consenuerunt. Tantummodo incepto opus est; cetera res expediet. Etenim
quis mortalium cui virile ingenium est, tolerare potest, illis divitias
superare,[117] quas profundant in extruendo mari et montibus coaequandis,
nobis rem familiarem etiam ad necessaria deesse? illos binas aut amplius
domos continuare, nobis larem familiarem[118] nusquam ullum esse? Quum
tabulas, signa, toreumata[119] emunt, nova diruunt, alia aedificant,
postremo omnibus modis pecuniam trahunt, vexant, tamen summa libidine
divitias vincere[120] nequeunt. At nobis est domi inopia, foris aes
alienum, mala res, spes multo asperior; denique quid reliqui habemus
praeter miseram animam? Quin[121] igitur expergiscimini? En[122] illa,
illa, quam saepe optastis, libertas, praeterea divitiae, decus, gloria
in oculis sita sunt. Fortuna omnia ea victoribus praemia posuit. Res,
tempus, pericula, egestas, belli spolia magnifica magis quam oratio mea
vos hortentur. Vel imperatore vel milite me utimini; neque animus neque
corpus a vobis aberit. Haec ipsa, ut spero, vobiscum una consul agam,
nisi forte me animus fallit, et vos servire magis quam imperare parati
estis.'

[112] The author now continues his account of the conspiracy entered
into in B.C. 64.
[113] _Per ignaviam_, 'by means of cowardice,' here means, 'with the
assistance of cowardly men,' 'such as you are not, since I have
evidence of your valour and trustworthiness.' _Vana ingenia_ are
men of untrustworthy character. In both cases the abstract quality is
mentioned instead of the person possessing it.
[114] _Diversi_, 'separately;' that is, at different times, and in
different places.
[115] _Tetrarcha_ is a title which properly belonged only to such princes
as ruled over the fourth part of a whole nation. Such a division took
place in Galatia, and afterwards also in Judaea. A similar title,