Sallust 5.5-5.9
Bella Dickenson /
- Created on 2021-10-01 00:50:04
- Modified on 2021-10-01 05:36:22
- Translated by A.J. Woodman
- Aligned by Bella Dickenson
Latin
English
vāstus animus immoderāta , incrēdibilia , nimis alta semper cupiēbat . 6 hunc post dominātiōnem L . Sullae lubīdō maxuma invāserat reī pūblicae capiundae , neque id quibus modīs assequerētur , dum sibi rēgnum parāret , quicquam pēnsī habēbat . 7 agitābātur magis magisque in diēs animus ferōx inopiā reī familiāris et cōnscientiā scelerum , quae utraque iīs artibus auxerat quās suprā memorāvī . 8 incitābant praetereā corruptī cīvitātis mōrēs , quōs pessuma ac dīvorsa inter sē mala , luxuria atque avāritia , vexābant .
Rome’s moral decline ( 5 . 9–13 )
9 rēs ipsa hortārī vidētur , quoniam dē mōribus cīvitātis tempus admonuit , suprā repetere ac paucīs īnstitūta maiōrum domī mīlitiaeque , quō modō rem pūblicam habuerint quantamque relīquerint , ut , paulātim immūtāta , ex pulcherrumā atque optumā pessuma ac flāgitiōsissuma facta sit , disserere .
Rome’s moral decline ( 5 . 9–13 )
9 rēs ipsa hortārī vidētur , quoniam dē mōribus cīvitātis tempus admonuit , suprā repetere ac paucīs īnstitūta maiōrum domī mīlitiaeque , quō modō rem pūblicam habuerint quantamque relīquerint , ut , paulātim immūtāta , ex pulcherrumā atque optumā pessuma ac flāgitiōsissuma facta sit , disserere .
The
enormity
of
his
mind
always
desired
the
unrestrained
,
the
incredible
,
the
heights
beyond
reach
.
After
the
dominion
of
L
.
Sulla
,
he
had
been
assailed
by
his
greatest
urge
,
to
capture
the
commonwealth
;
and
he
attached
no
weight
to
the
methods
by
which
he
might
achieve
it
,
provided
he
acquired
kingship
for
himself
.
His
defiant
spirit
was
exercised
increasingly
each
day
by
his
lack
of
private
assets
and
a
consciousness
of
his
crimes
,
both
of
which
he
had
augmented
by
the
qualities
which
I
recalled
above
.
He
was
incited
,
too
,
by
the
community’s
corrupt
morals
,
which
were
afflicted
by
those
worst
and
mutually
different
maladies
,
luxury
and
avarice
.
Since there has been occasion to mention the morals of the community , the context seems to encourage going further back and discussing in a few words the customs of our ancestors at home and on campaign , by what means they kept the commonwealth and how great it was when they bequeathed it , and how it changed gradually from the finest and best and became the worst and most outrageous .
Since there has been occasion to mention the morals of the community , the context seems to encourage going further back and discussing in a few words the customs of our ancestors at home and on campaign , by what means they kept the commonwealth and how great it was when they bequeathed it , and how it changed gradually from the finest and best and became the worst and most outrageous .