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Messalina novo et quasi insano amore incensa est. |
Messalina burned with new and almost mad love. |
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Nam in C. Silium, iuventutis Romanae pulcherrimum, ita exarserat ut Juniam Silanam, nobilem feminam, matrimonio eius exturbaret liberoque adultero potiretur. |
For she had been so inflamed with love for Gaius Silius, the most handsome of Roman youth, that she drove Junia Silana, a noble woman, out of marriage with him and had an adulterer who was free. |
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neque Silius flagitii aut periculi nescius erat: sed intellexit exitium, si abnueret, fore certum et, si consentiret, nonnullam facinoris celandi spem esse; simulque se magna praemia accepturum. |
Nor was Silius unaware of the scandal or danger: but he understood that, if he refused, death would be certain and, if he agreed, there was some hope of hiding the crime; and at the same time he would receive great rewards. |
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igitur placuit neglegere futura praesentibus frui. |
Therefore he decided to ignore the future and enjoy the present. |
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illa non furtim sed multis cum comitibus ventitat domum, egredienti adhaeret, dat opes honoresque; postremo servi, liberti, paratus principis apud adulterum saepe videbantur. |
She comes repeatedly to his house, not secretly but with many companions, she is always with him when he goes out, she gives him money and honours; finally the slaves, freedmen, belongings of the emperor were often seen at the house of her lover. |
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at Claudius matrimonii sui erat ignarus. |
But Claudius was unaware of the state of his marriage. |
