SOMNIUM SCIPIONIS
- Cicero De Re Publica (54-51 B.C.)


11) Videsne (pres ind) illam urbem,
Do you see that city

quae parere (inf pres) populo Romano coacta (part pf pass) per me renovat (pres ind) pristina bella nec potest (pres ind) quiescere (inf pres)
which I compelled to submit to the Roman people and which has now revived ancient rivalries and refuses to keep the peace?"

(ostendebat (impf ind) autem Karthaginem de excelso et pleno stellarum illustri et claro quodam loco)
(He was pointing to Carthage from a high and prominent place which was shining and clear in the full light of the stars).

ad quam tu oppugnandam (part ft pass) nunc venis (pres ind) paene miles?
"You have come here while still barely a soldier to attack that city.

hanc hoc biennio consul evertes (fut ind) , eritque (fut ind) cognomen id tibi per te partum, quod habes (pres ind) adhuc a nobis hereditarium.
Within two years you as consul will destroy it and you will gain for yourself that cognomen which you already have inherited from us.

cum autem Karthaginem deleveris (ftpf ind) , triumphum egeris (ftpf ind) censorque fueris (ftpf ind)
When you have destroyed Carthage you will have a triumph and will be censor.

et obieris (ftpf ind) legatus Aegyptum, Syriam, Asiam, Graeciam,
You will undertake commands in Africa, Syria, Asia and Greece.

deligere (fut ind) iterum consul absens bellumque maximum conficies (fut ind) , Numantiam exscindes (fut ind) .
During your absence you will be chosen as consul for a second time and you will bring to an end a very important war and you will overrun Numantia.

sed cum eris curru in Capitolium invectus (ftpf pass) ,
When you are being driven in your chariot to the Capitol

offendes (fut ind) rem publicam consiliis perturbatam (part pf pass) nepotis mei.
you will discover that the Republic has been greatly disturbed by the policies of my grandson.