicut mihi tota in hac causa versatus ante oculos es, sic nunc horum te offeras mentibus et in horum animis adhaerescas! species me dius etiam si forte non nosset, tamen principem civitatis esse diceret.
And would that, just as you are before my eyes, active in this whole cause, so you would now present yourself to their minds and cling in their souls! Your appearance, by the god of truth, even if one by chance did not know you, would nevertheless declare you to be a leading citizen.
§50quo te nunc modo appellem? ut hominem? at non es inter nos.
In what way should I now address you? As a man? But you are not among us.
Vt mortuum? at vivis et viges, at in omnium animis atque ore versaris, atque divinus animus mortale nihil habuit, neque tuorum quicquam potuit emori praeter corpus.
As dead? But you live and flourish, you are in the minds and on the lips of all, and your divine mind possessed nothing mortal, nor could anything of yours die except your body.
quocumque igitur te modo
Therefore, in whatever way you...
§51universe
In general