Annals 1.2 (b) ed Fisher (1906)
Mischa Hooker / Tacitus Annals 1
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- Aligned by Mischa Hooker
Latin
English
neque provinciae illum rerum statum abnuebant , suspecto senatus populique imperio ob certamina potentium et avaritiam magistratuum , invalido legum auxilio quae vi ambitu postremo pecunia turbabantur .
Nor
did
the
provinces
dislike
that
condition
of
affairs
,
for
they
distrusted
the
government
of
the
Senate
and
the
people
,
because
of
the
rivalries
between
the
leading
men
and
the
rapacity
of
the
officials
,
while
the
protection
of
the
laws
was
unavailing
,
as
they
were
continually
deranged
by
violence
,
intrigue
,
and
finally
by
corruption
.